Colonel By Island - a favorite!

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                  This is the abandoned house on the island; I'm sure it was a nice place at one time.

                                                                   Traxx is tuckered out!
                                                                              Our fire.

This was such a nice stop. Colonel By Island is a small island located in Big Rideau Lake. There's hiking on the island, a small beach, restrooms, large fire pit and historical tennis courts. Camping is allowed and a dock is available for boats (2 day limit). There's also an abandoned home on the premises. Apparently this home used to be owned by a prominent businessman, Danny Arnstein who was a co-owner of the Yellow Cab taxi company. You can no longer enter the house and its deteriorated quite a bit. I'm sure that back in the day, it was a place for numerous parties and entertaining.

We had a great stay here. Traxx loves the water and chasing sticks. There was plenty of green space for him to roam around. We tried to play tennis - but it was a bit difficult with Traxx around. He just kept getting the ball! 

The first day, we were pretty much by ourselves - so he had pretty much free reign. Malcom and Rachel, on Stay Cool (the blue/white Mainship in the picture above) joined us the last day. We enjoyed a fire and visiting. 

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