| Fancy Free is a Victorian summer home located on its own private island on Big Rideau Lake. It has five bedrooms. All bedrooms have great views of the water and are prettily furnished with antiques. Beds have warm duvet comforters and pillows. The living/dining room has sofas and armchairs, a fireplace, oriental rugs, telephone, TV/VHS, a small library of books, an antique hutch and a dining table with seating for six. The kitchen is large with an eat-in table, an electric range, Swedish woodstove, refrigerator/freezer, hot and cold running water, tiled counter, stainless steel double sink, coffee maker, microwave, toaster oven, high quality stainless steel pots, abundant dishes, baking pans, etc. and a generous supply of cutlery/utensils. The dining room features French doors, a large dining table with seating for eight and a full length set of windows overlooking the lake: a perfect sunset view of water and islands. The bathroom has a flush toilet, sink/cabinet, shelves, hair dryer and an antique clawfoot bathtub with shower attachment, shower curtain and spa bathmat. An old-fashioned shady porch, looking over the lake, wraps around two walls of the cottage, furnished with chairs, picnic table and a propane bbq. A 14-foot motorboat is included in the rental for travelling to the mainland. Also included are a Chestnut canoe and Sunfish sailboat. Access from the mainland is from a private piece of land near the island. Fancy Free is one hour by car north of Kingston and is easily reached from the Thousand Islands International Bridge. |
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| Fancy Free Island, Big Rideau Lake, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The front dock and runabout with the mainland shore in the background | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The living room at Fancy Free | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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