Waterfront homes for sale in the Kawartha Lakes
459 active waterfront homes on Kawartha Lakes · updated August 23, 2026
The Kawarthas run from Sturgeon Lake and Pigeon Lake through Buckhorn, Chemong and Rice Lake, most of them chained together by the Trent-Severn Waterway. That makes it possible to boat between systems without trailering — one of the reasons the region has held its value through every cottage-market cycle since the 1950s. Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, Lakefield and the townships across Trent Lakes and Selwyn carry the deepest inventory.
This page shows every active detached and semi-detached waterfront home across the Kawartha Lakes region — everything from four-season family cottages to year-round shoreline homes. Marina-slip townhomes and shared-access shore lots are excluded on purpose; each card here is on its own water.
How this page decides what counts as waterfront
Only detached and semi-detached homes appear here. Each one shows some evidence of genuine water frontage — a dock, boathouse, boat slip, private beach, or direct water view. Waterfront condos and townhomes on Kawartha Lakes are excluded on purpose: the MLS waterfront fields on a condo describe the building, not the unit, and mixing them in misrepresents what you're buying. Deeded-access shares, road-between lots, and marina-only slips are also excluded.
Ownership, shoreline, and access
Ontario waterfront has three moving parts every buyer eventually has to understand: who owns the shore road allowance (Owned, Not Owned, None, Partially Owned — cards note this where available), what the shoreline itself is (sand, natural, rocky, weedy, hard bottom), and how you reach the property (year-round municipal road, seasonal road, water access only). None of these are dealbreakers on their own; they change the price, the mortgage, and the insurance conversation.
Common questions
Waterfront homes take patience and a straight-talking view of shoreline, dock, and access rights. I'll walk you through what's actually being offered before you drive up to Kawartha Lakes.
Other Ontario water bodies
Listing data provided by the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB). The information provided herein must only be used by consumers that have a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate and may not be used for any commercial purpose or any other purpose.
Faisal Al Hamladar, Real Estate Salesperson · RE/MAX Noblecorp Inc., Brokerage.
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