Ontario

Floating Lodges

Lake of the Woods, Ontario

About This Company

For travelers who like to live in the lap of luxury but also enjoy immersions in nature, floating lodges offer an interesting choice. These lodges are tethered to land but float freely in water--providing comfort and seclusion all at once. Four different accommodations near faraway places such as British Columbia, Canada; Tefe, Brazil; and Ketchikan, Alaska, are some of the best in the business

Houseboats

Floating Lodges offer excellent models of houseboats, each houseboat includes:

All houseboats have phones with unlimited free long distance calling to anywhere to the US and Canada
All houseboats have WIFI
All Houseboats are GPS equipped.
All boats are modern, clean and very well equipped.
The full bathrooms have hot and cold running water and are completely stocked.
The kitchens have oven/stove, microwave, and fridge with freezer.
Sheets, pillows and blankets are provided for each bed.
The boats have thermostatically controlled heat, 12 volt lights, AM/FM CD players, generators and TV-VCRs and DVD players.
All roofs are sun decks accessible by stairs complete with steering station and picnic tables.
If extras are needed - just ask - we will try our best to meet your needs.

Rental Periods

Weekly rental. If rental starts on for example on Saturday, the houseboat might be ready as early as 10:00 a.m. or as late as 3:00 p.m. The houseboat must be back to the base no later than 8:30 a.m. the following Saturday.

Experience Required

No experience required. If this is you first time on Lake of the Woods in this area, the company will take 2-4 people out in a boat to get them acquainted with the map reading and "rules of the road"

Licensing

You must have your Boating License. If you don’t have one

To get your Pleasure Craft Licence, go to our preferred partner, CanadaBoatSafety.com.

Electrical Outlets

There is a 120 v generator to power small appliances.

What to Bring

You should bring your personal clothing and gear, fishing tackle and food. Don’t forget to bring your documents. For a complete list of suggested items to bring check out the checklist.

What to Bring

Linens

Sheets, pillows and blankets are provided for each bed.

Pets

No pets allowed.

Additional Costs

The Insurance included in the price is a $500 deductible.

Entry to/From U.S.

Make sure to bring all your documents.

Other Rental Items Available

16' Boat
15 HP Motor

Area Activities

Fishing
Guides

Local Weather

May to October weather for Sioux Narrows, on Lake of the Woods, Ontario, in half-month steps (days 1–15 and 16 through the end of the month). Air, precipitation, and wet days use nearby Kenora Airport observations, about 47 km away (climate ID 6034076).

Air temperature

Avg high / low

Sunshine

Hours per day

Precipitation

mm per half-month

Wet days

Days with ≥ 0.2 mm

Each tile is one half-month from May through October. Early is days 1–15. Late is day 16 through the end of the month. Every tile shows a value.
Air temperature, precipitation, and wet-day percentage are 2021–2025 daily averages from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Kenora Airport (climate ID 6034076). High and low are the average of each year’s half-month mean, so each year counts equally. A year is included for a variable only when that half-month was observed on at least 80% of its days. Precipitation is the mean of each included year’s half-month total; missing days are not filled in. A wet day has at least 0.2 mm, among precipitation observations in the years included for that half-month. Days flagged missing are left out.
High and low temperatures leave out early May 2021 (11 of 15 days) and early May 2022 (11 of 15 days). Precipitation includes all five years. Missing days in an included half-month are not filled in. The largest high and low temperature gap in an included half-month is 3 days, in early October 2022. The largest precipitation gap in an included half-month is 2 days, in early October 2022.
Kenora Airport (climate ID 6034075) daily record ends 13 February 2013. It is one half of the documented composite. These averages use Kenora Airport (climate ID 6034076), 0.3 km away at the same airport.
Precipitation is liquid equivalent (rain plus the water in any snow), in millimetres per half-month.
Sunshine is not biweekly. Kenora does not publish bright sunshine, and the 1991–2020 normals do not include that row. Each month’s existing normal is repeated on both of that month’s tiles. Those hours are 1981–2010 normals from Rawson Lake (climate ID 6036904), in the Experimental Lakes Area about 40 km from Sioux Narrows and about 55 km from Kenora, not a 2021–2025 average.
94 days in the included half-months are flagged as a trace (under 0.2 mm). A trace counts as dry and adds nothing to the half-month total.
Tile temperatures are rounded to the nearest degree.