About Kashwakamak Lakeside Cottages

Hello cottagers of Kashwakamak! 

Our names are Annette and Darren Baker, together with our 5 children we would like to introduce ourselves as the owners of Kashwakamak Lakeside Cottages. We are eager to head into the upcoming cottage season and excited to experience all that the Kashwakamak lifestyle has to offer. 

We have been blessed to have grown up in the area with with our families spanning many generations. Our family has always loved being by the lake, enjoying the outdoors.  This lake has been a special part of our Family stories growing up and we are happy to officially be part of the Kashwakamak Lake Community.

Darren is a part of construction management for a company north of Toronto, while Annette has retired from her career in the banking industry. We raised our five children in the Tweed/ Stirling area, who were all actively involved in hockey, competitive dance, with lots of travel. Each of them are excited to contribute to the successful dynamic that the cottage business has to offer in their own way.  As young adults they are all headed off to pursue their own passions be it full time jobs or Post Secondary Education.  You may see one or two of them at different points thru the summer.

We always planned to retire on the Lake, the opportunity came for Kashwakamak Lakeside Cottages when we were least expecting, it felt like home from our very first visit! 

We are excited to spend our summers by your side, and make memories for years to come. We’re grateful for this opportunity to meet new friends with those who choose to vacation with us. 

The Best Cottage Rental Location North of Belleville

A quaint lakeside resort just 20 minutes south of the beautiful Bon Echo Provincial Park in North Eastern Ontario. Quite simply the cottage rental perfection, your family deserves.

Recent Testimonial

  • What a fantastic spot! The cottage is great, beds are super comfy, but the best part for me was the lake. Warm, clean and so much fun. We loved all the lake supplies you offer (kayak, canoes, etc.) and loved the tour of the lake with you. Thank you so much, you are such kind hosts. We had a blast and will definitely be back.
    Dave & Brenda DeJong
  • Relaxing!! :) Some top moments here at Lissa's Villa include...relaxing in these lovely blue Adirondack chairs...watching our kids enjoying fishing, swimming, kayaking, tubing right in front of us. What a view, and what a lovely way to spend some of our time here. Besides a comfortable and well stocked cottage, the kids enjoyed the movie selections and well as the library :) We enjoyed (at Pete's recommendation) the fish fry at the Hungry Moose (fantastic)! We also thoroughly enjoyed a boat ride on Lake Kashwakamak - including some rock jumping. Having access to the canoes and kayaks has been a lot of fun. Neat to see our kids enjoying the water, as well as ourselves in this way. All in all, a really great week! Seth- I had a fun time here. I caught 8 fish, we had a great boat ride. we saw lots of cool stuff. The water was warm so we did a lot of kayaking, canoeing and swimming. We liked the movies and all the games. It was great. Kaylee- I had a very fun time here. I catched 9 fish. I enjoyed going to the jumping rock. It was very nice to go on a tour of the lake. It was nice to go swimming and in the morning on the chairs and seeing a view of the lake, its beautiful. It was fun to jump off the floating dock. It was nice to go tubing. Braden - I had a great week. We did lots of fun stuff. We kayaked, pedalboated and went swimming. I liked that the lake was right in front of the cottage. It was awesome that there were books to read when I finished all of my own books. I also enjoyed having movies to watch. Having all of the kayaks and other boats right there was nice because we didn't have to sign them out, or pay to use them. The fire pit was nice. The bed was very nice to sleep on and the new comforters were great. All in all I had a great time. Thanks
    The DeHaans, Kevin and Laura & family

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