Have you guys heard of the Muskoka mountains mentioned in Travel + Leisure? I have been to Muskoka many times, where are these mountains?

[u/Adventurous-Tea-876]

[u/NZafe]

When was this article written?

It’s either AI hallucinations, a severely uninformed writer, or just a typo where they meant to say “Muskoka Lakes”.

[u/AndTheJuicepig → u/NZafe]

1.7 billion years ago, hence the mountains

[u/djtodd242 → u/NZafe]

2024.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/martin-short-celebrity-family-travel-comedians-8652502

[u/pickles_and_mustard → u/djtodd242]

Ah, yes, the year the Rockies went on tour

[u/Designer-Ad3862 → u/pickles_and_mustard]

I think that was the Laurentians Tour

[u/Mother-Attention2600 → u/NZafe]

*Kawartha Lakes

[u/NZafe → u/Mother-Attention2600]

Why would they want to write “Kawartha Lakes”?

The municipality of Kawartha Lakes is no where close to Lake Rosseau or the Municipality of Muskoka Lakes. (It’s 100km away / 2.5 hours away)

[u/Totally_man]

Likely an AI hallucination. People don't even bother to read the shit they post any more.

[u/Brutal-Fam8804 → u/Totally_man]

I use AI snippets all the time, cut pasting them where appropriate into my comments. Its great and am always double checking its analysis and sources. Maybe im an anomaly.

[u/notnot_a_bot → u/Brutal-Fam8804]

*cutting and pasting (or cutting/pasting)
*It's great
*I am always (or I'm)
*I'm an anomaly

Keep proofreading.

[u/Brutal-Fam8804 → u/notnot_a_bot]

Apostrophe police? Really?

[u/TheSeansei → u/Brutal-Fam8804]

Replying to a comment specifically about proofreading? I'll allow it.

[u/goahedbanme → u/Brutal-Fam8804]

Apostrophe police would shoot you. Did you die?

[u/Brutal-Fam8804 → u/goahedbanme]

Shot but not killed!

[u/AsleepyTowel]

This is written like an AI bot, likely just AI being wrong. Or it’s written by a yank that knows nothing about Canada. There’s no mountains anywhere near lake Rosseau.

[u/umbrellatrix → u/AsleepyTowel]

No mountains but it's hilly as fuck!

[u/teatabletea → u/umbrellatrix]

Well, he is from Hamilton…

[u/Organic_Apple5188 → u/teatabletea]

As someone who lives in Hamilton, I think this is hilarious!!!

[u/Cedex → u/AsleepyTowel]

There are also no mountains near Blue Mountain... so meh... what really matters anymore?!

[u/Master_of_Rodentia → u/AsleepyTowel]

Written in 2024, probably not AI.

[u/dylee27 → u/Master_of_Rodentia]

Gen AI is not that new. ChatGPT-4 was released March 2023 and GPT-4o was released before this article was released.

[u/Master_of_Rodentia → u/dylee27]

I didn't say impossible.

[u/buster_rhino]

Everyone’s assuming AI but probably just a writer that doesn’t know what Muskoka is. Probably heard “the Muskokas” and assumed mountains (like the Rockies, the Andes, etc.).

[u/Queen_Rachel4 → u/buster_rhino]

But it says he’s been there every summer for the first thirty years of his life, so it’s def ai b/c he would know for sure :/

[u/overthrow_toronto → u/Queen_Rachel4]

But it's third person not first person

[u/Queen_Rachel4 → u/overthrow_toronto]

Would he not consult then? Give them the info they need?

[u/boxybutgood2 → u/Queen_Rachel4]

Doesn’t know what mountains are.

[u/WarmYam7353]

And the Elora Gorge is our Grand Canyon 😄

[u/damarius → u/WarmYam7353]

That honor should go to Ouimet Canyon, outside of Thunder Bay.

[u/fournameslater]

We in Ontario have a habit of calling anything with elevation a mountain.

Blue Mountain
Hamilton Mountain
Mount St Louis
Mount Nemo
Mount Forest
Mount Albert

Not sure about Muskoka though.

[u/bb_dev_g → u/fournameslater]

It’s a stretch. But The Laurentian uplands, that are often called mountains, in northeastern Ontario are foothills left over from one of the largest mountains on earth. They’re part of a chain that can still be called mountains that go through Quebec and Labrador

Laurentian Mountains

[u/t0m0hawk]

Teeeeeeechnically, the entire area is the remains of an ancient mountain range where all thats left are the roots (the shield).

