FAQs

Calabogie Peaks is a master-planned, four-season resort community in the Ottawa Valley on the shore of Calabogie Lake and at the base of Dickson Mountain, Ontario’s tallest public ski hill. It combines contemporary townhome residences with year-round resort amenities — skiing, golf, a private beach, marina, hiking and trail networks, dining, and wellness facilities — set within 680 acres and surrounded by thousands of acres of wilderness Crown land.

It is a rare “trifecta”: a ski mountain, a lake, and surrounding wilderness all in one place. The mountain offers ski-in/ski-out living and elevated views of Calabogie Lake; the lake provides shoreline life, boating, paddling, swimming, and beach access; and the Resort land and surrounding Crown land has an unmatched extensive recreational network. No other Ontario destination brings all three together on a single site.

Calabogie Peaks has been owned and stewarded by the Murphy family for more than 40 years, evolving from a hidden gem into a thriving four-season resort. Principals Paul and Liz Murphy have assembled a team of Canadian real estate and construction professionals to develop the residential community, which is marketed under the Calabogie Living brand.

The homes are being constructed in partnership with McGrimmon Developments, a leading general construction company in the Ottawa Valley with more than 30 years of utility infrastructure and homebuilding experience. 

The resort is a master-planned community where the location and mix of residences, along with commercial, recreational, amenity, and common spaces, are intentionally designed from the outset. This provides peace of mind and a clear vision of the finished community at the time of purchase — you know how your neighborhood is intended to look, feel, and function. Calabogie Peaks’ plan is centered on lifestyle, wellness, nature, green space, recreation, walking &  bike paths, shops, and restaurants woven throughout.

The natural terrain shapes the community’s five residential neighborhoods:

Calabogie Living has been thoughtfully designed to appeal to a variety of buyers, including:

• active families, couples and “legacy builders,” remote professionals, second-home seekers, wellness seekers, and adventure enthusiasts. 
• Those looking for a full-time residence in a four-season recreational community.
• Buyers seeking a low-maintenance cottage alternative or weekend retreat.
• Owners who plan to enjoy their home personally while generating rental income when not using it.
• Investors looking for a professionally managed property in an established four-season destination.

Calabogie Peaks is more than a place to live — it is a walkable and bicycle-able community designed to preserve the natural beauty surrounding it. The development attracts owners who share a commitment to maintaining the open space, waterways, mountainous terrain, and natural beauty of the site, coupled with thoughtful, carefully enforced design. The emphasis throughout is on lifestyle, wellness, and connection to nature.

The community’s look and feel will be preserved through master planning and land covenants that provide architectural controls (earth-tone mountain-modern design), landscaping standards, underground utilities, downward-facing lighting, common-element maintenance, and thoughtful phasing. These controls protect the natural setting and avoid an intrusive, random or inconsistent build-out. 

The community is environmentally conscious in its planning and design. Home design choices such as earth-tone “mountain modern” architecture, underground utilities, preserved green space, and respect for natural terrain and land features maintain a low-intrusion approach. Each neighborhood is located and defined by its unique geography which is maintained and not altered.  The sky is also an important feature – downward-facing lighting preserves the incredible stargazing. 

The residential community sits on 680 acres and is surrounded by thousands of acres of wilderness Crown land. Because the resort has been family-held for more than 40 years, it has retained an authentic, never-overcrowded character.

The ski mountain was founded in 1969 on what is locally known as Dickson Mountain. Over more than four decades of Murphy-family ownership, it grew from a regional ski hill into a four-season resort with golf, a beach, trails, lodging, and dining. The master-planned residential community is the next chapter — adding permanent homes to an established, operating resort rather than building a destination from scratch. 

Calabogie Peaks is not a community being created. The business has been operating for over fifty years and the ski hill, golf course, beach and waterfront, hotel and lodging, dining, trails, utilities, resort operations and private residential homes already exist and operate as part of the resort experience. For buyers, this history means the amenities and the visitor draw already exist and are proven, rather than being promises dependent entirely on future build-out.

Calabogie Peaks occupies a different position in the market. It combines a ski mountain, Calabogie Lake, and surrounding Crown land in one resort setting about an hour from Ottawa. It is not intended to be a large, urbanized resort village on the scale of Blue Mountain or Tremblant, and it is not simply a cottage lake with private cottages and limited shared services. Its appeal is the combination of mountain, lake, wilderness, existing resort amenities, small-village character, four-season recreation, and proximity to Ottawa. It is ideal for buyers who want a quieter, less crowded, distinctive Ontario resort community.

Purchasing during the initial release provides buyers with:

• The widest selection of available homes.
• Greater choice of building and unit locations.
• Current release pricing.
• The opportunity to personalize finishes where available.

Calabogie Living offers many of the benefits of cottage ownership while reducing many of the responsibilities.  

• Low-maintenance ownership – all of the maintenance is done why professional trades directed by a property management company.  Owners don’t get involved in day-to-day decisions.
• Four-season recreation at your doorstep. No need to drive anywhere.
• An established resort community. You live within a community where you know your neighbor and feel part of a small village.
• Ski-in, ski-out access to ski trails 
• Hike-in, hike-out access to walking trails
• Pedestrian access to golf and Calabogie Lake.
• High-speed fibre internet – urban standards in a rural community.
• The opportunity to rent your residence and offset ownership costs
• The opportunity to to do touch-free rental through the rental management program
• Professional property management (if you want it)
• No septic system responsibility or water well responsibility.
• Full time, year round, municipally maintained road access.