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As many of you know, we have been building out our wedding offerings at the resort. We believe that we have carved out a nice little niche, which seems to resonate with nature loving couples, who want to extend their celebration throughout the weekend with their most cherished people in a relaxed lakeside setting, and where no one has to drive to get back to their accommodations.

The pickup has been great, and as a result we just finished hosting four back-to-back weekend weddings this past September at the resort, each of which was unique, but all were amazingly beautiful affairs filled with much fun & love. A big thank you to each of our Springwood wedding couples for sharing this extra special moment in your life with us.

Here are some of the highlights from this season.

Most Memorable Entrances:

• One of our grooms and his groomsmen canoed to beach ceremony site
• One of our wedding couples picked up some of their guests by golf cart and drove them to the ceremony site
• A flower girl started her aisle journey by sliding down the slide at our play structure and blowing bubbles through a mechanical flower shaped bubble maker
• One of the Ring Bearers also came down the slide with a locked & handcuffed briefcase containing the ring in his possession

Most Unique Party Favour:

• A variety of thrifted mugs were set out for guests to select from (mugs are absolutely a love language)

Most “borrowed” Idea:

• The Drink Canoe which kept reappearing at most of our weddings this year

Most Unique Ceremony Interlude:

• A staged pause waiting for 4:20pm to arrive before continuing vows (IYKYK)

Favourite reoccurring Wedding Guests:

• A pair of Kennebec Lake Ducks that kept a watchful eye on each ceremony

Most Unique (and time consuming) Guest Book:

• A custom designed (and highly personalized) Lego landscape with itemized parts baggies that each guest/couple was to construct and then sign the associated step in the customized Lego Instruction Manual which included excerpts of the couple’s journey together

Most interesting (and on theme) wedding accessory:

• Mini canoe paddle boutonnieres

Furthest Travelled Attendees:

• Guests travelled to Arden from all over the world, including such places as Colombia, Taiwan, the UK, China, California and BC.

Least Travelled Attendees:

• Some residents of Kennebec Lake & Arden (a few could even walk)

Best Attended Optional Activity:

• Over 50 people attended a Sunday morning Tai Chi Class following Saturday nights festivities

Most Active Post Wedding Activity:

• The Groom & some of his mates went rock climbing at Bon Echo the day after the ceremony

Most Unique Reception Entertainment:

• One wedding essentially set up a full concert in our tent after dinner

Most Popular Store Purchases by Wedding Guests:

• Affogatos & Ice Cream
• Tylenol
• Ice
• Springwood Hoodies & T-Shirts

Most Popular (unplanned) Kids Activity:

• Our Fairy Door Scavenger Hunt

Yummiest Reception Snacks:

• Ramen Bar
• Donairs
• Freezies
• Candy Bar
• Roast Beef Sliders

The Food Item that kept giving

• BBQ Chicken from one Friday night kept making the rounds throughout the weekend and beyond

Largest Wedding Group:

• Approx. 110

Smallest Wedding Group

• Between 65 and 70

Cutest Decor Item

A handmade paper mache pinata heads of the bride, groom and their son

Décor Item that Most Transformed the Resort:

• Multi-coloured uplighting on some of our trees combined with professional disco lighting in the tent

The Décor Item that Got Ed into Trouble:

• Paddle Directional Sign placed near Cottage 6…Why? Because for 4 years, I have been holding onto custom, hand painted directional signs for the resort that need to be affixed to a post at that very spot!

Most Unique Table Setting:

• Vintage, bohemian styled table linens with thrifted China of varying patterns

Most Surprizing Activity/Photo Op:

• A Trash the Dress jump into the lake from our docks (expect to see that picture in some of our future marketing for our weddings)

Most Used Outdoor Games:

• Cornhole
• Giant Jenga
• Ladder Golf
• Giant Tumbling Tower (Tetris)
• Giant Pong
• Giant Connect Four

Most Used Springwood Wedding Items (that we picked up this year):

• 4×8’ Birch Bark Rustic Lit Up LOVE Sign overlooking the lake
• Half Barrel Smores Bar
• 40×40’ Wedding Tent with lights & floor for reception
• Wine Barrels for cocktail hour, coffee station & podium
• Rustic Table Décor for the casual group meals on the Leisure Deck
• White Lanterns with Hooks along the aisle
• Wooden Archway for ceremony
• Half Barrel Bar for drinks, desserts & candy bar or late night snacks
• Basket of blankets during campfire

Least Used Springwood Wedding Items (that we picked up this year):

• Clear umbrellas (Thankfully there was no need this year!)

