Shopping and Local Attractions

The Foodland grocery store in Coboconk caters to the summer cottage traffic with specialty foods and a good selection of meat for the grill. The beer store is right next door to the grocery store and the LCBO is just around the corner.

For quick trips, head to the Norland Market. It’s within walking distance and has a large stock of grocery and other items. It’s a great place to buy a tub of Kawartha Dairy ice cream and some waffle cones if you don’t want to drive all the way to Minden.

Shops and Facilities nearby…

Norland

  • Norland Farmer’s Market (Friday afternoons) at Ward;s Memorial Park (north on Hwy 35 from the lights at Norland)
  • Norland Market (grocery store)
  • Public Library
  • Coffee shop
  • The Riverside restaurant – great food, good prices, usually need reservations
  • Samuel LeCraw Park (on Government Dock Road) – great place for a cool walk on a hot day
  • Government Dock (boat launch)
  • The Links at Monck’s Landing (golf)
  • Esso (also has home-made baked goods and a post office)

South to Coboconk (10 min)

  • Tim Horton’s drive-thru and gas bar
  • Foodland
  • Beer Store (beside Foodland)
  • LCBO (behind The Pattie House)
  • Coboconk Home Hardware and Building Center
  • Castle Building Supply
  • Balsam RPM Marina – boat and seadoo rentals
  • The Pattie House – great fish and chips, live entertainment weekends

North to Minden (25 min): 

  • Kawartha Dairy – watch for the cow on the roof!
  • No Frills
  • Beer Store
  • LCBO
  • TD Canada Trust
  • Home Hardware
  • Canadian Tire with a Marks store

East to Kinmount

  • Highlands Cinema – Don’t miss this!
  • Farmer’s Market (Sundays)
  • Fall Fair (Labor Day weekend)

Activities

Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park one of the most diverse and least disturbed natural areas found in Central Ontario

Kirkfield Lift Locks (10 min west of Coboconk) is the second-highest hydraulic lift lock in the world. 

Fenelon Falls (15 min south of Coboconk): more locks and tourist boutiques and restaurants. There’s also a Canadian Tire, Home Hardware, grocery store, beer store and LCBO but Coboconk is closer to Norland if that’s what you’re looking for.

Highlands Cinema (20 min east in Kinmount) shows first run movies in smaller theatres furnished with seats from original movie theatres from around North America. The owner, Keith Strata, has taken his love of movies and movie memorabilia and extended his home into the surrounding woods to create five theatres and a museum that are open to the public only during cottage season. Leave at least 30 minutes for touring the museum. 

Golfing: