Wasaga Beach in Simcoe County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Muirhead Cabin

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024

1. The Muirhead Cabin Marker

Inscription.
This log cabin was situated on the McIntyre Farm, Osprey Township near the village of McIntyre. It was built around the mid 1800’s and lived in until around 1930.

Doors, windows and roof have been replaced and a supporting beam placed under the ceiling — otherwise the structure remains unchanged.

It is typical of hundreds of log houses in the province a hundred or more years ago.

Gavin Muirhead, who immigrated from Glasgow, Scotland built the cabin in 1843. The Muirhead family lived in it for 93 years.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Immigration • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1843.

Location. 44° 28.206′ N, 80° 5.546′ W. Marker is in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, in Simcoe County. It is on Mosley Street (County Road 92) just east of 58th Street South, on the right when traveling east. The marker is mounted directly on the subject building, just to the right of the front/north entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3091 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach ON L9Z 1W7, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Ontario Cottage Country

and specifically in Georgian Bay Country.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Schooner Town as a Naval Establishment (approx. 4.2 kilometers away); Nottawasaga River Brings First Inhabitants (approx. 4.2 kilometers away);

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Schooner Town (approx. 4.2 kilometers away); Stayner (formerly Nottawasaga Station) (approx. 5.6 kilometers away); The Founding of Stayner (approx. 5.7 kilometers away); St. Charles Garnier, SJ (approx. 10.2 kilometers away); St. Mary's Collingwood, 1858 (approx. 10.2 kilometers away); The Associated Country Women of the World / L'union mondiale des femmes rurales (approx. 10.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wasaga Beach.

The Muirhead Cabin (<i>northeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024

2. The Muirhead Cabin (northeast elevation)

The marker is mounted at eye-level just to the right of the front entrance. It is between the front door and the right/west window.

The Muirhead Cabin (<i>north/front elevation</i>) image. Click for more information.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024

3. The Muirhead Cabin (north/front elevation)

Gavin Muirhead (1821 - 1899)
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Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 399 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 1, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.