Houseboat Holidays

Thousand Islands


The only thing better than staying near the seaway is staying on the seaway! This experienced outfit just 4km west of Gananoque will set you up with your very own floating hotel and provides a brief instructional course for nautical newbies. It covers the whole Thousand Islands and Rideau Canal area, from Gananoque to Brockville and Kingston.


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1. Thousand Islands Arts Center

8.28 MILES

This arts center includes a museum dedicated to handweaving and a pottery studio. If you don’t consider weaving an art, you’ll know better by the time you…

2. Thousand Islands Museum

8.29 MILES

This small museum has warehoused all kinds of photography and writing about the islands dating from the 1800s. There are also rotating exhibits of local…

3. Antique Boat Museum

8.34 MILES

There are some gorgeous examples of boat-making craft on display at this waterside museum, where you can view the still-working antique boats and try your…

4. Minna Anthony Common Nature Center

8.8 MILES

A focal point of the Wellesley Island State Park, this nature center includes a museum and miles of hiking trails, including ones to the shoreline, as…

5. Wellesley Island State Park

9.07 MILES

This 2363-acre park, at the southern tip of the eponymous island, is full of wildlife and has a nature center and a beautiful swimming beach. To reach it…

6. Frontenac Arch Biosphere

11.6 MILES

One of 18 Unesco-designated biosphere reserves in Canada, Frontenac Arch encompasses an ancient granite land bridge from the Canadian Shield to Upstate…

7. 1000 Islands Tower

11.63 MILES

Just east of Ivy Lea, some 20km from Gananoque, a series of soaring bridges links Ontario to New York State, USA, over several islands. Halfway across,…