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I think the most impactful change we implemented was to introduce linens in all the cottages. We partnered with a linen supply company to provide us with laundered bed linens and towels, thereby reducing the amount of packing and laundry required when staying with us. At the same time, we also added high-quality shampoo/shower gel and conditioner in dispensers, giving another little extra added convenience to our guests. The positive feedback we’ve received from many of you on these upgrades is greatly appreciated.

We are continuing to add to our Games Library, which is now over 800 strong, giving Springwood Cottage Resort a unique value proposition over any other destination. To bring attention to this, we attended Breakout Con (which is one of Ontario’s largest board game conventions) and helped with Toronto’s CNE Boardgame Garage. This exposure has led to our first Board Game Retreat in mid January 2025, being run in conjunction with Changeling Gaming and Dining and Dragons, which we are very excited about. For details see Board Game Retreat.  Stay tuned for more similar events to come!

Another aspect of the business which we have invested in this year is weddings and other similar larger events. We have now hosted several successful weddings in the late spring and early fall and have narrowed in on what works best at our resort, which seems to be what we lovingly describe as a cottage chic, weekend cottage destination wedding for approx. 60-100 people. The uptake for this offering has been quite strong, in fact we have sold out for weekends in September 2025. To extend the season and to ensue there is an “indoor” option to compliment the beach and covered deck spaces, we recently purchased a large commercial grade event tent that will be set up near the marina in the spring and fall.

This fall we also hosted our first film crew who were filming an independent full length horror movie, Greed & Gore in the area. I’m a horror movie/book junkie, so this was absolutely a thrill for me personally. There’s nothing quite like walking into a cottage to speak with a guest only to discover a “severed head” on the table or receiving “blood soaked money” as a tip. Just to clarify, the severed head was fake, Sadly, so was the money. 

A few other things we focussed on this past year included upgrading the seating at our beach bonfire area to new Muskoka chairs and added several more loungers at the beach and added new signage to the marina. We have also been doing quite a bit of repairs to the decks at the cottages, which will continue into 2025.

We are also working on upgrading our website to allow us to more easily update content and eventually integrate into our booking engine, so guests can book directly online.  To support this, we have had a photographer come in and take high quality pictures, video and Matterport’s of all the cottages, which will give prospective guests a better appreciation of the cottage layout and our services offered.

On a personal front, Ed and I have been working towards achieving a better work-life balance. To support this, we have a couple living onsite at the resort to help with guest inquiries and emergency services. In June, we also “swapped” our family cottage, which was about 45 minutes away for one right on Kennebec Lake, so we can be close, but have some reprise from the resort. This year was also extra special as both of our kids helped out a bit at the resort in different capacities.

As many of you know, Ed and I firmly believe in being positive contributors to our local community, which is one of the many reasons why we continue to employ several local high school students in their first jobs. This year we raised another $1,000 from “empties” which was donated to a couple of local charities and all the proceeds from the annual community garage sale which we hosted in the spring went to the Kennebec Lake Association and the local Arden Church. We also hosted this year’s community winter fun day over the Family Day weekend, which we will be continuing to do in 2025 and donated a weekend stay as school fundraiser in the Ottawa area. Ed became a Board member of the Kennebec Lake Association, and I became a Board member for Resorts of Ontario.

That pretty much wraps up 2024. Lasty, we want to thank you for supporting our family run business. We love getting to know and host each of you. It means so much to us that you entrust us to help foster your traditions, special events and holidays with friends and family at Springwood Cottage Resort. Wishing you all the best in 2025 and hope to see your smiling faces soon!

Christine and Ed

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Its hard to believe that we are entering 2024 and have now owned Springwood for nearly 3-years. This is the time of year that we like to take a pause and reflect upon how the year unfolded.  All-in-all I have to say its been a pretty good year, we’ve continued to make improvements at the resort, I think we’ve had a positive impact in our community and developed some good relationships both within the local community and with many of our regular guests, we’ve gotten a pretty good grasp of the business cycles and have a good understanding of where Ed and I need to focus our time.  

This year we saw the last of our first-year summer students graduate high school and move onto full time jobs. Ed and I are so proud of our student staff members who we’ve seen grow and develop into this communities’ future leaders and we really look forward to continuing to work with youth in the Central Frontenac area and hopefully provide many of them with a positive first work experience.

