Cottage of the Week: $6.8 million for an island, plus six cabins, in Georgian Bay
Cottage of the Week: $6.8 million for an island, plus six cabins, in Georgian Bay
ADDRESS: Chamberlain Island
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Sans Souci‚ Georgian Bay
AGENTS: George Webster, Moffat Dunlap Real Estate Ltd.
PRICE: $6,800,000
THE PLACE: Purchased in the 1930s, this 12-acre island was once home to a modest log cabin, but now houses a sprawling family compound designed by Stark Architects. Spread across the property are a main lodge, a master cottage, three self-contained sleeper cottages, a laundry cottage and two boathouses—one with a 2-bedroom loft apartment.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: Sunrises and sunsets are the bread and butter of cottage living. There is one cabin positioned on the east-facing side of the island, and another on the west-facing side, so you won’t miss a single solar phenomenon.
BIG SELLING POINT: If space, privacy and a feeling of being far removed from everyday life are on your bucket list, then owning an entire island is the way to go.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: The only downside to having an island for a cottage is getting there. A boat with licensed driver will be necessary.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• $6,800,000
• $13,626.23 in property taxes (2011)
• 12 acres of land
• 3,000-square-foot master cottage
• 1,800-square-foot main lodge
• 1,000-square-foot loft in boathouse (with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths)
• 10 bathrooms
• 9 bedrooms
• 8 buildings (1 main lodge, 4 sleeper cottages, 1 laundry cottage and 2 boathouses)
• 8 fireplaces
• 2 boathouses
• 2 deep water harbours
• 1 sauna
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- One of the terraces
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- One of the terraces
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- A path leading to another terrace
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- There are several large expanses of flat rock extending from the main lodge, which are used for outdoor entertaining and dining
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- The utility shed and boathouse which has a workshop, kitchenette and bathroom. It sits on a protected harbour
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- The laundry cottage
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- The bedroom inside the pink cottage
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- The pink cottage is 500 square feet and contains one bedroom with a granite fireplace and a bathroom
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- The sunset cottage is the original log cabin from the 1930s. It’s 450 square feet and has one bedroom, a living room with a fireplace, a bathroom and restored pine plank floors. As the name implies , it faces west
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- Inside the sunrise cottage
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- The sunrise cottage is 860 square feet and contains two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room with a woodstove and a kitchenette
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- The main cottage kitchen
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- The kitchen in the main cottage has a six-person table, a six-burner gas cooktop, a walk-in cold room, two refrigerators, two dishwashers and a wood-burning fireplace
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- The butler’s pantry in the main cottage
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- The butler’s pantry in the main cottage
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- The living and dining space in the main cottage
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- The living and dining space in the main cottage
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- The main boathouse
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- The main boathouse has a 1,000-square-foot second storey loft with two bedrooms and a bathroom. On the first floor, there is a cedar sauna, a kitchenette, a bathroom and a single boat slip
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- The master bedroom in the master cottage. The cottage also contains a living room, an office, two secondary bedrooms and three bathrooms
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- The master bedroom in the master cottage
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- The living room in the master cottage
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- The living room in the master cottage
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- The master cottage, which is 3,000 square feet
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- The rocks surrounding the island create a small inlet
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- The view from the water
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- An aerial view of the 12-acre island
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- The main lodge, on the right, is 1,800 square feet and contains an open-plan living and dining area, an eat-in kitchen, a butler’s pantry and a cold room. On the left is the master cottage, containing the master suite, a living room, an office, two secondary bedrooms and three bathrooms
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While the price is way out of my reach it realy does have a cottage feel to it. It’s big but still looks like a cottage not staged and overteched and polished. Wood and stone.
Looks great, I’d love to stay for a weekend.
love it