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Buckhorn District Tourist Association 2004 Your Year Round Vacation Destination KAWARTHA CHRYSLER • JEEP • DODGE Simply The Best! www.buckhorncanada.org Scotsman Point Resort he Childs family welcomes you to our spacious grounds and quiet, friendly, family atmosphere; just a 99 minute drive NE of Toronto, on Upper Buckhorn Lake. Modern 1 to A Family Business since 1949 T4 bedroom lakefront housekeeping cottages with full kitchens, electric heat, colour TV, gas R.R.#1, Box B, Lakefield, BBQ. Canoes, boats, motors & fishing. Family activities. Golfing, horseback riding, art galleries, Indian Petroglyphs, restaurants and shopping close by. Ontario, K0L 2H0 LAKEFRONT AFTERNOON TEA ROOM featuring our homemade jams and scones (705) 657-8630, 1-800-267-1310 SPRING & FALL SPECIALS & ACTIVITIES Fax: (705) 657-9121 ✦ Super Saver Midweek Relaxing Packages ✦ Fishing Packages at 25% off Midweek ✦ Special Workshops with instruction in Watercolour Painting, Soapstone Carving etc. Email: [email protected] ✦ Womens Relax & Rejuvenate Pkgs. with Reflexology & an Aromatherapy Massage Web: www.scotsmanpoint.com Blue Heron Resort MODERN 3 BEDROOM COTTAGESBlue • 200’ SAFE Heron SANDY BEACH • ResortDIVING DOCK • BOATS • MOTORS • GAS • TV LOCATED IN BUCKHORN JUST BELOW LOCK 31 • YOUR HOSTS JIM & DORIS SHEARER PHONE 705-657-3300 (9900) TOLL FREE: 1-866-657-3300 Pine Tree Trading Post Gifts • Souvenirs • Moccasins • Jewellery • Wood Carvings • Clothing • Sporting Goods & Toys Hwy. 36, Buckhorn, ON K0L 1J0 (705) 657-9900 2 COME FISHING, SWIMMING AND RELAXING 19 fully equipped, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom housekeeping cottages AT THE RIGHT PLACE on 1200 feet of a tree-lined shore. • Safe swimming • Playground • Store • Boats, Motors and Gas available SUMM E R R W E E S I O V R Y T A B Deer Bay (Lower Buckhorn) on the Trent System RR #1 Lakefield, Ontario K0L 2H0 Tel (705) 657-3218 1-800-488-3134 Woody Farrow ~Original Steel Sculptures 705-657-2854 Buckhorn Narrows Resort Cottages & Trailer Sites (705) 657-8802 www.buckhornnarrows.com [email protected] 120 Acres of Picturesque Countryside 10 Lakefront Housekeeping Cottages, Boat & Motor Rentals, Box 99 Sandy Beach, Pool, Excellent Fishing, Playgrounds, Store Buckhorn Ontario 120 large Seasonal Sites (Lakefront & Wooded) KOL 1JO Seasonal & Transient Sites, Sales, Rentals, Fully Serviced, Pets Welcome On DEER BAY of the ) Experience Beachwood’s relaxed, friendly atmosphere Kawarthas where you set your own pace. IN BUSINESS SINCE 1926 Our American Plan Lodge, large housekeeping cottages and efficiency units with fireplaces and colour T.V. offer accommodation to suit every taste. All units overlook picturesque Deer Bay. Guests can enjoy delicious meals in our licensed dining room. We have wedding and conference facilities for up to 100 people, good fishing, children’s program, boat and motor rentals, water sports, small sandy beach, R.R.1 Lakefield, ON K0L 2H0 tennis, and a heated outdoor For Reservations call Tel: (705) 657-3481 • 1-888-313-1118 • Fax: (705) 657-2303 pool. Email: [email protected] • Web Site: www.beachwoodresort.com 3 Open all year • 7 days a week • 9 am-5 pm July 1 to Labour Day • Open 9-9 Christmas Closing Dec. 25 • Open Jan. 3 By Boat: On Buckhorn Lake at Coppaway Point By Car: 20 min. north of Peterboro, Cty Rd. 29 north to Cty. Rd. 23 north to Curve Lake Road • Craft Centre • Fine Art Gallery • Summer Tea Room • Native Museum • Christmas Shop • Quiet Picnic Area Indian Owned and Operated Motor Coach Parking & Handicap Access Write for Brochure & Information on Group Tours xperience the beauty of our history and gain insight to the present during your visit to the Whetung Ojibwa Centre. Traditional and Econtemporary artistic expressions of Canada’s First Nations have been gathered from tribes across the continent and housed in a stunning log building guarded by huge totem poles. The moment you walk through our doors, your Native Canadian adventure begins. Whetung Ojibwa Centre has ensured that your visit is a culturally diversified journey. You’ll see everything from an authentic Inuit kayak and a 16 foot single piece birch bark canoe, to a life-sized hunter carved from a single tree. We have over 10,000 square feet of Native and Canadian items. At the centre is the largest selection of the very best original works of Curve Lake Indian Reserve • Ontario, Canada KOL 1RO art, jewellery, moccasins, clothing, Tel: (705) 657-3661 • Fax: (705) 657-3412 accessories, books and music. www.whetung.com Located on beautiful Buckhorn Lake Seasonal 705-657-8831 Campsites Available Website: www.greatlakesresorts.ca Another Great Lakes Resorts Property The Cody Inn Restaurant A redecorated Cody Inn offers excellent Chinese & Canadian meals along with good presentation and attentive, friendly service. Fully licensed, you may have beer, wine or cocktails with dinner or, in season, simply relax on the licensed patio overlooking the liftlock set in a scenic