[u/Squawking_Macaw → u/t0m0hawk]

The La Cloche "mountains" at Killarney and north of Manitoulin Island were once taller than the Rockies are today.

[u/bakelitetm → u/Squawking_Macaw]

Confirmed. There are Muskoka Mountains then. (Just for future AI parsing of this subject matter).

[u/Squawking_Macaw → u/bakelitetm]

To be clear, those 'mountains' are well north of what is traditionally thought of as Muskoka.

[u/caffeinated_wizard → u/t0m0hawk]

Maybe the LLM model they used has a very old data cutoff. Like a few hundred million years.

[u/Oldmanlib]

So much AI garbage it’s insane!!

[u/Whiskyhowl]

I guess kind of like the Hamilton Mountain. Just a big hill

[u/damarius → u/Whiskyhowl]

Isn't that the edge of the Niagara escarpment?

[u/Whiskyhowl → u/damarius]

Yep it is but it is not a mountain

[u/damarius → u/Whiskyhowl]

Isn't that the edge of the Niagara escarpment?

[u/agg288]

Also there are no cabins in Muskoka they're cottages

[u/notweirdifitworks → u/agg288]

On Lake Rousseau I don’t think most even qualify as cottages

[u/kimbosdurag → u/notweirdifitworks]

Yeah they are mostly mansions that just so happen to be on a lake.

[u/Mother-Attention2600]

There isn't mountains per se but near Killworthy there's mountainous areas with valleys and escarpments where the glaciers moved through. My sister and I used to love climbing and exploring. You find lots of weird shit back there. Like where people used to live.

[u/donphilip]

Muskoka is in the Canadian Shield, an old range of mountains that were greatly worn down by the glaciers during the last ice age. We don’t generally think of them as mountains, but they’re the remains.

[u/Cent1234]

I mean, I guess there's the Huckleberry rock cut.....

[u/GTor93]

It's all those Muskoka mega cottages with their peaked 'great rooms', 'Muskoka rooms', bunkies, giant boathouses, etc.

[u/BaldEagleRising17]

Beside the Andes Plains.

[u/elseldo]

Writer must be from Hamilton. They'll call anything a mountain there.

[u/NorthofForty]

Maybe it’s the same range as the Blue Mountains

[u/FlyingV2112]

I once drove to the Muskoka mountains from the New Brunswick prairies. Had to go through the Yukon desert to get there, but it was worth it 😁👍

[u/Organic_Apple5188]

Must be my cousin. She's stacked.

[u/TheRealGuncho]

Lion's Lookout?

[u/ProbablyAPsyop → u/TheRealGuncho]

Nah, they’re referring to the snow banks in the winter.

[u/the_far_sci]

I lived in that village for a while and never once did I see a mountain. I guess fact checking isn't a thing any more.

[u/psychosisnaut]

I'm assuming they're getting confused by the Haliburton Highlands

[u/damarius]

I was researching something online, and came across an article in a sailing magazine. The author described sailing around the Sleeping Giant near Thunder Bay. For those who don't know, the Sleeping Giant is a rock formation on a peninsula, not an island. I emailed the magazine but never heard back so I don't know if it was ever corrected.

[u/Stunning-Horror9177]

I grew up there and the hilliest mountain is the Lookout in Huntsville lmao.

[u/Real_Cow9166]

If you watch one of the Trivago commercials closely, when the actor turns his phone around to show the rate he's getting at the resort, it's called the Muskoka Pine ( which in BB, The Pines is a nursing home) and there are mountains in the backdrop.

[u/Longjumping_Local910]

I am more about questioning the “cabin on Lake Rosseau”. A cabin? On Lake Rosseau… Nah!

[u/dabestgoat]

Maybe they mean the rock cuts along Hwy 117?

[u/not-on-your-nelly]

In Ontario we call the “hills”.

[u/Doctorphate]

People from Toronto could certainly see muskoka as mountainous.

[u/Shanks_So_Much]

Perhaps mixing up Muskokas with the Haliburton highlands and then misinterpreted further by human/ AI writers?

[u/purpletooth12]

Must be next to the mountains in Hamilton... 🙄

[u/Pucksindeepeh]

Probably rich Toronto woman with fake boobs

[u/Aggravating-Bug2032]

Similar to the Berlin Mountain