Search for a Prince Edward County escape uncovers more than 230-year-old house on Hay Bay
Approaching the hamlet of Dorland, Ont., the setting sun washes the sides of metal farm buildings with temporary gold paint. As our vehicle turns from South Shore Road onto the gravel of Quaker Hill Road and then Dorland Drive – named after Loyalist Philip Dorland , a Quaker granted 2,100 acres in Lennox and Addington County – the water behind Julie Bogdanowicz and Blake Markle’s 1790s house takes on the colour of quicksilver.
For Ms. Bogdanowicz, an architect and senior urban designer in the City of Toronto’s planning department, that decision had already been made: “She already always wanted that particular carrot since we met,” confirms Mr. Markle, an audiovisual manager, with a chuckle. So, the couple expanded their search to the Greater Napanee area. It took some months, but, back in Toronto on a Friday night, a listing for a 1790s house on Hay Bay came up. And, incredibly, it was listed for $325,000.
That was in the winter of 2021. Over three years and $209,000 in renovations later, the house on Hay Bay is shining as brightly as sunny sparkles on Lake Ontario. Upstairs, in addition to the blue bedroom with a view of Hay Bay and the pink and mossy green bedrooms, there is a kid’s room with bunk beds and, the piece de resistance, the tiled canary-yellow bathroom. Here, under the arched window, sits the princely potty, where one can survey their land while doing their business, or stare at the axe-hewn beams to remind oneself of the labour that went into the house’s construction.
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