It is Time for the Outdoor Chairs

Wake Up on the Bright Side I wonder how many pictures of Muskoka Chairs there are in my photo collection.  I'll start to gather them into a poster collage. If we were in the North-Eastern U.S. we would call them Adirondack Chairs. Wikipedia redirects one from Muskoka to Adirondack for information about the chair.   However, it doesn't explain how the chair migrated to Muskoka and got 'renamed'.  Back to Adirondack, the chair was originated by Thomas Lee in 1903 while on vacation in Westport.  He offered the design to his friend, a carpenter in need of winter income. That explains the patent by Harry C. Bunnell rather than the originator, Thomas Lee.  The article says that Bunnell registered the patent without telling Lee, and that Lee was surprised, but then didn't mind. Muskoka Chair Company is in Port Carling (that's in Muskoka), dedicated to making these wonderful, iconic, outdoor chairs.

Muskoka or Adirondack - What's in a name?

"The beloved Muskoka chair started out as the Westport chair, named after Westport, New York, where it was patented.  It later became known as the Adirondack chair, in honour of the mountains of the same name in New York state, where tuberculosis patients were sent to relax and take in the fresh air at a convalescent home." Over the years, improvements were made, such as using slats instead of a single slab for the seat and back. No one knows who brought the first one to Canada or the start of the term Muskoka chair.  But there it is: Muskoka or Adirondack - nothing different.  Both are the epitome of summer comfort and relaxation. What better way to enjoy the calendar's slide between July 1st and July 4th!   Facebook Twitter Website Blogs at: http://opengardensniagara.blogspot.ca http://blog.marilyncornwell.com Purchase at: http://www.redbubble.com/people/marilyncornwell http://1-marilyn-cornwell.artistwebsites.com