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What is a Canadian Country Cottage

• A seasonal home or a second dwelling
• A small often cozy vacation or summer home in the country or semi-rural location
• Canadian cottages are generally located lakeside, near rivers, ponds or lakes
• Called a cabin in Western Canada and USA
• Known as chalets in Quebec
• Used for weekend getaways or group countryside vacations by city dwellers
• Common for the owners to rent their properties to tourists
• A place to go boating, fishing, hiking, sailing. play a little golf or just to relax
• A Canadian cottage can be of any size - one bedroom to 6 bedrooms or more
• Summer vacationing - most popular tourist draw for an Ontario Getaway Weekend
• Ontario Cottage country usually refers to the Muskoka area but has now branched out to other areas in Ontario
• Renting large cottages in the country has become a major industry - the advantage of renting is that your not confined to one area, your flexible to see different parts of the province, no regular maintenance or cutting the grass

Resort Rentals - Ontario Cottage Country Getaway

Ontario Canada - Weekly or Weekend Country Getaways - The Loralea Country Inn Resort is your four seasons lakeside getaway and large cottage rentals host for romantic getaways in a country setting on Halls Lake in the Haliburton Highlands.

A family and couples resort with clean housekeeping rentals close to Algonquin Park, golfing, cross country skiing and downhill skiing, access to snowmobile and ATV trails.

Centrally located to all the group activities and scenic sites that the Haliburton Highlands has to offer.

Your popular lakeside vacations spot location in Ontario on highway #35 at Halls Lake between Dorset and Minden.

Country Cottage Rentals Canada - Ontario Weekend Away

The Loralea is located on Halls Lake comprised of two cozy cottages and five studio cabins for rent in Ontario for families or groups seeking a lakeside resort vacation or weekend countryside getaway in Canada.

Rental #5 - 4 Bedroom with Lakeview for 8 people

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Rental #7 - 2 Bedroom 20 feet from Halls Lake for 4 people

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Country Cabins for Rent

There are also five studio cabins, some with wood burning fireplaces and others with electric fireplaces.

All of our country cabin rentals are clean and we do ask that they be left the same.

• TV and VCR with small movie selection or bring your own
• Outdoors Fire pits - wood free - large bonfires you pay
• Linen and towels supplied, bring you own beach towels
• Housekeeping with all the necessary cooking equipment
• Double beds and pull out sofa beds or futons
• Propane BBQ's and picnic tables
• Full use of resort outdoor grounds, shuffleboard, volleyball, horseshoe pit etc..
• Fishing for bass and lake trout
• Docking area for fishing boats and summer toys
• Save sandy beach area for swimming - very clean Halls Lake
• Trailer parking for Wilderness, ATV and Snowmobiling Trips

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Your Weekend Ontario Resorts - Private Family Reunion Spot - Large Lakeside Cottage Rental for You in Haliburton - One of your Popular ATV Vacation Spots for a Couples Weekend Getaway for playing golf in Canada

Loralea Country Inn Resort
Halls Lake 17560 Highway #35
Algonquin Highlands Ontario Canada
K0M 1J2

Servicing the Haliburton Highlands
Haliburton, Minden and Dorset Ontario

Local Phone (705) 489-2048
Toll Free (800) 461-6557

This page was updated on May 24, 2013

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