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Lake St. Peter is east of Algonquin Park on the western reaches of the Ottawa Valley. The lake is quite varied in depth and has two large sections. The area is known for its provincial park and has been the subject of one (or more) Group of Seven paintings. We are only 1/2-hour from the entrance gate of Algonquin Park and 40-minutes away from the Visitor centre.

Lake St. Peter is smaller than most lakes, but has been a popular cottaging lake for many years. This is probably related to the fact that the government released good, cheap crown land in the mid-40s. They offered nice, 2-acre, water-access lots for $1,000. The only stipulation was that the buyer build before winter. As a result this has been a cottaging lake for many years.

We own a cottage that was built in 1945 and love the fact that it has so much history. It is small; the electrical is "antiquated", and our family loves it.

There are plenty of stories I would love to capture of people who live on the lake. For instance, our neighbours met as teenagers on the lake in 1961. They married and until 2 years ago cottaged in a 2-room cabin at the end of our bay. They raised 2 children and visited the cabin for almost 40 years before they rebuilt their cottage into a size suitable for their children and grandchildren.

Our cottage has gone through many hands before we acquired it. A journalist for the Toronto Star owned the place before we bought it. He thought it would be a quiet, peaceful place to write his columns. I think he found out the place was more suited for play than work.

Kerry Reed, RicKarr, Studiomind, zacharycobb, and 147 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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  1. SnapShotStrawn 58 months ago | reply

    This looks like a great place!

  2. sourpatch. 57 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Unforgettable & Unbelievable Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    Excellent! Don't forget to tag your photo with UUN

  3. meganmcmeekin 57 months ago | reply

    lovely!

    You should add it to my website www.myfocusphotos.com we are having a "lakes and rivers" photo contest right now :)

  4. Light Collector 54 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ontario (except: Toronto, Hamilton or Ottawa), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  5. theodordh 51 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Great stock shots, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  6. VanWhelan 50 months ago | reply

    Wow, those colors really pop. I'm normally not the biggest HDR fan, but I really like the look of this. Well done.

  7. Jonathan Baz 50 months ago | reply

    wow bro. breaktaking.

  8. wiggiewormdog 48 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called summer freedom, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  9. wiggiewormdog 48 months ago | reply

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  10. Zenun.00 47 months ago | reply

    wow this is beautiful!!!!!!!

  11. vampirefrog 47 months ago | reply

    can i just jump right in

  12. Ghata Vadher 45 months ago | reply

    very nice.

  13. lad www.vista-satelite.com 45 months ago | reply

    very nice shot

  14. darma.smasapitri 44 months ago | reply

    Met malam

  15. de la Ronde 40 months ago | reply

    Totally reminds me of the cottage I visit often up in the Muskokas. I swear this is the same dock, which of course it isn't, but THAT is CANADIAN SUMMER! whooo!

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  17. Яick Harris 36 months ago | reply

    Looks great -- thank-you.

  18. littlecynicism 36 months ago | reply

    Crazy beautiful!

  19. prendography 35 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Explosion of colours, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  20. ste delarge 29 months ago | reply

    nice composition

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