MBPOA Members:
In our most recent update, we appended a June 2026 letter sent to Gravenhurst Mayor and Councillors from Cliff Bay Development Inc. The letter states the developers are making revisions to their 2025 proposal and will post them on their web site cliff-bay.ca in late fall 2026 or early 2027 after the municipal elections.
The Muskoka Bay Property Owners’ Association (MBPOA) continues to work behind the scenes on its members’ behalf communicating with government officials to help ensure appropriate development on the Cliff Bay land. We are doing this in concert with the Muskoka Lakes Association (MLA) and with assistance of Northwell our government relations consultants.
We have been told by political staff of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing that Minister Flack will not approve a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) unless it is supported by the relevant municipality. Given there is a new Gravenhurst Mayor and Council we are focused on explaining our concerns and recommendations to them regarding the proposed Cliff Bay development.
We have expressed our congratulations to all of these elected officials and we are arranging meetings individually with the new Mayor and the Councillors for Wards 1 and 2 as these wards include all properties on the Bay. As we move forward, we must remember that Premier Ford gave strong mayor powers to designated jurisdictions including Gravenhurst. In addition, for the first time Premier Ford will be appointing the District of Muskoka Chair. All these changes require that we remain active and diligent in forming new relationships and explaining the situation.
At the Provincial level the players also keep changing. There are new people filling the Chief of Staff (COS) roles for Premier Ford, Minister Flack and Minister Harris (Natural Resources). There is also a new Minister of Infrastructure named David Piccini. Northwell is assisting us in having ongoing discussions with all these people to ensure they understand the issues we are raising on behalf of MBPOA Members. In addition, we are also continuing to have discussions with our local MPP and Associate Minister Graydon Smith and his staff.
We will continue to provide updates as the situation unfolds. If you have questions, please fill out the contact form on the website.
Thanks for your continuing support to save Muskoka Bay.
