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Get summer started at the Spring Cottage Life Show

Kick off cottage season with a visit to the 20th annual Spring Cottage Life Show.

Visit our 500+ exhibitors to find boats, docks, cottage builders, innovative building products, green solutions, decor, food, entertaining ideas, water toys and fun for all seasons!

Stop by the Cottage Life Main Stage to see design duo Colin and Justin and daily seminars on cottage ownership and maintenance!

Plus, visit the Cottage Kitchen for delicious recipe ideas, the Cottage Workshop to learn how to build your own outhouse, and grab some refreshments at the Re/Max Dock Party.

Join us April 5-7 at the International Centre, Mississauga, 6900 Airport Road.

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Year in Review: the five best getaways from Cottage of the Week

Whether you’re in the market for a vacation property or not, ogling other people’s places (and judging other people’s decor) is rollicking good fun. That’s why we spend the summer hunting down the most beautiful, most luxurious, most over-the-top cottages for sale and posting full photo tours for anybody stuck in the city. Here, our five favourite cottages from the past 12 months.

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Cottage of the Week: $2.2 million for a vacation property with two libraries

ADDRESS: 245 North Shore Road

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Port Severn, Georgian Bay

AGENT: Armin and AnneMarie Grigaitis, ReMax Baywatch Ltd., Brokerage

PRICE: $2,199,000

THE PLACE: A cottage with a palatial air (for instance, it has a circular staircase and a turreted tower), tucked in its own little cove on Georgian Bay.

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Sold: a 12-acre island in Georgian Bay for $4.5 million

With all the talk of condo bubbles, over-the-top bidding wars and failed flips, wading into Toronto’s housing market requires equal parts bravery and real estate savvy. To help with the latter, we decided to dish when the properties we profile in our House of the Week, Condomonium and Cottage of the Week features are sold. Here, all the details from the latest sale.

The full description: Cottage of the Week: $6.8 million for an island, plus six cabins, in Georgian Bay [September 1o, 2012]

• The place: A 12-acre island housing a sprawling family compound designed by Stark Architects. Spread across the property are a main lodge, a master cottage, three self-contained sleeper cottages, a laundry cottage and two boathouses—one with a two-bedroom loft apartment.

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Cottage of the Week: $975,000 for a lakefront cabin with two kitchens, two living rooms and one massive loft

ADDRESS: PT LT 3 Lindhill Island

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Kahshe Lake, about 15 kilometres southeast of Gravenhurst, Ontario

AGENTS: Maggie Tomlinson, Chestnut Park Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage, Port Carling, and David Reid, Enjoy Muskoka Realty Inc., Brokerage, Gravenhurst

PRICE: $975,000

THE PLACE: A sprawling cottage on the tip of Lindhill Island, in Kahshe Lake, just south of Gravenhurst. The property has been in the same family since the early 1960s; in 2007, they built a two-storey addition with cathedral ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, an upgraded kitchen and a sleeping loft.

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Cottage of the Week: $2.7 million for a Georgian Bay getaway with a pirate ship

ADDRESS: 168 Old Mill Road

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Georgian Bay

AGENT: Bob Emmett and Fred Shaw, Royal LePage Four Seasons Real Estate Centre, Brokerage

PRICE: $2,650,000

THE PLACE: A unique (how many homes greet you with a totem pole at the front door?) and grandiose (check out the chandelier in the bathroom) cottage that still maintains a home-y feel, thanks to wide-plank wood floors, reclaimed wood-beam ceilings and that old cottage staple, a moose head on the wall.

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Cottage of the Week: $6.8 million for an island, plus six cabins, in Georgian Bay

ADDRESS: Chamberlain Island

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Sans Souci‚ Georgian Bay

AGENTS: George Webster, Moffat Dunlap Real Estate Ltd.

PRICE: $6,800,000

THE PLACE: Purchased in the 1930s, this 12-acre island was once home to a modest log cabin, but now houses a sprawling family compound designed by Stark Architects. Spread across the property are a main lodge, a master cottage, three self-contained sleeper cottages, a laundry cottage and two boathouses—one with a 2-bedroom loft apartment.

