page_title: Beaumaris, Ontario
section_title: Beaumaris Golf and Yacht Clubs
hierarchical_section_title: Beaumaris, Ontario / History / Beaumaris Golf and Yacht Clubs
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Beaumaris, Ontario government pier with the Beaumaris hotel and Beaumaris Yacht Club in the background, circa 1910
context_page_description: Beaumaris is a small settlement in Ontario, Canada, on Lake Muskoka which once served as an important transit point during the steamship era on the lake, and once hosted a summer hotel, called the Beaumaris Hotel. The settlement is located on Tondern Island which, though a true island, is attached to the mainland by a small bridge at Milford Bay. Currently the settlement sports a government pier, The Beaumaris Marina, a general store dubbed Willmotts Store after a prominent Beaumaris family, Saint John's Anglican Church, and a private summer club; the Beaumaris Yacht Club.
context_section_description: In 1911 a number of cottagers formed the Beaumaris Golf and Tennis Association which leased the tennis courts and 5 hole golf course from the hotel. The Association enlarged the golf course to 9 holes and in 1919 expanded it to today's 18 holes. They built a clubhouse on the golf course and invited cottager to join. Reflecting the heavily American presence in the area, in 1921 only 3 of the 48 members of the association were Canadian. The Beaumaris Yacht Club was started in 1912 by James Francis Burke and American congressman to foster sailing in the area and to provide what was considered to be a more wholesome environment for children than the hotel's activities offer. In 1921 the Yacht Club purchased its present location, the Gill's cottages called the Grumblenot.
caption: Beaumaris Government Pier circa 1910 with the Beaumaris Hotel and the Beaumaris Yacht Club in the background
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