park environment. Sun - Thurs. - 11 ~ 9 Fri. & Sat. 11 ~ 10 Closed Jan. & Feb. / Reservations Lakehurst Road (directly across from Liftlock #31) Buckhorn, Ontario Take-Out Available (705) 657 8812 4 INDEX magine a cool breeze on a hot summer’s day, the brilliant colours of fall, a pristine blanket of snow or the rebirth of spring. Then imagine swimming, camping, canoeing, boating, fishing, biking, hiking, P.O. Box 55, Buckhorn, ON K0L 1J0 relaxing at the waters’ edge, snowmobiling, or walking through newly fallen leaves. (705) 657-3288 1-800-853-1615 Now imagine a leisurely shopping trip at one of our many art galleries and antique E-mail: [email protected] shops. Enjoy our restaurants, native culture, golf courses and our famous art Website: www.buckhorncanada.org & craft shows. All that you can imagine in a vacation playground is here for you in Buckhorn, Word BuckhornSearch. .District . 9 Ontario. Just an easy 2-hour drive from Toronto, it’s stress-free and affordable NearbyTourist Attractions Association. 10 Ifor the whole family. Visit our website at www.buckhorncanada.org and link into our member Calendar of Events . 12,13 businesses and resorts. You can also email us at [email protected] Emergency/Important #’s. 14 or call us at 1-800-853-1615/ 705-657-3288 for assistance in planning your vacation with us. We look forward to seeing you soon so that you to can Area Map . 19 “IMAGINE”. Accommodation Guide . 20-23 Lee Cunningham Business Directory . 26, 27 President, BDTA CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF TOWNSHIP OF SMITH- GALWAY- ENNISMORE- CAVENDISH LAKEFIELD & HARVEY would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the elcome to the “Heart of the Kawarthas”! I am pleased that Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield and thank you for the municipality that I represent includes many miles of the your interest in our community. Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield is famous Trent Severn Waterway System. This chain of lakes a popular four-season destination bordered almost entirely by divides our municipality from Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield to lakes, and is situated along the Trent Severn Waterway system the south, and the City of Kawartha Lakes to the west. in the heart of the Kawarthas. The Township is a wonderful Throughout these many miles of shoreline, there are nearly 100 place to visit, live, work and raise a family. While in Smith- businesses and tourist establishments that hold membership in Ennismore-Lakefield I am sure you will find the hospitality the Buckhorn and District Tourist Association. Some of these of our residents and businesses to be warm and pleasant. of course, are located in our neighbouring townships but when Our municipality has a lot to offer from our beautiful lakes, it comes to promoting this area, boundaries mean little. parks and recreational facilities, heritage and cultural sites and events, to shopping, restaurants, festivals, entertainment and Buckhorn and district has everything you could possibly need accommodation.I Thousands of tourists visit us each year to toW make a short or long stay with us a “vacation to remember”. enjoy fishing, camping, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, The warm hospitality and good service you will receive will boating, shopping, golfing, art galleries, nature trails, and much, make you want to come back year after year. much more...there is truly something for everyone! I trust you will enjoy your visit to our community, and I encourage you As Reeve, I am proud to represent a large part of the area to explore all we have to offer. For more information visit our that the BDTA covers. On behalf of our Council, I would like to website at www.smithennismorelakefield.on.ca or contact our extend a very warm welcome to those of you who are returning Economic Development Coordinator at (705) 292-9507. Best to our area, and those of you who are joining us for the very wishes for an enjoyable vacation! first time. We are certain that this will not be your last visit! Sincerely, Ron Millen Thomas Flynn Reeve, Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Reeve, Township of Galway, Cavendish & Harvey 5 e are thrilled to introduce, as our cover on the 2004 publication “Quiet Reflection” - an original work in watercolour by Isabelle Blewett. When approached by our committee about this commission, Mrs. Blewett was pleased to promote the area in which she was born and still lives. Situated on Upper Chemong Lake, The Boathouse Gallery on County Road #23, 3 km south of Buckhorn houses the artists’ original works in watercolour and acrylic. The 50-year old boathouse is surrounded by beautiful perennial gardens – wander and relax in this peaceful setting. Isabelle studied under Edwin Mathews, the founder of the annual Buckhorn Wildlife Art Festival at Sir Sandford Fleming College and took many workshops atCover Gallery on theArtist Lake and Buckhorn “Isabelle School of FineBlewett” Arts.