if you pick a kayak you’ll be gone a week. The kitchen – all subway tile and farmer’s sink, stainless appliances – was completely re-worked five years ago, and the windows, flooring and furnace were replaced 10-12 years back. It feels properly updated, maintenance-free, then, the sort of place you’ll visit (or stay at) in the winter, skates and snowshoes piled in the trunk. It’s a proper two-storey (with an unfinished basement) so you can make a bit of noise, tell each other some jokes, while the kids are asleep. The Rideau Trail is a ten-minute walk back down the road so it’s not all about the water, and several of your excellent neighbours are here twelve months. Westport is a scant fifteen minutes away, and the good Xplornet service (now Xplore!) means you can work up here too (if you really have to), or settle in around the woodstove for a movie. (id:62650)