During the winter of 2010 Kashaga Lodge has expanded its cottage offerings to include a two-bedroom cottage on a very private 40 acre property near the village of Gooderham, about a twenty minute drive south of the village of Haliburton.
This property was specifically aquired in keeping with Kashaga Lodge’s commitment to offering one of Haliburton County’s most diverse outdoor recreational packages. Not only is the property surrounded by various designated provincial trails,
but this 40 acre parcel of hardwood forest is inundated with trails of its own. A hiker could actually get lost on the property.
A railtrail, parts of which are now an OFSC snowmobile trail, passes right through this property, including the remains of a siding where logs were loaded onto railcars in the 1880's and 90's. Some of the trails on the property were originally cut to facilitate access by horsedrawn log sleighs to this siding.
Here's a Brief Story on the Irondale, Bancroft & Ottawa railway (IB&O) that used to haul the logs from the Irondale/Gooderham forests to the Ottawa River.
A ½ km of the Irondale River also passes through this property. The Irondale River which flows into the Burnt River is a designated canoe route which meanders through Haliburton County and the Kawarthas for 75 km all the way to Balsam Lake. This river is also known for yielding brown trout, which can be fly-fished from the riverbank on the property, or from one of the canoes or kayaks included with cottage rental.
Gooderham is at the centre of the southernmost system of Crown land ATV trails in Ontario. ATVers are right in the legendary “5-Points” system of trails, just a 20 minute ATV ride from the treacherous Greens Mountain. A few minutes to the north is the famous “Goat Trail” which connects with both the “Hillbilly Trail” and the “Bark Lake Trail” including one of Haliburton County’s favourite ATV destinations, the Bark Lake beach. To the west is the scenic Victoria railtrail, which provides ATV access to many Central Ontario towns, notably Haliburton to the north, and Kinmount, Fenelon Falls, and Lindsay to the south. The same IB&O railtrail which passes right through the property, runs east through Tory Hill to Wilberforce, and even connects riders with Bancroft, Madawaska, and the entire EOTA trail system which runs south all the way to Tweed. Kashaga Lodge’s Gooderham cottage is connected directly to all these trails, and is also only a 2 km ride to fuel, groceries, and restaurants in the village of Gooderham.
