Gorgeous lakes have attracted vacationers to the Muskoka region, located roughly two hours north of Toronto, for decades. In the past decade, though, it's the addition of lush golf courses cut from the Muskoka rock that have mesmerized golfers. Top plays include Rocky Crest, Taboo Golf Club, Deerhurst Resort, Windermere Golf & C.C., The Rock Golf Club and Muskoka Bay Club.
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Cabot Links offers a true seaside links golf course complete with double greens and deep pot bunkers. Located in Inverness, Nova Scotia, a former mining town, the course is an unexpected, but welcome surprise.
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Cabot Links in Nova Scotia is still spanking new (10 holes opened in July 2011, and the full 18 debut July 2012) but for comparison purposes, think the eastern version of early Bandon Dunes -- the model for seaside golf in a remote location. At Cabot Links, players will find a pure, classic, ground-game links experience hard by the ocean, complete with double greens, pot bunkers, holes dropping off to the beach and scarcely a tree in sight.
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The Links at Crowbush Cove, a Thomas McBroom design located on Prince Edward Island in Canada, is great to look at, but the snapshots might not reflect how hard the wind is howling. Your scorecard will likely tell the entire story, Wes Gilbertson writes.
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One of Canada's top-rated golf courses, the Links at Crowbush Cove is located on Prince Edward Island's exposed north coast. The course opened in 1994 and was designed by Canadian architect Thomas McBroom. It is one of four that are owned and operated by the province, and the argument could be made that Crowbush is the most demanding of all of Prince Edward Island golf courses.
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Located on Prince Edward Island's northern shore is Green Gables Golf Club, set within the Green Gables National Park near Cavendish. While this part of PEI may be known as the home of the "Anne of Green Gables" book series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, it's also home to one of the country's top classically designed courses by Stanley Thompson, Canada's most prolific architect of the Golden Era. The course originally opened in 1939, but has since been redesigned by Thomas McBroom in 2008.
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