Cottage porch

Listen to the hypnotic call of the Loons in the evening while you eat you dinner or relax over drinks with friends as the sun turns the sky various tints of orange at sunset before it disappears below the horizon.

Honey harbour, Georgian Bay, Ontario

The trees have now spread their leaves and summer is coming to Honey Harbour.

Mead, which takes its name from the Old English word Meddu, is also known as honey wine. Mead is an alcoholic drink that is made by fermenting honey and water and occassionaly grain mash. It was also sometimes made with spices, fruit, or hops which would give a beer like drink. The true origins of mead are obscure but date back to approximatly 7000BC.

Honey

Following the wedding the new husband and wife named the area, Honey Harbour, in honour of the drink. They then canoed over the channel into Georgian Bay to Beausoleil Island.

Honey Harbour is one of the villages in the south of Georgian Bay which include Port McNichol, Port Severn, Victoria Harbour and Waubashene.

Honey Harbour welcome

Lockhart Lodge is nearing completion of its renovation. The work has been completed to maintain the historical integrity of this beautiful old Honey Harbour building.

Image of Mahoney Cottage, Honey Harbour, Ontario bunk beds.

The bedrooms in the Mahoney Cabin are floor to ceiling wood. The walls and ceiling are old pine with a new solid maple wood floor. The bedroom has to windows giving lots of light and views.

Image of Honey Harbour, Georgian Bay, Ontario cottage rental

 The cottage  bunkie in Honey Harbour gets its last coat of paint as it nears completion of the renovation.

Image of the cottage bunkie kitchen in Honey Harbour

The new solid maple floor has just been replaced in this picture of the bunkies galley style kitchen.

Image of the cottage living room at Honey Harbour

The wood stove gives a natural heat if the weather turns crisp. The large windows give a superb view through the trees to the lake.

Image of cottage porch in Honey Harbour, Ontario

Image of rental cottage bedroom in Honey Harbour

One of the two bedrooms of the cottage bunkie nears completion with the new beds, bedding and lighting installed. The beautiful old pine which dates back to the 1930s has taken on a rich honey colour, appropriate to Honey Harbour. The pine walls are constructed in a very large toung and groove style which made assembly of the original cottage faster and easier. From the bed you can wake up to a view, through the trees, of the lake in the morning.

Sea kayaks are great for exploring the inlets of Georgian Bay.

Sea kayaks were developed for travelling across open water such as sea, lakes and bays, like Georgian Bay. The sea kayak is designed to be comfortable for extended journeys, it can carry supplies, it has a spray deck  and the sea kayak holds a line easily with straight line paddling.

Sea kayaks are often constructed between 10 and 18 feet long and between 21 inches to 36 inches wide for a solo kayak model.
 
Modern sea kayaks can trace a line back to the original settlers boats of Southwest Greenland, northern Canada and Alaska and archeological evidence has been found of kayaks that are more than 4000 years old. Many cottage renters in Honey Harbour use sea kayaks for recreation and to explore the small bays and shoreline around Honey Harbour.

Mahoney cabin in Honey Harbour

Mahoney cabin nears completion of the renovation with its new roof , solid maple wood floor and the wood stove replaced. The ice has now melted very quickly as can be seen through the window. This will mean a short boat ride to Honey Harbour for groceries. The rental cottage will soon be completed, ready for the season ahead.

Group of Wild Turkeys courtesy of Free nature pictures

Lets talk turkey! Early settlers hunted wild turkeys for food and much of their woodland habitat was cleared for farms and by loggers. Trees were also cleared for towns to be built. Game hunters also shot a lot of the turkey population.

The wild turkey population dropped from many millions to as low as 30,000 and by the beginning of the 1900s the wild turkey had almost disappeared from many areas. The state governments started to pass hunting laws to lower the amount of turkeys that were being killed. Also in regions where the turkey population had disappeared they were reintroduced with great success.

Even though the wild turkey population was nearly wiped out in Canada these efforts have been truly successful in turning the turkey numbers around. The successful programs have meant that in 1984 Ontario had 274 turkeys and the number has increased now to over 30,000!

Wild Turkeys are often spotted in the Georgian Bay, Honey Harbour area and close to the property.