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Cottage of the Week: $1.6 million for a secluded three-acre island

ADDRESS: 155 Island

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Private island near Honey Harbour, Georgian Bay

AGENT: Stephanie Anne Newlands and Matthew Alexander Parent, Private Service Realty

PRICE: $1,599,999

THE PLACE: A private island that is just under three acres (the size varies depending on water level), and located 15 minutes from Georgian Bay’s Honey Harbour. The three buildings have a quirky charm, and contain six bedrooms in total. 

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Cottage of the Week: $600,000 for a lakefront cabin with a wraparound porch in the Hastings Highlands


ADDRESS: 105 Jogi Road

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Baptiste Lake, Hastings Highlands

AGENTS: Jill Price, Re/Max Eastern Realty Inc. Brokerage 181

PRICE: $599,900

THE PLACE:  This four-bedroom cottage perched on the edge of Baptiste Lake has a huge fireplace and a wraparound deck for summer sunsets.

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Cottage of the Week: $1.6 million for a bayfront property that’s classic Muskoka

ADDRESS: 1338 East Bay Road, Torrance

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Lake Muskoka

AGENT: Iris and James Gardiner, Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited, Brokerage

PRICE: $1,575,000

THE PLACE: A six-bedroom, five-bathroom cottage on a sheltered bay in Lake Muskoka.

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Cottage of the Week: $6.5 million for an eco-friendly estate on the shore of Georgian Bay

ADDRESS: 201 Little Cove Road, Tobermory

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Georgian Bay

AGENT: Darlene James, RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty

PRICE: $6,500,000

THE PLACE: This eight-bedroom estate sits on over 98 acres of land on the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. It was originally built as an eco-lodge (which means there are plenty of guest rooms for friends and family).

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Sold: a 12-acre waterfront retreat north of Parry Sound for just under asking

With all the talk of condo bubbles, over-the-top bidding wars and failed flips, wading into Toronto’s housing market requires equal parts bravery and real estate savvy. To help with the latter, we decided to dish when the properties we profile in our House of the Week, Condomonium and Cottage of the Week features are sold. Here, all the details from the latest sale.

Cottage of the Week: $2.6 million for a 12-acre retreat just north of Parry Sound [May 22, 2012]

The place: A 12-acre property with a main cottage, a separate secondary guest cottage, a private sandy beach, a boathouse, outdoor showers and 360-degree views.

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Cottage of the Week: $12 million for a manicured 1.6-acre island in Muskoka

ADDRESS: St. Helen’s Island

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Muskoka Lakes

AGENT: Richard Scully, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage

PRICE: $12,000,000

THE PLACE: A 1.6-acre island on Muskoka’s Five Mile Bay with a main cottage, a two-bedroom guest cottage and a boathouse with yet more accommodation.

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Gone in 60 Minutes: how to get from the office desk to the cottage dock in about an hour

Gone in 60 Minutes | Billy Bishop Airport

Top down and open road used to be the best way to get to the cottage, but that was before highways became parking lots, crammed with expletive-spewing drivers all thinking the same thing: there’s got to be a better way. Turns out there is. Here, we show just how fast the city’s luckiest cottagers get from Billy Bishop Airport to their northern oases.

ANTHONY LACAVERA
Chairman, Wind Mobile

His plane: 2012 Lancair Evolution Turbo Prop (approx. retail value: $945,000)
His cottage: Lake Muskoka
Estimated air time: 20 minutes
Other destinations: New York; Montreal


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Cottage of the Week: $1,000 a week for a riverside cabin with rapids at the doorstep

ADDRESS: 28 Magnet Road

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Magnetawan, Parry Sound District

AGENTS: Available through theriverhouse.ca

PRICE: $1,000/week for up to six people (May to August) or $305,000 to buy (plus $1,200 in property taxes)

THE PLACE: Located 30 minutes east of Parry Sound, this two-bedroom cabin is set on an acre of woodland along the bustling Magnetawan River, a canoeing and fly-fishing haven.

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