This past spring we hosted the 2^nd annual Kennebec Lake Association Community “Garage” sale, where we donated the space and our proceeds to the Kennebec Lake Association as well as the local United Church. This event has been a wonderful way for the community to come back together after a long winter. We also once again donated back the funds we collected from our guests “empties”, which amounted to $1,000 which went towards the local food bank and the Kennebec Trails. Ed and I believe very strongly that we have a responsibility to be good stewards in our area and these give backs are our way of helping keep this community strong and thriving.

This past summer we made a couple of tweaks to our summer programming for guests, including adding a collaborative “Wine Camp” experience with @winesbybrent and formalizing a Fairy/Gnome Door Hunt, which involved a self-guided Scavenger hunt on our property for nearly 20 Fairy/Gnome doors with an ice cream treat reward for successfully finding them all.  We particularly loved seeing how involved our guests (young and old alike) got in finding the Fairy doors and working with others to share tips.

Based upon feedback received from local cottagers and guests alike, we added Nespresso Coffee beverages to our regular general store offering. My personal favourite is our Affogato – which is a scoop of ice cream with a shot of espresso, whipped cream and a drizzle of caramel or chocolate sauce. Trust me if you like coffee and ice cream – you have to try this Italian treat.

Our summer guests also noticed that we added 8 new beach loungers with tables to our beach, which has been a big hit. I expect that we will add a few more in 2024.

2023 was also the year that we invested in upgrading our internet. Our guests can now enjoy high speed, stable internet throughout the resort even while at the beach or docks for peace of mind if a work issue suddenly crops up or if someone in your family needs to grab their code for Taylor Swift tickets or catch the newest Marvel streaming drop while at the resort.

Finally, we significantly added to our boardgame collection, which is now at over 600 unique boardgames – rivalling many of the more successful board game cafes. Selecting and organizing these has been a personal pet project of mine as board gaming is a favourite hobby within our family. Some of the reasons I love boardgames is that it brings people together, teaches many life-skills, keeps your mind active and staves off boredom, can be done pretty much anywhere and is a great activity when Mother Nature decides to not cooperate. Its also an extremely approachable activity, in that there is something for everyone – young or old, able bodied or not, with so many options ranging from simplistic to highly complex, cooperative in nature to highly competitive, solo games to those that can accommodate large groups of people and themes to match all interests. We hope this collection brings as much joy to our guests as it does us, and just ask that they take care with them so that we can continue to share them for years to come.

In 2023 we also continued to do some repairs and enhancements in the cottages, most notably, we replaced the cookware in all of our cottages with good quality Lagostino pots and pans, as well as a set of wine glasses and a good quality Paderno knife block (with knives). We also added a kitchen shareables library with items like instant pots, rice cookers, air fryers, juicers, griddles, coffee grinders etc. so that guests may borrow specialty cookware when needed.

We saw the end of an era by finishing the replacement all of the pedestal sinks in the cottage bathrooms with vanities to give guests more storage space for their belongings and replacing the last of the red sofa beds in the cottages.  We also started replacing several of the older bunk beds with new locally made, solid wood bunk beds that are durable, esthetically pleasing with a cottage vibe and are quite easy to make, since the rails pull off.

Our big renovation project for 2023 was an overhaul of Cottage 5. This has always been a super cute cottage but needed some work. We fixed the roof, updated the electrical panel, replaced the flooring throughout the cottage and completely renovated both the bathroom and kitchen. I’m particularly pleased with how the kitchen turned out since we were able to completely transform that space by removing an obtrusive beam and reconfiguring the layout making it highly functional and beautiful to boot!

Two other big projects we took on, had more of an impact for our staff than for our guests – we spent a good chunk of the winter organizing our maintenance building and adding a custom-built workbench with storage for tools etc. and we built what we lovingly refer to as our “Yak-Shack” – an outbuilding for our paddles, life vests and water safety kits. This made it so much easier for our staff to help guests get out on the water quicker with their safety equipment, since this equipment was previously spread about the area and not easily accessible. Lastly, we’ve started painting out some of the outbuildings in grey and some of the cottage doors/trim in our signature navy blue to help refresh the grounds.

