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Bracebridge, Ontario

Bracebridge (2001 population 13,751) is a town in Muskoka Region[?] of Ontario, Canada.

The town was built around a waterfall in the centre of town. It was first incorporated in 1875. It was named after a book, Bracebridge Hall[?] by Washington Irving, that the postmaster in charge of naming towns was reading at the time.

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