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In the late nineteenth century road, rail and steamboat transportation infrastructure originally developed to support agriculture and forestry was repurposed to support tourism which became an important economic driver for Lake Joseph and the region.
159:. William Robinson, a member of the House of Assembly for Upper Canada (1830-1840) and later Commissioner of Public Works named Lake Joseph and neighbouring Lake Rosseau after his friend Joseph Rousseau, the father of a fur trader in the area.
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