The Elmhirst family’s 250-acre cottage resort on Rice Lake’s north shore, established 1903 — lakeside cottages each with deck and dock, a boat livery, waterski school, seaplane tours and Hearthside dining off their own farm.

Cottage rentals wrapped around a 76-slip Stoney Lake marina, including overnight slips for visiting boaters. It is more cottage-resort than hotel, but the dock-to-door experience is exactly the point.

Hotel, resort, waterfront marina and cottages in one Port Severn stop. Standard rooms, kitchenettes and cottages sit close to the water, making it an easy value pick when you want the boat, room and Lock 45 corridor together.

A boutique resort and full marina at the Georgian Bay mouth of the Trent-Severn, steps from Lock 45. Slips for guest boats, a waterfront dining room and spa — the natural first or last night of any Severn transit.

A steamboat-era lakefront lodge on quiet Gloucester Pool, in the same family tradition since the 1930s. Guest dockage along the waterfront, a sand beach, and the dining room’s picture windows over the Pool.

Founded 1885 on Stoney Lake’s north shore with 2,000 feet of shoreline — boat-up docks for dining and stays, farm-to-table kitchens fed by the resort’s own farm, and no resort fees. A Kawarthas institution.