Homes For Sale in Cameron Lake

About Cameron Lake

Cameron Lake is a cottage-lake area in City of Kawartha Lakes. Shoreline cottages and year-round homes ring the lake, with the surrounding township providing day-to-day services.

Waterfront inventory moves with the seasons. Every listing below sits inside the community boundary shown on the map.

The homes of Cameron Lake

Cameron Lake is the quieter sibling in the Kawartha chain — smaller than Balsam and Sturgeon, on the Trent-Severn system, with a shoreline of cottages and waterfront communities rather than grand estates. The Burnt River feeds into the lake, and several properties boat to Cameron via the river or canal channels, which creates a distinctive sub-market of canal-front cottages priced below direct lakefront.

Recent listings show the value tiers. A four-bedroom cottage at 3 Sackitt Road in a Cameron Lake waterfront community — 261 feet of waterfront along the canal leading directly to the lake — was listed at $475,000. A compact three-season cottage at 32 Sunset Lane with swimmable waterfront and a boat cruise down the Burnt River into Cameron Lake was offered at $399,900. On the Burnt River itself, an updated four-season home at 87 Superior Road with direct boating access to Cameron was listed at $725,000.

The pricing logic is straightforward: direct Cameron Lake frontage costs more than canal or river frontage with boating access to the lake. If the boating matters more than the address, the Burnt River and canal properties are the value play — but confirm the channel is navigable for your boat size before you buy.

Waterfront realities

Canal and river frontage needs extra diligence. Confirm the waterway's navigability, depth and any restrictions between your lot and the open lake — a 'boating access to Cameron Lake' claim should be verified with local knowledge, not just the listing. Trent-Severn permitting through Parks Canada applies to docks and shoreline work on the system.

Well and septic are the norm in the City of Kawartha Lakes waterfront areas. Riverfront lots can sit in floodplain — check with the conservation authority before planning near-water structures, and get an insurance quote early. Older cottages on the river and canal often have grandfathered footprints close to the water that can't be replicated under current setbacks.

Fenelon Falls is the service town for the Cameron Lake area, close enough for groceries and dining. Winter road maintenance varies by lot — confirm in writing whether your road is municipal or private, and what the plowing arrangement costs.

Getting there

Cameron Lake sits between Fenelon Falls and the Burnt River corridor, roughly an hour and a half to two hours from the GTA. Fenelon Falls covers day-to-day needs with shops, restaurants and services, and the Victoria Rail Trail runs nearby for ATV, snowmobile and walking access.

The lake's position in the middle Kawarthas makes it one of the more accessible Trent-Severn lakes from the city. For four-season use, prioritize lots on year-round municipal roads — the river and canal properties vary most on winter access.

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