2023 was also the year that we cut our teeth on hosting large scale events at the resort, including a few weddings and the annual LIONS Club BAIT (Blind Anglers International Tournament). In preparation for these events, we obtained white tables and chairs to allow us to comfortably accommodate up to 120 people on our outdoor covered leisure deck and set up wedding ceremonies at our beach or marina. The dock replacement work that we did over our couple of years also had a big impact for the BAIT event as it ensured suitable docking space for the professional fishing boats to park for the weekend’s festivities. These events went off without a hitch and have given us a great roadmap for future events – both big and small.   

Looking ahead to 2024, our focus will be less on big renovations and more on marketing initiatives especially for our “off-season”, developing and fine tuning our Standard Operating Procedures and working closely with onsite staff, so that Ed and I can start to spend a bit more time together offsite as well as continued emphasis on repairs and maintenance.

One of the big projects we’ve been working on is providing some linens to guests. Starting this January, the winterized cottages will be supplied with new, good quality, down alternative duvets between Labour Day and Canada Day (so year-round except in July and August). We believe this will make it easier for our weekend guests to pack for their shorter get-aways, without putting too much strain on our septic system or short cottage turn-around times in the summer months.

We’ve also collaborated with one of our neighbours who has generously given our guests permission to use their walking trail, so we’ve created a year-round locally inspired nature scavenger hunt along the trail, which gives another nearby option for a short hike.

This spring we are expecting to add new signage at the resort – notably a whimsical directional sign near Cottage 6 and an overheard archway sign at our fishing dock. We are also planning on continuing with our exterior painting, yard cleanup and landscaping, general fixes and finishing the maintenance building organization and renovation.

Lastly, Ed and I would like to thank each and every one of you who have continued to support our resort and join us in this journey. We hope you and your loved ones enjoyed a wonderful holiday season and we wish you all the best for 2024 and look forward to hosting you! (here’s a little collage of our some of our holiday decor at the resort)

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What many people do not realize is that tabletop games have in recent years experiences a renaissance in recent years, with a surge in popularity that goes beyond classic board games like Monopoly and Scrabble. Today, the tabletop gaming scene is brimming with a diverse array of options to suit all tastes and preferences. Let’s explore some of the different types of contemporary tabletop games that have captured the hearts and minds of enthusiasts around the world.

1. Eurogames: Eurogames, or German-style board games, are known for their emphasis on strategy and resource management. Games like Settlers of Catan and Ticket to Ride have made this genre popular, with their engaging mechanics and relatively short playtimes.
2. Deck-Building Games: These games, like Dominion and Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game, involve players constructing their decks of cards to gain advantages and outmaneuver their opponents. Deck-building games are known for their replayability and strategic depth.
3. Cooperative Games: In a cooperative game like Pandemic or Forbidden Island, players work together to achieve a common goal. The sense of camaraderie and the challenge of beating the game itself make these games highly engaging.
4. Role-Playing Games (RPGs): RPGs have made a tabletop comeback with systems like Dungeons & Dragons, where players create characters and embark on epic adventures guided by a Dungeon Master. These games offer boundless creativity and storytelling opportunities.
5. Miniature Wargames: Games like Warhammer 40,000 and X-Wing Miniatures offer players the chance to command armies of intricately detailed miniatures on customizable battlefields. They appeal to those who enjoy both strategy and the artistic aspect of painting and modeling miniatures.
6. Social Deduction Games: Titles like Werewolf and The Resistance challenge players’ deduction and bluffing skills as they try to identify hidden traitors among them. These games are known for creating tense and memorable moments.
7. Card Drafting Games: In card drafting games like 7 Wonders and Sushi Go!, players select cards from a common pool to build their strategies. Quick to learn and play, they are perfect for both casual and serious gamers.
8. Legacy Games: Legacy games, such as Pandemic Legacy and Risk Legacy, offer a unique, evolving experience where the game board and rules change over multiple sessions. The decisions you make have lasting consequences, making each playthrough distinct.
9. Abstract Strategy Games: Games like Chess and Go have been joined by modern classics like Hive and Azul. These games emphasize pure strategy and often come with elegant, minimalist designs.
10. Party Games: For a lighthearted and social gaming experience, party games like Codenames and Dixit provide hours of laughter and fun. They’re perfect for gatherings and get-togethers.

These are just a few of the diverse categories within contemporary tabletop gaming. Whether you’re a strategic mastermind, a creative storyteller, or just looking for a good time with friends and family, there’s a tabletop game out there for you! The beauty of this resurgence is that there’s something for everyone, and with the right game, you can create memorable moments and lasting connections with fellow players. So, roll the dice, draw some cards, and enjoy the rich world of contemporary tabletop games.

