$2.1 Million Homes in Muskoka, Ontario
Huntsville | $2.2 million (2.995 million Canadian dollars)
This expansive five-bedroom, six-bath country house was built in 2012 on the grounds of the defunct Tally Ho Winter Park ski area. The 35-acre-plus property is near Huntsville, the Muskoka District Municipality's largest town. Muskoka is a popular 'cottage country' destination with 1,600 lakes, two hours north of the greater Toronto area.
Boating, golf, paddleboarding, hiking, treetop trekking and horseback riding are among the summer lures. Huntsville offers restaurants, pubs, art galleries, antique shops, boutiques and spring,summer and fringe festivals.
Size: 7,241 square feet
Price per square foot: $300
Indoors: The two-story house has an open layout, floor-to-ceiling windows, oversized stone fireplaces, reclaimed hemlock barnboard floors, in-floor radiant heating and an attached three-car garage.
The front door opens to a foyer and hall, leading to a great room with a coffered pine ceiling in the dining room. In the living room area, the 25-foot-stone fireplace and pine plank ceiling are visible from an upstairs hallway overlook. The dining space has a coffered pine ceiling.
The kitchen has a tile floor, a blue 48-inch Lacanche stove with a copper hood and six-burner gas range, white leathered granite countertops and white cabinetry. A center island has a microwave drawer and a sink with a gooseneck faucet; the opposite wall has dark wood cabinets and a built-in wine rack. Beyond is a walk-in pantry, a mud room, a laundry room and access to the garage.
The primary en suite bedroom has a coffered pine ceiling. Its bath has a heated tile floor, a double vanity with Caesarstone counter, a steam shower, a Toto toilet, a soaker tub with panoramic views and a walk-in closet.
At the end of the front hall, a staircase leads to the second level, with a laundry room off the landing. Another en suite bedroom has windows on the front and back of the house. On the lower level, a recreation room opens to an office. A guest wing has a bedroom, a bath, storage and a utility room.
A finished loft with a bathroom is above the garage.
Outdoor space: The parklike acreage is heavily wooded, with a clearing around the house and a sloped lawn that was formerly a ski hill.
Costs: Annual property tax in 2024 was 5,665 Canadian dollars ($4,100).
Contact: John Aben, Aben Team | Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd. | 705-788-4770
Lake of Bays | $2.1 million (2.9 million Canadian dollars)
On a private road, this expanded board-and-batten-sided, five-bedroom waterside bungalow sits on 0.64 acres on the Lake of Bays, about 150 miles north of Toronto. It was built in 1968, with an addition constructed in 1988.
The nearby village of Dwight has a grocery store, a pharmacy and a bakery close by. Boaters use public docking in the nearby village of Dorset to shop or enjoy waterfront dining. The private 18-hole golf course on Bigwin Island is accessible only by boat.
The house is a 15-mile drive from Algonquin Provincial Park, a national historic site. Artists and outdoor enthusiasts relish the indigenous flora and fauna and the hilly, forested terrain with five rivers and rugged lakeshores.
Size: 3,447 square feet
Price per square foot: $610
Indoors: The living room has a cathedral ceiling, a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, sizable windows and a sliding door to the deck. Floors throughout the renovated interior are engineered hardwood.
A free-standing stone dual fireplace divides the dining and breakfast rooms. Wood beam tongue-and-groove ceilings accent the kitchen, dining room and two first-floor bedrooms.
The breakfast room has a waterfall-style center island for dining. Blue cabinets punctuate the kitchen walls beneath a stone countertop; the upper cabinets are white. Appliances include double wall ovens, a convection cooktop and a French-door refrigerator with a bottom freezer.
The primary en suite bedroom, on the main floor, has a custom walk-in closet and a spalike bathroom with a double-sink vanity, a soaking tub and a separate shower.
The lower level has two bedrooms, an Irish pub-style recreation room with a wood stove and a bar, an office and a hall bath with a shower. French doors in the heated storage room provide access to the lakefront.
Outdoor space: A composite deck with glass railings, accessible from the living room, dining room and kitchen, overlooks the lake. A grassy slope leads down to a single boat port. A 208-foot hard-packed sand shoreline has a shallow lake entry. Trees shade a horseshoe pit, a garden shed and a woodshed. A gravel driveway provides parking.
Costs: Annual property tax in 2024 was 7,848 Canadian dollars ($5,600).
Contact: Todd Adair | Cayman Marshall International Realty Inc. | 705-765-5759
Fairy Lake | $2.2 million (2,999,999 Canadian dollars)
This four-bedroom, three-bath house, built in the early 1900s on a secluded 1.19-acre waterfront lot near Huntsville, was renovated in 2004. In addition to the two-story, wood-plank-sided main house, the property includes a boathouse and a waterfront one-bedroom, one-bath cottage along its 558-foot waterfront. A log cabin, formerly a garage, is used for storage.
Fairy Lake is part of a four-lake chain (including Mary Lake, Lake Vernon and Peninsula Lake), providing boaters with 40-plus miles of scenic shoreline and villages to explore.The house is five minutes from two championship golf courses, dining and boating on Peninsula Lake at Deerhurst Resort.
Size: 4,000 square feet
Price per square foot: $550
Indoors: The 4,000-square-foot cottage has a slate floor in the center hall and wide plank pine throughout. The seller, a potter, crafted the yellow ceramic sink in the powder room.
Glass doors open to the family room. Pine beams frame the front wall, with triangular windows beneath a 20-foot-high cathedral ceiling. From the brick fireplace at the other end of the room, a skylit upstairs loft is visible through wood balusters.
A pizza oven on the backside of the fireplace faces the kitchen. Counters are pine-trimmed with inset blue ceramic tiles matching the backsplash.A breakfast bar abuts the dining room. Straight ahead is the 'Muskoka room,' a screened-in porch. The adjacent living room has lake views and a corner fireplace.French doors with colored glass panes open to a music room with a sloped pine plank ceiling and a wood-burning stove. In summer, an unheated room off the front hall is used as a game room; a gallery is used for storage.
The first-floor primary en suite bedroom opens to a screened deck with a sauna. One of the two laundry rooms is tucked between the bedroom and the living room.
Upstairs, a second primary en suite bedroom has double glass doors to a private balcony. A new tiled shower is near the hall bath. The loft has a back staircase.
Outdoor Space: A wood deck off the living room wraps two sides of the house and overlooks Fairy Lake. Steps lead down to a hot tub and wooded lawn. A sunbathing deck adjoins a two-port boathouse on the lake.
Costs: Annual property taxes for 2025 are 13,000 Canadian dollars ($9,300).
Contact: Marsha Rao | Royal LaPage Lakes of Muskoka Realty | 705-787-6054
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