New listing for 2021! This beautiful cottage is nestled in the trees, down a private road on the Big Rideau Lake. Enjoy the views and nature from the cottage, extra large deck or fire pit as you relax in style! The protected bay provides a safe place for your boat and gives you access to the most coveted lake on the Rideau!  Enjoy short boat-ride to the town of Portland forrestaruants and other ammenitie, or take a short drive in your car to Westport where they have lots of shopping in small boutiques, restaurants and bars with regular live music, annual festivals, boat rentals, groceries, a new local winery that serves great food, local art shops, and two golf courses. The Rideau Canal is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and was rated #2 as an exceptional historic site destination by National Geographic.  The Rideau Lakes Region is a great place to explore. You can take advantage of the great fishing, boating, swimming, water-skiing, or lock through the historic canal system to the other attached lakes and towns. In the surrounding towns and cities there are also lots of activities, and events to participate in including, golf, historic tours, boat tours, shopping restaurants, parties, and lots more! This cottage is conveniently located only 5 minutes from Portland. Portland is about halfway between Toronto and Montreal, 40 minutes from the Canada/USA border, and only one hour and 10 minutes from Ottawa. A great place for extended Families to congregate. A fire-pit, canoe and double kayak are also on site plus 3 TVs (2 smart TVs and one TV  in the loft for gaming) plus wifi (10mbps)! Please note that you can get lage boats in to the dock without trouble, but it is quite weedy for swimming, best to go out to the lake to swim from your boat. We rent pontoon boats as well. Click here to view our Youtube Videos of this property.  (Airbnb guests please search for "Rideau Lakes Cottages" on Youtube, then click on Playlists, then "Ohana Cottage") Bedroom Configurations: The master bedroom has a queen bed, the second bedroom has a single over double benk bed and the loft has two sets of bunk beds (1 queen, one double and 5 single mattressess in total).  Required for booking: Names, ages, and addresses for all guests in your group. Rideau Lakes Property Management is registered by the Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) registration: #50017421