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Welcome to the Loraine Club!
A rental island cottage suitable for up to 20 people,
Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada.
About the Loraine Club:
The Loraine Club property was the home of the Loraine Hunting and Fishing Club from the early 1900’s until the mid 1990’s, when it was purchased by three families for use as their ‘extended family’ cottage. Accordingly, the Loraine Club is not a commercial property, but is available for rent for limited periods when it is not being used by the Loraine families.
The Loraine Club is comprised of a main building including seven bedrooms, a separate sleeping cottage or “Bunkie”, and a small ‘playhouse’ known as the “Sugar Shack”. In total, there are twenty beds. The Loraine property is an eleven acre parcel on a forty acre island. The Loraine Club is the only private property on the whole island, as the rest of the island is vacant ‘crown land’, which is owned by Canada and is not available for rent or for sale.
The main building includes a large stone fireplace, a six burner dual oven Garland stove with a griddle, two gas barbeques, and a large screened porch on three sides of the building, accessed through French doors from the kitchen, and doors from the living room and outside deck. Two refrigerators are included, as well as a three piece bath on the second floor (with a ‘marginal’ toilet), although use of the ‘outhouse’ is encouraged – if not preferred for its view. The dining room will accommodate 12-14 people comfortably, and there is a large picnic table on the screened porch. The Loraine faces south – west for lots of sunshine and beautiful sunsets, with a view of the lighthouse in the background.
Two steel boats built in 2000, with 10 and 15 hp motors, and two older canoes are available for exploring the endless islands, inlets and outlets along the beautiful north – east coast of Georgian Bay.
The Loraine has been used for family reunions, ‘extended family’ vacations, a summer camp for children from Korea, and even a wedding attended by 60 people and highlighted in Cottage Life magazine! The Loraine is also popular with single families who like to get away and extend open invitations to their friends, without worrying about accommodations when their various guests arrive by water taxi for overlapping visits.
However, the Loraine is not for everyone. Apart from a small kitchen extension in 2000, it has been left virtually unchanged since it was originally constructed in the early 1900’s and used by the hunting and fishing club until the mid ‘90’s. There is no electricity, apart from the small gas generator used for the mandatory ‘grey’ (or ‘gray’) water pump outs, and other similar tasks. The stove, fridges and main floor lighting run on propane gas. There is no telephone, although cell phones and, of course, marine band VHF radios do work in the area. While the Loraine families and guests prefer the intimacy and authenticity of the Loraine without the distractions of electric lights, televisions and telephones, if you are looking for the luxury of a ‘Muskoka type’ cottage, then the Loraine is not for you.
Please see the photo section of this site, but keep in mind that the photos are not the best and were simply the only ones available on the laptop when this site was made during the 2000 summer vacation of the Loraine families to the French speaking islands of Madeleine (highly recommended!) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a 5 hour ferry ride north of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Merci!
Location:
The Loraine Club is located on beautiful Georgian Bay, near Britt Ontario, approximately 300 kilometers (3hours) north of Toronto, Canada. The Club is on Wallbridge Island, across the bay from the Gerioux Island Lighthouse and Coast Guard Station, just off the small craft channel, near the mouth of Byng Inlet. (Byng Inlet is actually an outlet of the Magnetewan River into Georgian Bay, and is not to be confused with the Town of the same name located just south of Britt.)
From Toronto, take Highway 400 north (shown as Highway 69 north of Port Severn on older maps) past Parry Sound to the Britt turnoff, and proceed through the small town to Wright's Marina, for a 20 minute boat ride to the Loraine Club!
Click "Links" above for more information on Wright's Marina and the Little Britt Inn.
Rates for July and August:*
$2,000. per week
$3,500. for two weeks
$5,000 for four weeks
Rates for June and September:*
$1,500. per week
$2,500. for two weeks
$4,000. for four weeks
*A $1,000. security deposit applies to all rentals.
One half of the rental amount is required to ensure your reservation.
All amounts are in Canadian dollars (US $ approx. 40% exchange as of August, 2000)
Rates are subject to change without notice.
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