Cottages For Sale in Northumberland & Trent Hills

Buying a cottage in Northumberland & Trent Hills

Northumberland County lies on the north shore of Lake Ontario, east of Durham Region and west of Quinte West. It has seven municipalities. Port Hope, Cobourg and Brighton sit along Highway 401 and the lake. Hamilton Township and Alnwick/Haldimand run north over the Oak Ridges Moraine to Rice Lake. Trent Hills, in the northeast, follows the Trent River through Hastings, Campbellford and Warkworth.

There are three kinds of waterfront here. Rice Lake is a big, shallow fishing lake with cottages, resorts and year-round homes at Bewdley, Gores Landing, Harwood and Roseneath. The Trent River is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway, so a dock at Hastings or on Seymour Lake connects you to a long chain of locks and lakes. The Lake Ontario shore has beach cottages near Brighton and Presqu'ile and lake homes at Cobourg and Port Hope.

This is one of the closest cottage areas to Toronto, and most properties have year-round municipal road access. That means many waterfront homes are lived in full time. Rural properties use wells and septic systems. Rice Lake and the Trent River are shallow and weedy in places, so check the depth at the dock in late summer. On the Trent-Severn, water levels are managed and boat traffic is busiest near the locks.

Getting there: About 1 to 2 hours from Toronto.

• Rice Lake fishing
• Trent-Severn Waterway
• Presqu'ile Provincial Park
• Cobourg Beach
• Close to Toronto