Maple Lake Ontario – Summer Plans Coming Together (PHOTOS) #algonquinhighlands #ontario

Ξ April 15th, 2013 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Algonquin Township, beach, Canada, cottage country, entertainment, events, family, image, Ontario, Travel/Vacation, webcam |

May spend the entire month of July 2013 at the cottage on Maple Lake!

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Maple Lake Ontario North Shore

 

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St Peter’s Church North Shore Rd on Maple Lake Ontario

I would totally love to spend July–all of it–on Maple Lake Ontario–but I keep wimping out about being totally alone for a week at a times sometimes. I wouldn’t be doing so if I knew more that some welcome faces would be showing up. Maybe this year.

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I’ve been told that I’m trying to sell people on the place (Maple Lake) but I really don’t have to– in fact, I’ve undersold it. Summer Vacation 2013 Ontario vacation dates so far:

Maple Lake Ontario -Vacation Dates

Opening the cottage (Family) – June 23 – 29

June 30 – July 20 – Me and a dog (probably Raven) staying and my Dad and an additional (family friend) guest during the extremely busy July 1- July 4 celebrations (first week of July).

July 8 – 21 – Come visit—me and a dog! (Company welcome)

July 21-  Me and spouse and the dogs through August 3. (Company welcome)

Labour Day Week  Sept 1 -7. Closing cottage – Official, end-of-season – Friends, family whomever… (head’s up would be appreciated).

 

I have big hopes for it as a Maple Lake retreat because it is truly bucolic when the party people aren’t there (most of the time–non- holidays  and later, when they’ve gone to bed). There’s is so much to do here, whether you snap photos, revel in the opportunities to get close to nature, walk, bike, swim, hike, climb, run, fish, and soon, get into to some serious rock-hunting, along with the standard boating, tubing, swimming, skiing, sunbathing etc.

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R and R on our beach on Maple Lake – Roger is brushing Raven. I’m not sure than she ‘willingly’ went in the lake or following Obi’s having gone in, was shamed into it.

This year past was R’s 15th anniversary (works at a very large Schaumburg-based electronics company) so he got to pick an ‘atta boy’ gift from a catalog. I saw a kayak and said that would work well  as one of the ‘toys’ at the cottage. Roger said he’d been thinking of  it, too–shazam! Our ‘fleet’ now includes a red canoe, a  12′ swim raft (my favourite!), a one-person kayak, and a rowboat that is getting a small motor this summer.

 

How it looked in pretty places in Ontario on Sunday at Sunset
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Chapleau River Ontario sunset April 14
(Credit: Weather Network)

 

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Blue Mtn. Ski resort Ontario 4.14.13 sunset April 14
(Credit: Weather Network)

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Taking Hwy 35 to Maple Lake From Pearson

 

 

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From Pearson to Maple Lake via Hwy 35.

 

 

Maple Lake Mist (PHOTO 2006) – Maple Lake Sky Labour Day Weekend 2012 – (PHOTO) #chicagoland #haliburtonhighlands #maplelakeontario

Ξ September 13th, 2012 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Algonquin Township, beach, Canada, cottage country, Haliburton Highlands, holiday(s), home and garden, image, Maple Lake Ontario, nature, Ontario, Photography, summertime, United States |

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Maple Lake Mist (PHOTO) new camera–on wrong setting, result pleasing.

 

1973 Maple Lake Ontario Time Warp (PHOTOS) #haliburtonhighlands

Ξ September 9th, 2012 | → 0 Comments | ∇ beach, Canada, cottage country, family, Haliburton Highlands, Maple Lake Ontario, nature, Ontario, personal, Photography, summertime |

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Maple Lake Ontario, early 1970′s McCrackan family photo (My brother and me and some first cousins). I am petting our dog, Teddy.

On Maple Lake, Ontario, an oft-pictured angle. I came late to realizing our land is on the lip of a small cove. Now (that I see it) it is totally obvious,  how the waves are fairly gentle and why we have a naturally sandy beach when most of the lake front does not. Supereasy to see, right? I blame being legally blind (and not having a motorboat) for my lack of awareness because clearly, as far back as this photo which is either 1972 or 73, and indeed since their inception in the early-mid 1940′s our cottages always resided near a cove on the North side of Maple Lake.
Location, location is right.

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Same pic with bayview

 

I’m been going through family photos since April of last year and thought I was done but have come across another box that was only semi-sorted.

 

It was a Beautiful Day – September 2 2012 – Maple Lake Ontario PHOTOS #haliburtonhighlands #labourday

Ξ September 3rd, 2012 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Algonquin Township, beach, Canada, cottage country, family, fun activity, Haliburton Highlands, health/happiness, holiday(s), home and garden, Maple Lake Ontario, me, My dog, nature, Ontario, personal, Photography, Raven, stuff, summertime, Travel/Vacation |

 

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Maple Lake Ontario – Sept 2 2012

There should be a Picasa photo album here with captions. If you cannot see it go to the link: https://picasaweb.google.com/110540833163122558330/MapleLakeOntarioSeptember22012?authuser=0&feat=directlink

 

Update! Once In A Blue Moon – Labour Day Weekend on Maple Lake PHOTOS #haliburtonhighlands #maplelakeontario #holiday

Ξ September 2nd, 2012 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Algonquin Township, beach, cottage country, family, Food and/or Drink, Haliburton Highlands, holiday(s), Maple Lake Ontario, Ontario, personal, Photography, summertime, sunsets |

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Arrived on Maple Lake the night of the full blue moon. Beautiful.

 

It was a long 675-mile drive and the Labour Day wait at the border was a bit long, too. Plus we ‘lose’ an hour going from Central to Eastern time so arrived at 4:30 a.m. Today was lovely but we got a late start so by the time dinner time was approaching we thought simpler would be better. It just so happened that some of the nicest weather of the day came near day’s end so we whipped up a fresh green salad with some chicken breast strips and sat ourselves right down at water’s edge to enjoy. It was really lovely–so peaceful.

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just before sunset. I love this place. It is such a privilege to enjoy it whenever we can.

 

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Sunset on Maple Lake Ontario – September 1 2012

 

There should be a Picasa photo album here with captions. If you cannot see it go to the link: https://picasaweb.google.com/110540833163122558330/MapleLakeOntarioSeptember22012?authuser=0&feat=directlink

 

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