In the grand heyday of the classic Muskoka cottages of the early twentieth century, cottagers visiting from southern Ontario and the northeastern U.S. helped to create an identifiable architectural style, influenced by other fashionable summering areas such as the Adirondacks and Newport, but with a distinct Canadian accent. Dan Nicholson, who is one of the owners of a Port Carling building supply company that specializes in classic Muskoka-style cottage materials, instinctively had this tradition in mind when he and colleague Paul Donaldson conceived this rambling Lake Muskoka gem. Comprising an enviable 245 feet of wooded Lake Muskoka waterfront, it had once had an older cottage on it, but by the time he purchased, only the old stone chimney remained. A pine dining table bridges the kitchen area just where the house bends at 45 degrees to the formal living room. Down by the water, the boathouse doubles as a comfortable guesthouse, and like the main house, features the classic dark siding and white trim of the great 1920s Muskoka boathouses of legend.

Source: National Post May 17, 2018 15:52 UTC