The Boathouse - 3-bedroom Waterfront Cottage

Welcome to the Boathouse!
This spacious, newly renovated (2025) 3-bedroom cottage with a screened-in porch where you can enjoy the tranquil waters of the lakefront right outside your door!

This cottage is situated on the peaceful Upper Buckhorn Lake. It has excellent fishing right on your doorstep.
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Beach on Resort
- Kayaks, paddleboats, paddle board
- Netflix and BBQ
- Docks for your boat, boat ramp, boat rentals available onsite
- Lazy river
Welcome to the Boathouse
Enjoy this rustic waterfront cottage.
This cottage is located in a quiet bay, enjoy the wildlife, including frogs, and painted turtles. The depth is still only 4-5 feet at the end of the docks, so its great for families looking to unwind.
You and the kids will love the lazy river and fishing right at your doorstep
Our resort:
We have been family owned and operated for over 30 years. Making great memories for our guests.
We rent the cottage for full weeks only in July and August starting Saturdays.
We understand pets are a part of the family, however for the comfort of our guests we only allow small dogs (Maximum 25lbs) with a maximum of 1 pet per cottage. Thank you for understanding. Please refer to house rules for more information.
We have numerous cottages on the resort. Reach out to us and we can book your group together.
Will have access to your own private waterfront as well as shared services:
- Private Beach - 70ft waterfront with a swim out Jump pad (30ft specific to the Canadiana cottage)
- shared 100ft Dock with electricity, 25ft dock to park your boat
- Park for children
- Badminton court
- 3 Kayaks and 2 paddle boats, a paddle board
- Basketball nets
- Lazy river
I am friendly and helpful and available on site for any questions you may have.
Attractions Around Buckhorn
Shady Point Resort is located right in the town of Buckhorn where you will find all the conveniences including a full service Foodland grocery store, an LCBO, a pharmacy, restaurants, antique shops, art galleries, bait and tackle shops, variety stores, hairdressing salon and the scenic locks separating the Buckhorn lakes.
The city of Peterborough is located only 20 minutes away and offers shopping, modern theatres, concerts, farmers market, festival of lights, art gallery, nightly entertainment, Riverview Zoo, Kawartha Racetrack slots and the Peterborough Lift Locks.
The Whetung Art Gallery showcases Canadian Indian crafts from across Canada while Six Foot Bay Golf Course and Katchiwano Golf & Country Club are within easy driving distance (15 minutes).
The Kawarthas offers an extensive variety of eco-recreational interests such as walking, hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, boating and water sports, and nature trails. The Warsaw Caves, Petroglyphs Park and Buckhorn Observatory should not be missed!
Within a half hour drive the following attractions await your visit:
- Museums
- Churches
- Petroglyphs Park – Native Stone Drawings
- Lang Pioneer Village
- Peterborough Liftlock & River Boat Cruises
- Warsaw Caves
- Gallery on the Lake
- Peterborough Zoo
- Nature Walks and Bird Watching
- The Whetung Art and Craft Gallery
- Canadian Canoe Museum
- Kawartha Country Wines (Sampling Bar)
- Arts and Craft Shows
- Fine and Casual Dining
- Kawartha Downs Race Track & Slots
- Fishing for Bass, Muskie, Pickerel, Panfish, Perch and Carp
- Golfing (Six Foot Bay and Katchiwano)
- Watersports
- Biking and Hiking Trails
- Movie Theatres
- Shopping Mall in Peterborough
- Fishing Buckhorn in Ontario Canada
Bass Fishing is a great sport around Shady Point Resort.
Whether you are an experienced angler or new to the sport, you are sure to have fun.
We also have a Pontoon Boat for rent as well as canoe, kayak and paddle boats.
Cell phone Service: Cell phone service is available in the area. Reception in and around the resort is generally reported as average to good.
Medical Emergencies: Hospital facilities are located in Peterborough (20 minute drive) from Shady Point Resort. The Jane Furber Clinic is in Lakefield (10 mins. away) & Information is provided in each cottage.
*Muskie & Pickeral Fishing at Shady Point on Upper Buckhorn Lake.*
The following has been printed from The Niagara Musky Association Inc. catch and release Newsletter. “ Tom Page, Jeff Rudnick, Joe Zolnowski and Tomy Scime spent October 5th to l0th chasing muskies at Buckhorn Lake.
Fishing season opening and closing dates vary depending on the species and the area. It is illegal to attempt to catch fish for which the season is closed, even if you are going to release them. Fish accidentally caught during the closed season must be immediately released back into the water. Closed seasons protect fish at vulnerable times of the year, especially when they are spawning or protecting their young.
We stayed at Shady Point Resort. Tom and Jeff won a week’s free lodging thanks to Shady Point’s donation to our banquet raffle. We had a great time. It was fun to catch fish every day. The fist fought very hard and was very acrobatic. A lot of fun to catch. There are some big ones there, along with a lot of smaller fish that make for some great action. Hope to return. I would recommend it to anyone.
Total muskie hooked – 41
Total muskie boated – 29
Tony – ll (largest 42)
Jeff – 8 (largest 45)
Joe – 6 largest (43.5)
Tom – 4 (largest 39.5)
Please refer to the Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary to determine the open season dates for waterbodies in the zone in which you will be fishing. Unless stated otherwise, species that are not listed (such as sucker and rock bass) have a year-round open season.
The chain of lakes on which Shady Point Resort is located comprises Upper Buckhorn Lake, Upper Chemong Lake, Pigeon Lake, Big & Little Bald Lakes. We have over 1700 feet of shoreline at Shady Point Resort.
Buckhorn Lake is well known for its excellent fishing whether it is crappie, carp, perch. blue gill, large and smallmouth bass, walleye or the king of them all the fighting muskie you will find them here. And for our European friends we have some very large and abundant Common Carp which average 25lbs with some weighing in at around 40lbs.
Over the last many years the fishing on Buckhorn Lake and the Tri-Lakes has been getting better and better. 2014 was no exception and was the best year for us with Bass , Walleye and Muskie. In 2014 we had many successes in our fishing tournaments with 3 first place finishes, 1 second place and 2 thirds, with our best winning the Bridgenorth Bassmasters Classic with a weight of 20.54/lbs (5 bass).
The walleye seen many fish in the 3-6/lbs class throughout the year; it is evidence that the slot limit on walleye is certainly doing its job and increasing the walleye population in the lake. As for the muskie, we seen many catches between 36” – 48” with two 48 inch fish finishing out the year in early November caught while fishing for smallmouth bass on 8/lbs test drop shotting, both fish were between 18-20/lbs. Our largest fish in 2014 seen a smallmouth bass hitting the scales at 6.03/lbs, largemouth bass at 5.46/lbs, walleye at 6.10/lbs and 2 muskie that hit 18-20/lbs.
What to bring:
- Towels and Toiletries
- Bedding and linens
- Water shoes
- Personal floatation devices - life jackets
- Our water is filtered and tested from the lake however to ensure a comfortable stay we recommend you bring your own drinking Water