GENERAL COTTAGE NOTES: It is NOT necessary to replace/refill any of the consumable items we provide, such as drinking water, propane, firewood, toilet paper, paper towels, coffee filters, sugar, salt & pepper or any soaps/shampoos/conditioners before your departure. We provide these for your convenience.
COTTAGE AREA (~564 Sq Ft):
Full kitchen, living/dining room, 3 piece bathroom (with marine toilet, sink, shower).
Bedroom #1 – C shape metal futon with single/twin top bunk & bottom futon opens to double/full bed w/17″ TV/VHS Combo in bedroom,
Bedroom #2 – double/full bed (54″x75″) w/20″ TV in bedroom,
Bedroom #3 – double/full bed (54″x75″) w/20″ TV in bedroom.
Note: All bedrooms have clean bed linen, pillows and a comforter or blanket for each bed. We also supply a hand towel, face cloth and a few bath towels as well as toilet paper, hand soap, and several hotel bottle style shampoos and conditioners and a hair dryer. Couch in living room pulls out to a double/full bed if required, and a play yard/crib and baby monitors are always available (removed upon request).
Cottage is equipped with: light housekeeping tools (broom, mop, vacuum), 17 ft³ fridge/freezer, stove/oven, slow cooker, coffee maker, kettle, microwave, toaster, toaster oven, electric fry pan, pots & pans, dishes & cutlery, hot/cold drinking water cooler, hot/cold running water for washing dishes & showers, A/C, electric fireplace and electric heaters, reversible ceiling fan (heat or cool), 43″ Sharp Roku 4K UHD TV, DVD & VHS players, Bell Satellite HD TV, Starlink High-Speed (50+ Mbps) Internet access (via WiFi & LAN Cable), VoIP phone service & answering machine system.
Note: We do supply dish soap, a few kitchen dish cloths and a roll of paper towels to help you clean up, as well as coffee filters, some sugar and salt & pepper. We also supply 5 gallons of drinking water per week stayed via a full spare jug, and there is usually some drinking water remaining in the installed water cooler jug. If required, jug refill/exchanges can be purchased from the local XTR/Gas Station & Convenience Store for $6/Jug. We also have many DVD & VHS movies located in our back Family cottage which are available to lend out during your visit.
Available outside cottage (on lot): front (6.5′ x 7′) deck (overlooking the Brick Fire Pit) & rear (6′ x 17′) decks, w/Propane Bar-B-Que on rear deck. Brick Fire Pit at front of property. There is enough space on the right side of the front gate entrance to park 2 guest vehicles, or 1 guest vehicle and their utility/ATV/UTV/boat trailer. Additional parking is available nearby around the St. Jude’s Church and Cemetery located on Sunset Ave and Grey Ave (2 minute walk).
Reserved Family Parking: 2 spaces on left side of gate entrance, plus 1 space on far right side of gate entrance beside the street light post (for our family utility trailer to haul garbage/recycling, etc).
Note: We supply 20lb of propane per week stayed via a full spare tank, and there is always some propane still available in the attached tank. We also supply some starter paper & firewood in our wood shed for the fire pit. If you plan to have a lot of fires during your stay, seasoned & split firewood can be purchased by the bag from local stores or at the Grand Beach Campground for around $15/bag, or you can bring your own clean burning wood.
Outdoor Above Ground Pool: During summer weeks (Late June through July and August) an above ground pool will be set up in the yard and available to cottage renters daily from 9:00 AM until 10:00 PM (except when under maintenance). Pool Safety & Proper Use instructions are also available in the cottage & at the pool. No lifeguard on duty. Swim at your own risk.
RESTRICTIONS: No excessive noise from 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and NO SMOKING OR FREE ROAMING PETS ALLOWED IN CABIN. We will allow well-behaved dogs in the yard during the day, and in a kennel or confined area indoors overnight, but the renter is responsible for cleaning any messes made by the dog (indoors and out) and removal of all dog hair from the cottage to help prevent any allergy issues for future renters.
Not provided: Maid cleaning services are NOT provided. Please be sure when you leave that the cottage is as clean (or close to it) as when you arrived. If there are any cleanliness issues when you arrive, please inform us right away so we can correct them and let you enjoy your stay. Garbage & Recycling bins are available on-site and are emptied at check-out (or upon guest request when full) by the back cottage residents. In order to keep Skunks, Raccoons and Bears away, please do not leave garbage outside of the bins overnight. Your clean paper & cardboard items can be burned in the brick fire pit, or else they can be placed beside the on-site bins or inside the wood shed to be burned at the next fire. Please, don’t burn any plastics. The back cottage residents will empty the outdoor bins when full and take contents to the transfer station/dump as needed at no cost to you. Otherwise if the bins should become overfilled, the Grand Marais Transfer Station/dump is located on Highway #12 about 5.6Km from our property (about a 5 minute drive) and is open Thursday through Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (closed Tuesday and Wednesday and on statutory holidays: Victoria Day, Canada Day, August Civic, Labour Day). There is no charge to drop off recyclable materials at the Transfer Station, but garbage is charged at $2 per 26″ x 36″ (~65L) bag, so please keep recycling items separated from actual garbage using the provided onsite outdoor bins. Recyclable material taken to the Transfer Station should be divided into groups:
1) Glass (i.e. alcohol/wine glass bottles)
2) Cans & Plastics (i.e. alcohol/pop cans & plastic bottles)
3) Clean Burnables (i.e. paper & cardboard, which we can burn at the cottage ourselves in small quantities)