You can find several games within each of these categories in our library at Springwood Cottage Resort. We hope that you will consider us for your next getaway and check out our games collection while you are here.

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The ideal candidate is a natural people person, highly organized, an effective communicator, business minded with strong management and problem-solving skills, is detailed oriented, highly computer literate and trustworthy. They must also be able to pass a basic police check, have a valid drivers license and an appreciation of what it takes to operate a rural property. Experience within the Hospitality Industry is considered an asset, but not required.

We are also starting to hire for our Part time Summer Staff, who are responsible for assisting with Housekeeping, Groundskeeping, Maintenance, Marina, Guest Relations & Store Sales, Kids Activities and Events. Depending on interest, suitability and availability, summer staff will be trained and assigned to work a variety of tasks. Summer staff will have the opportunity to start working weekends in April and will be required to work on Saturdays throughout the months of July and August. For those who live nearby, opportunities to continue on a casual basis throughout the off season may be available.

Ideal candidates are reliable, hard-working individuals who are customer centric, friendly and treat others with respect. You must be able to lift a minimum of 20-50 lbs, be able to walk on uneven terrain and climb stairs. These are physical jobs that require you to work both inside and outside. Previous customer service, hospitality, cleaning, camp councillor, maintenance/general labourer, mechanical or landscaping experience is an asset.

For consideration, please send your resume indicating which position you are applying to: info@springwoodcottageresort.ca. Candidates who are applying to the Onsite Assistant General Manager are also asked to provide a letter outlining why they believe they are the most suitable candidate.

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As a former Interior Decorator this has been a labour of love and loads of fun hunting for those perfect items to make each cottage feel updated, but still “cottagey”, and hopefully being rugged enough for guests to use (but not abuse) ????.

Since many people don’t see the insides of every cottage, In no particular order, I thought I would share with you a few of my favourite things…

How fun is this? Who doesn’t want to play a few games when in the restroom?

The details on this vanity are unmatched!

Love these refreshed mid century modern dressers

The seasonal tree art pairs beautifully with the other nature inspired pieces in this cottage, including the stone fabric recliner chair and antique saw tree art

This copper décor was my mom’s and has been packed away for nearly 40 years – it was waiting for the perfect home, which has now been found

These two chairs are not only beautiful but also very comfortable. The cool blues and greens in these chairs balance out the warm wood tones in the pine walls and flooring

We’ve had a bit of fun with a sunflower theme in this cottage

A heart shaped mirror gives little romantic whimsy to this bedroom

These sage green, buffalo plaid curtains have a rustic, contemporary feel that work effortlessly with the log walls in this cottage, not to mention this gorgeous pine chest coffee table

Slanted ceilings can be challenging, but this handmade mason jar chandelier looks like it was made for this space

These dishes are perfect – a serene neutral colour palette, a deep bowl for soup and cereal, a large mug for dockside coffees, glassware with divots for a good grip and cookware with good heat conduct, decent weight and great stay cool handles

Scale, colour, style and form all go into helping select art pieces

This fireplace will be a welcome addition to this newly winterized cottage

These signs are a super cute way to identify each cottage

These outdoor pieces coordinate in colour, and are both attractive and durable

Even the games at the resort were given careful consideration – our multigame table has coordinating stools, signage and a rustic base, while the foosball table is rated for indoor and outdoor usage so we can put it on our leisure deck in the summer

I hope you’ve enjoyed the little glimpse into “some of my favourite things” and that they give our guests some joy – just as they have given me during the hunt.

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Firstly, we have finished getting our Games Room completed. We now have a separate guest entrance to the side of the maintenance building. The room has an electronic darts game, an arcade basketball game, a pool table, a shuffleboard table, a bar height games table, a multigame arcade table, a foosball table, a giant Connect Four game and a 100” screen that we can set up for movie or sports games nights.  

We are making good progress on our Crokicurl Rink, and it shouldn’t be too much longer before its fully operational. Here’s a view from the Log Cabin of it being watered. We believe that this will be a unique and wonderful activity for guests and local residents to enjoy.

Similarly, the ice on the lake is now 6” thick, so our lake skating rink by the beach is set up and ready to go. We have even have a few sticks, pucks and nets for those that want to shoot a few pucks.

