Some escapes require weeks of planning. This one just requires leaving work on time.
Tall Cedars Hideaway is a Nordic-style A-frame cottage tucked into the boreal forest — 90 minutes from Winnipeg, 50 minutes from Kenora, and a world away from your inbox. Built in 2025 with a striking black exterior and soaring 20-foot ceilings, it was designed for one purpose: to help you exhale.
Start with the sauna. Step into your private Finnish sauna, heat it to your liking, and let the week fall away. Follow it with a soak in the secluded hot tub under the trees — in winter, under the stars. This is the ritual TCH was built around, and it's available to you every single day of your stay.
Back inside, a wood-burning stone fireplace anchors the main living space, where high ceilings and forest-facing windows make the outdoors feel like part of the room. The kitchen is fully equipped for real cooking. The beds are made. The firewood is stacked.
Three bedrooms. A third-floor Treetop Loft. Space for the people who matter.
Whether you're a couple chasing quiet, a group of friends overdue for a reunion, or a family that just needs to be somewhere beautiful together — TCH holds up to 8+ guests without feeling crowded.
Need to stay connected? Starlink satellite internet means you can take Thursday's calls from the forest and still make it back to the city by Friday afternoon — or not.
Nearby: Falcon Beach Golf Course, Falcon Lake ice fishing, and snowmobile trails through Whiteshell Provincial Park.
Leave after work. Arrive by dinner. Leave different.
*cottage is on well water, three-stage filtering system without a softener, water is good to drink. Fridge with cooler/icemaker.