On site at Strathmere are facilities for a range of outdoor and indoor activities.
Outdoors, you will find:
- Our sparkling salt-water swimming pool to exercise or soak up the sun.
- The Gathering Place, our fire pit with ash log benches to enjoy a cup of hot cocoa.
- Nets, jerseys and balls for a rousing game of Canadian Road Hockey.
- 2 volleyball courts.
- Outdoor ping-pong tables.
- A Horseshoe pit.
- Movies Nights under the stars.
- A quiet 2-kilometre-long country lane to cycle, jog or walk along, with bicycles and snowshoes to borrow.
- Plaques scattered throughout the property giving some of Strathmere’s history.
- The Heritage Garden, with its wide variety of beautiful perennials, with secluded spots to rest and relax and, if the spirit moves you, to meditate.
- Vegetable and herb gardens, behind the Heritage Garden
- Strathmere’s certification as a Way Station for Monarch Butterflies, enjoying the flowers as you stroll by.
Indoors:
- A comfortable lounge in Strathmere Inn
- The Games Cellar with billiard table, movies and games
- An exercise room
- High speed Internet access in every building and guest room
Local places to visit include:
- The village of Manotick, only10 minutes away
- North Gower, within 5 minutes.
- Barrhaven, within 15 minutes away, for shopping, restaurants and movie theatres
- Golf at Manderly on the Green, less than 2km of Strathmere.
- Canada’s Capital, just 35 minutes from Strathmere.