One thing that has always been important to us is the notion of giving back to our community. As a result, we try to ensure that we are using local contractors for project work and employ local youth and staff to further help this community thrive, and we look for other ways to donate back in a meaningful way. Since we took over in March, as part of our recycling program, we have been collecting our guest’s alcohol containers that are left behind and taking them into the Beer Store for cash collection. We have collected nearly $1000 throughout 2021 and have donated those proceeds to two local charities – Rural Frontenac Community Services ($750) and the Kennebec Trails ($250). We will continue to do this year over year and keep our ears open for other meaningful ways to thank this community.

On behalf of our Springwood family, we would like to wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season and all the best for 2022 – may you all enjoy a healthy, happy and prosperous year ahead.

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We welcomed many new guests that had never been to the area or to Springwood and hosted several of Springwood’s regular guests, many of whom have been coming here for several years – including a few who have been to the area year over year since the 1960s.  Hearing some of the tales of this place and the transformations it has taken over the years has been purely magical.  A couple of people even told us about how in some of the cottages the walls were used as a time capsule of sorts with guests signing their names and the year they were here – it wouldn’t surprise us if some of those are still existing under the drywall or pine tongue and groove.  We’re hoping in time to collect some pictures of the resort throughout the years and set up a historical wall at the resort to honour its past incarnations. (If you are reading this and have some pictures to share, please contact us). 

We really appreciated the warm welcome and feedback we received from both the community and new and old guests alike.  It seems that the scooped ice cream, new beds, outdoor games and our “share shed” have been a big hit. 

We’re now getting ready for the winter season. A property this size takes a ton of effort to prepare for the winter, but with the help of our terrific team we are getting through it, and we believe that next year will go even smoother as we continually learn and become more efficient. 

As we set our sights on the months ahead, we’ve started enacting a few of our plans.  First, we have refreshed the inside of Cottage 4 – we laid a new floor, put in a new kitchen and some new bathroom fixtures – still waiting on the new appliances, which of course are delayed due to COVID (no surprize there).  We’re hoping to tackle more cottages this winter in the same manner. 

We’ve also been focussed on trying to ensure that guests who visit Springwood in the prime winter season can continue to enjoy a similarly extensive offering as they would in the summer months. To that end, we’ve been setting up an indoor games room, with a multi-game arcade table, a pool table, an electronic darts game, a shuffleboard table, a basketball arcade game and a foosball table, which we hope to have fully open for guests to use by Christmas (access will be subject to any covid restrictions, including indoor mask and proof of vaccine coverage mandates etc.)

This winter we’ll also have 2 ice fishing huts available for rent on our lake for guests (a 2-person and a 4-person).  We have secured a number of snowshoes that are ready for guests to borrow to explore the nearby Kennebec trails and we intend on maintaining an ice rink in front of the marina on the lake, which should be lots of fun, weather permitting. 

But what we’re most excited about is that we have been hard at work planning and preparing a Crokicurl rink, which we will be setting up by the Log Cabin at our Marina. For those of you who don’t know what Crokicurl is, its basically a 50’ crokinole “board” set up on ice ala curling fashion (if Curling and Crokinole had a baby this is what they would have). You can learn all about it here: https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/canada-invents-a-new-game-introducing-crokicurl. This will be brand new for Arden and we hope folks will come check it out.

We’ve added an extra large, top-of-the-line, Traeger Smoker to our BBQ/Leisure deck, so that guests can “up their BBQ culinary game”, this will be available to book for a small fee upon check-in on a first come first serve basis.

Lastly, we have gone through a rebalancing of the rates and posted our new 2022 pricing, which factors in permanent hot tubs at some of the cottages, rather than adding rental fees for them and moving them around from unit to unit. As part of the rebalancing, we have reduced some of our nightly rates for shorter stays in the non-summer season, to make weekend getaways at Springwood Cottage Resort more feasible for many.

Want to close this by thanking all of the guests who have stayed with us since the beginning of March, it’s been wonderful getting to know you and your support has been greatly appreciated. In particular, we wish to thank those of you who have already rebooked for 2022, we’re looking forward to seeing you again. While many of our cottages are fully booked in July and the first half of August 2022, we still have lots of availability in the early summer (May/June) and from August 20, 2022 onwards and a small smattering of cottages in some of the other weeks in July and August.  If you or someone you know is considering a family getaway next year, please contact us.

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