 Perfect Flat Sandy Beach / Cottage rental includes two sit on top Kayaks - 1/27  Spacious clean living area - 3/27  Lush private Side and back yard view - 5/27  Master Bedroom with Jack and Jill bathroom entrance - 6/27  Bright and cheerful 3rd Guest Bedroom with a set of Twin Bunk beds - 7/27  Second Guest Bedroom (Double Bed) - 8/27  Sandy Coves Cottage Bright Open Concept Kitchen with Island - 9/27  Living Room area and screened in porch - 10/27  Large Spacious Sunny Deck with amazing views of waterfront - 11/27  Large Deck with both privacy and amazing views of the waterfront - 12/27  Cottage is equipped with a washer and dryer so no need to haul your dirty laundry back home - 13/27  The cottage bathroom is incredibly clean, sunny and bright - 14/27  Back yard boats of children's play area and a tree house not visible in this picture - 15/27  Bright, Sunny and Spacious - 16/27  Pontoon Boat rental Option available. $300.00 per day or $900.00 per week - 17/27  View of the spacious screened in porch - 18/27  Loads of comfy seating in our spacious screened in porch area - 19/27  View from the water in fall - 21/27  Local Forest Skateway - Amazing twist on skating the canal. - 23/27  Find out what all the hype is about with the New Gatineau Park Forest SkateWay. - 24/27  Large Spacious Deck - 25/27  Our cottage rental guests surprised us by shovelling the snow off the frozen lake in Jan. 2022 - 26/27  Rent our Water Float Mat for hours and hours of entertainment. $25.00 per day x 3 day minimum rental - 27/27 $200 - $350 / night | CONTACT OWNER |
DESCRIPTIONGENERAL DESCRIPTION  | Sleeps 6 |
 | 3 Bedrooms |
 | 1 Bathroom |
 | Pets allowed
with
restrictions |
 | Smoking
not allowed |
 | Wood stove |
 | Internet |
 | Hot Tub |
 | Waterfront |
 | Ski <10km |
Sandy Coves Cottage is a beautiful, 3 bedroom, open concept, 4 season, waterfront cottage located right on the water's edge. The fully equipped cottage sleeps 6 adults comfortably and is the ideal cottage getaway for 3 couples or an entire family. The cottage is located directly on the very sought after Lac Gauvreau and is literally only minutes from Wakefield village and 30 minutes from the Byward Market downtown Ottawa. Sandy Coves cottage is available year round, making it an ideal winter retreat for nature enthusiast as well. Enjoy snowshoeing, winter hiking, skating, cross country or downhill skiing within minutes of the chalet. New in 2017, guests truly enjoy our newest local alternative to skating on the canal, The Gatineau Park Forest Skate Way. The cottage boasts of spectacular views, a completely private waterfront area and is incredibly bright and sunny. The main living area has floor to ceiling windows lining the entire waterfront side of the south facing cottage. The very private flat sandy beach waterfront with a lovely gradual slope into the water is great for families with young children. All beds have been upgraded to include new mattresses completely protected with quality mattress covers for an extremely clean and comfortable vacation experience. The master bedroom has a queen sized quality mattress and the 2nd guest bedroom has a luxury quality double sized mattress. The third bedroom has a set of twin bunk beds, which are also clean and new.
Sandy Coves cottage is equipped with free Fiber Optic high speed Wi-Fi, and an apple TV box, so guest may enjoy access to Netflix and other popular TV streaming services. Enjoy unlimited access to our Netflix account with literally 100's of movie and television program options, including family and children friendly titles.
Sandy Cove cottage is also equipped with a washer and dryer directly within the unit, so guests with young children need not haul their dirty laundry back and forth.
For more information or to book your dreamy summer, fall, or winter cottage getaway, contact Kelly Smith at sandycoves@gmail.com (873)355-9510
Access to two sit on top kayaks and a canoe is also available and included with the cottage rental.
