Cottagecam was created to address a need for a large inventory of aerial photographs of lakefront cottage and resort properties for both personal and commercial  use. Individual custom aerial photographs of cottage properties are very costly, requiring aircraft rentals and extended travel time for photographers. By capturing photographs in bulk, and delivering them in digital format via the Internet, Cottagecam is able to drastically lower the cost of photos to under $40 CAD per picture. To view our current inventory of photos, visit our aerial photo maps page.

For cottage owners, we offer an affordable way to purchase an aerial image of your cottage and surrounding area. Aerial imagery of cottages provides a unique perspective on a familiar place for owners, and serve as visual reminders of treasured family memories and experiences.

For real estate brokers, agents, and private renters and tenants who participate in the cottage industry, we hope our website will be of value to you in marketing your property or locating property to rent or purchase, depending on which end of the transaction you happen to be on. We provide users not only an image of a target property, but images of surrounding areas, and some indication of location on each specific lake. Our maps provide further helpful information regarding local amenities. Cottagecam will also be offering real estate sales and rental listings starting in December 2005. We are currently accepting listings free of charge for the first 3 months (December 1, 2005- February 28, 2006). Thereafter, listings will cost $ 40 per year. For more information or to add a listing, visit our listings page.

Our inventory totals in excess of 13,000 images across 17 different lakes in the Muskoka region of Southern Ontario, approximately 90 minutes drive from Toronto. As well, we have a limited inventory of aerial photographs from Lake Simcoe centered on Big Bay Point. Obtaining a large inventory of shoreline property is a complex, time consuming and expensive process. We are still refining our processes both in obtaining the inventory and cataloguing it in our growing database of images and maps. We do not currently use GPS technology and therefore, we cannot guarantee complete accuracy. In fact, we can safely say that there are a few specific areas on some of the more ‘involved lakes’ (Lake Muskoka, for instance) that may require some reorganizing. We welcome any and all feedback and comments from our users to help us identify any inaccuracies.

We also encourage any users who are unable to locate a specific property to advise us. We will attempt to fill in any gaps each season and advise you once we have obtained an image of your property. Similarly, if you locate your property but do not like the image, we will make best efforts to obtain another image.

If we do not currently have you lake on our site, please e-mail us and tell us where you lake is and we will put it on our ‘To do’ list. For 2006, we aim to increase our library to 50,000 images, including the balance of the Muskoka Region, Haliburton and the Kawarthas, Bancroft, and portions of Georgian Bay.

We hope you enjoy your visit.