Less than a kilometre off Highway 11, this club offers the cottage golfer a nice, easy warm-up round on the way up to one of Muskoka’s new monster courses. The Frontier nine is the flattest, but also the longest and most challenging, particularly the par threes: the 237-yard fifth, which goes over and around several well-placed trees; and the 191-yard eighth to a small green surrounded by dense forest. The Klondike is much hillier, with quite a few blind shots—particularly your second into the short 441-yard, par five fourth; and the tee shot on the 189-yard, par three seventh, with its tiny green in a bowl (aim for the birdhouse). The sixth hole on the Klondike offers what is arguably the province’s best use of a tree in the centre of a fairway: the lone oak that stands on the top of the hill is surprisingly dramatic against a clear blue sky, not to mention a useful target for the blind tee shot. The shortest of the three, the Rangeland is the nine of choice for the senior set. Steer clear of it if you’re short on time, though it does offer a handful of challenging holes.