Please note that due to the threat of invasive species, the municipality of La Pêche recently passed a bylaw prohibiting rental guests from bringing their own watercraft, powered or paddled to our lake. As such, guests are limited to the use of only those boats provided by the owner of the property in an attempt to control the spread of invasive species such as Eurasian Milfoil.
Pontoon Boat Rental is also available.
+ READ MORE - COLLAPSE AMENITIES AND EQUIPMENT | | Bedrooms | 3 bedrooms : - 2 single beds - 1 double bed - 1 Queen bed | | | Kitchen | | | | Communications | | | | General | | | | Entertainment | | | | Outdoors Features | | | | CITQ Establishment No. | 280512 | | | |
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Sandy Coves cottage is a 4 season fully operational waterfront cottage. Guests are welcome all year round for both summer and winter vacations. TV has Apple TV box, so guests may enjoy the use of their Netflix accounts on those lazy nights you simply wish to snuggle up in front of the wood stove and catch up on the latest movie and or TV series. Minutes from Vorlage and Eldelweis Ski Resorts. The Gatineau park region is actually nestled in between multiple local skill resorts. + VIEW MORE - COLLAPSE LOCATIONLOCATION| Province: Quebec | | Region: Outaouais | | City: Wakefield | | | Distance from ski resort: | Less than 10 km |
| | Nearest Body of Water: | Gauvreau Lake |
| | Waterfront: Yes |
| Other Town/Lake/Area: | La Peche |
Note: Sandy Cove Cottage is nestled in the heart of the Gatineau hills and national park region. The waterfront cottage sits directly on lac Gauvreau in La Peche community. La Peche is widely known for Wakefield village, an artistic village community. Wakefield village boasts of festivals, live music venues, fresh vegetable markets and amazing restaurants with patio's along the waterfront. Lac Gauvreau is only 30 minutes to downtown Ottawa and 5 minutes to a local butcher, liquor and grocery store. AVAILABILITYLast update: July 08, 2025 |
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RATES | | $200 | $300 | - | $1000 | $3500 | - | 1 Night | FRIDAY JULY 4TH TO FRIDAY JULY 11TH Jul 04, 2025 - Jul 11, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | - | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY JULY 11TH TO FRIDAY JULY 18TH Jul 11, 2025 - Jul 18, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | $9000 | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY JULY 18TH TO FRIDAY JULY 25TH Jul 18, 2025 - Jul 25, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | $9000 | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY JULY 25TH TO FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST Jul 25, 2025 - Aug 01, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | $9000 | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST TO FRIDAY AUGUST 8TH Aug 01, 2025 - Aug 08, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | $9000 | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY AUGUST 8TH TO FRIDAY AUGUST 15TH Aug 08, 2025 - Aug 15, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | $9000 | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY AUGUST 15TH TO FRIDAY AUGUST 22ND Aug 15, 2025 - Aug 22, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | $9000 | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY AUGUST 22ND TO FRIDAY AUGUST 29TH Aug 22, 2025 - Aug 29, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | $9000 | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY AUGUST 29TH TO FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Aug 29, 2025 - Sep 05, 2025 $350.00 x 6 nights = $2100.00 or $350.00 x 7 nights = $2450.00 | $350 | - | - | $2450 | $7500 | - | 6 Nights | FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH TO MONDAY SEPT. 9 Sep 05, 2025 - Sep 09, 2025 Labour Day Holiday Weekend (3 nights @ $350.00 / night = $1050.00 plus tax | $350 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 Nights |
Rates are in Canadian dollars ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | Check-in after | 02:00 PM | | Check-out before | 11:00 AM | | Tax Rate | 14.975% | | Lodging Tax | 3.5% | | Booking Deposit | 50% due at time of booking (The balance is due 150 days before arrival) | | Accepted Payments | Check, Interac e-Transfer | | Cancellation Policy | Moderate | | Cottage Rules | View | Fees- Cleaning fee : $100.00
- Pet fee : $25.00
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REVIEWS | | Murray |  |
| We recently completed a stay at Sandy Cove cottage. We were disappointed with many aspects of the cottage and cut our stay short by one night. The following are the major areas of concern.
