Red Bay, Ontario · Saugeen Bruce Peninsula · Since 1949
The lodge the Bruce grew up with.
Red Bay Lodge is a cabin resort and restaurant in Red Bay, on the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, with fifteen wood cabins and eight lodge rooms. It has taken guests since 1949.
Fifty acres of cedar, three hours north of Toronto. Hot breakfast every morning. Dogs on the deck. The way it used to be.
The lodge on a clear night in August
Breakfast included
A buffet every morning, 8 to 10
Dogs stay free
In every cabin
One firepit
Lit at dusk, all summer
Dark sky community
219 km north of Toronto's glow
§ 01Stay
Three ways to sleep in the woods
All 23 rooms and cabins
15 cabins · sleeps 2 to 5
The wood cabins
Standing since the forties under the cedars. A deck, a private bath, a small fridge, and dogs welcome.
8 rooms · sleeps 2 to 4
Lodge rooms
Upstairs in the great hall, renovated in 2022, quiet and pet free. Closest to the coffee.
23 rooms · up to 60 people
The whole lodge
Every cabin, every room, the great hall and the firepit. One booking, no strangers.
§ 022027
The first ten nights of the season
Tap a night to ask for it. Online booking opens in November.
§ 03The dining lodge
One chef’s menu, one sitting, whatever came in that week.
Dinner is a chef’s menu in the 1949 dining lodge, by reservation only. It changes with the season, and the seats go quickly on summer nights, usually with live music under the trees.
Staying with us? Breakfast is already included, no booking needed.
Northern lights · dark sky community
When the sky goes off, we’ll email you.
One email, only when the forecast is worth the drive. Then it’s a dark field, a firepit and someone to point you at the right patch of sky.
Tonight: A quiet sky expected tonight.
§ 04Since 1949
Same dining room. Same welcome. Better mattresses.
Red Bay Lodge has been taking in guests since 1949. The dining room is the same one. The firepit is in the same place. The lodge rooms were redone in 2022, so the mattresses are not.
The story of the lodge
1949
Opened
Guests have been coming up the road for seventy-odd summers.
50
Acres of forest
Cedar forest, with fifteen cabins named for the trees.
23
Cabins and rooms
Fifteen cabins, eight lodge rooms, one great hall.
3h
From Toronto
About 220 km north, on the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula.
§ 05The Bruce
A good base for the whole peninsula
Central enough that nothing is a day’s drive. Quiet enough that you hear the trees instead of the highway.
Things to do on the Bruce
One-star review, 2023
“Too many bears, not enough warning signs.”
Our favourite review, and the most accurate. This is not a pretend-in-the-woods experience. It is fifty acres of real forest, and the wildlife was here first.
Animal sightings and interactions are not encouraged, permitted or implied.
Plenty of guests have written nicer things. None have been more accurate.
Read the storyQuestions we answer on the phone all day
When are you open?
We're closed for the season and reopen Friday, May 21, 2027, through late October. Send us your dates any time and we'll set them up by hand until online booking opens in November.
Is breakfast really included?
Yes. Every stay includes a hot breakfast buffet in the dining lodge every morning, 8 to 10, with coffee on from 7:30. No booking needed.
Can I bring my dog?
Dogs stay free in every cabin. Keep them on a leash and don't leave them alone. The lodge rooms are pet free, for anyone who'd rather they were.
When can we check in?
Check-in is from 4 pm and check-out is by 11 am. Ask about early arrival and we'll do what we can.
Can we just come for dinner?
Yes. Dinner is a chef's menu in the dining lodge, open to everyone, by reservation only. Seats go quickly in the summer.
Is there air conditioning?
Yes in the cabins: every cabin has a heat pump and air conditioning. There's Wi-Fi.
Groups and the full lodge
Book the whole place. Sixty people, one roof, no neighbours.
Reunions, weddings, retreats and team trips. All 23 rooms, the great hall and the firepit for a weekend.
Group enquiriesGift cards
The best gift is a night under the trees.
A dinner at the lodge, or a night under the trees. Ask us how.
Gift cardsNow hiring for 2027
Work a summer on the Bruce Peninsula.
Kitchen, dining room, housekeeping and the front desk at a family-run lodge in the woods.
Summer jobsSee you in May.