This Ontario resort offers waterfront cottages on Peninsula Lake, close to Huntsville and Algonquin Park. Accommodation charges cover three meals per day. All cabins have wood-burning fireplaces, with all firewood supplied free of charge. All non-motorized boats, fishing, tennis, swimming, and hiking facilities may also be used free of charge. Cedar lodge, open year-round, has been operated by the Fleming family since 1927. Winter activities include cross country skiing, snowshoeing, skating on a lake rink and morning walks. Photos and descriptions of each of the 19 one and two bedroom cottages may be viewed on their website.
Cedar Grove Lodge
P.O Box 5104 Huntsville
Ontario, P1H 2K5 Canada
705-789-4036
cedargrove.on.ca
Deerhurst Resort has 425 guest rooms on 800 acres of wooded countryside. It is a premier meetings and convention resort, catering to groups as large as 1,000 people. It has a number of dining rooms, and boasts of two 18-hole golf courses, recreational activities, a spa, and a musical stage show. Friendly Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Area is just five minutes away, and around the resort are snowmobile trails. Deerhurst offers plenty of outdoor fun during the winter, including rides on horseback, snowshoeing, ice skating, skiing, snowmobiling, downhill skiing and snowboarding, tours, snow tubing, dogsled rides for kids and adults, and horse-drawn sleigh and carriage rides. Equipment rentals are available.
Deerhurst Resort
1235 Deerhurst Drive, Huntsville
Ontario, Canada P1H 2E8
416-566-9297
deerhurstresort.com
This resort on Peninsula Lake offers cabins, cottages, rooms, and suites, most of which have wood burning fireplaces. Some have full kitchens, even as homemade meals are available in the resort. Winter attractions include snowmobile trails, downhill and cross-country skiing, and snow tubing. Outdoor facilities include a lighted skating rink, and cross country ski trails when there is ice on the lake. Local marinas rent out snowmobiles. Cross country skiers go to the Arrowhead or Algonquin provincial parks, while the local downhill skiing and snowboarding facility is Hidden Valley Highlands, with its three chairlifts and 11 slopes, and night skiing on Thursdays to Saturdays. Tally Ho sells discounted lift tickets.
Tally Ho Inn
2222 Hwy 60, RR 4, Huntsville
Ontario, P1H 2J6 Canada
705-635-2281
tallyhoinn.com