Firstly, while it is by no means the fault of the owners, the lake is an ecological disaster. It is sadly overrun with milfoil, an invasive plant that leads to weediness. Swimming from the shore required swimming through several meters of dense weeds, which was unappealing to say the least. We wound up swimming at a nearby lake instead, Boating on the lake is also severely restricted due to the milfoil.
The cottage itself is sadly neglected. The kitchen appliances are very old. The fridge door shelf is literally held together by tape. The dishwasher does not drain properly. We did not even attempt to use the oven .Most furnishings are old and uncomfortable. If you are looking for a warm and cottagey feel, you will be disappointed. On one occasion it was necessary to contact the owner as the water in the shower had a bad aroma. To their credit, the owner attended immediately to fix the problem.
The outside deck is very nice and the barbecue worked well, thankfully. However the stairs leading to the water and the swimming raft are rotting. Our 2 year old grandchild was using the stairs to go to the water area when a post supporting the railing came off in his hand. It could have led to a disaster.
Stayed: August 2021 Submitted: Aug 31, 2021
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| | Alexandra |  |
| Superbe vue
Tout ce dont nous avons besoin
Hôte très efficace
Rapport qualité prix très bien
Nous allons assurément y retourner.
Stayed: December 2020 Submitted: Feb 01, 2021
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Owner response: Thank you for the positive review. We are delighted to learn you enjoyed your time up at Sandy Coves cottage this winter. Christmas is such a magical time up at our cottage and we were happy to host you and your family during the holidays. We look forward to hosting you all again sometime soon. | |
| | Leigh | |
| Amazing cottage! Had everything we needed, beautiful view of the lake. We rented the cottage in February and it was super fun. Outdoor skating through the forest was 20mins away, ski hills close by and walking trails through Gatineau Park. Cottage was very cozy with wood stove and hot tub. We will be back and would recommend this place to anyone.
Stayed: February 2020 Submitted: Feb 19, 2020
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| | Sharon | |
| My family with 2 young children enjoyed our week are sandy cove so much we are already planning our return for next year.
The cottage itself is well equipped. It has everything you'll need. We didn't need to pack as much as we did. Comfortable bedding, towels, all kitchen items, wifi and Netflix. The kids room even had toys and tons of books. There is a huge screened in porch that is almost soundproof from the rest of the cottage so we could stay up and laugh all night without disturbing the kids (and likewise in the morning they could play out there without disturbing us!).
The outdoors is really where it's at though. The lake is perfect. Warm and calm with a beach for the kids to dig in and collect rocks. We swam and fished and kayaked. We even found a small cave to explore and some marsh where we saw ducks, blue heron, turtles and gulls. There are very few people on the lake and even fewer motorized boats. It's as peaceful as they come.
The cottage has a nice fire pit overlooking the lake, a floating dock and a huge patio with a BBQ. There is even a fold out table and chairs that we used when guests came for dinner and we played famed on it in the sunroom.
Also there's a store 5 minutes away that has everything you could possibly need. Fresh fruit and veggies, meat and dairy, wine and beer, ice, fishing tackle... so convenient.
A perfect week.
Stayed: August 2018 Submitted: Aug 23, 2018
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| | Richard | |
| Another great week at Sandy Cove cottage. Pretty cottage, well located. Only half an hour to Ottawa's Byward Market. Kelly is on top on things, responding quickly to any request. Can sleep six comfortably. Appreciated the two kayaks and canoe, allowed us to explore this beautiful lake. Hopefully we will be able to return next summer.
Stayed: July 2018 Submitted: Jul 28, 2018
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Owner response: Thank you Richard. We look forward to hosting you and your family again next year. We are accepting peak season summer reservations for 2019 starting August 15th, 2018. Thank you for making Sandy Coves Cottage your family's yearly vacation destination. We always appreciate your business. Sincerely, Kelly. | |
$200 - $350 / night $1000 - $2450 / week $3500 - $9000 / month Member since April 2011 Speaks: English Response Rate: 100% |
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