The largest (1,350 sq ft) of the suites located at the Villa, the Ferland Suite is located on the main floor and offers an elegant 29ft long living room, two large bedrooms with queen size beds, a four season solarium with a pull-down double size bed, a dining room, a work desk, and a roomy fully furnished ‘homestead style’ gourmet kitchen. Another pull down double bed is also available in the largest bedroom. Imagine all the modern facilities in a century old setting!
More About the Ferland Suite
Access to the picture-perfect garden, the private patio and the lakeview front veranda also makes it ideal for events requiring an outdoor atmosphere. Enjoy the exterior hot tub and the beautiful property. The large property offers a large parking, gardens, and century old trees therefore providing something for everyone from ample space for groups to quiet private areas for relaxing. You can also enjoy our waterfront property and our private dock located just in front of the house.
The Ferland suite is ideal for your receptions. It has been used on several occasions for cocktails, formal dinners, workshops, or simple gatherings with family & friends. Some guests even decide to use this suite to meet their own clients.
Amenities
Amenities include a lot of items and really all you need to bring are your clothes, personal toiletries and any food that would be required outside of what we have included in our continental breakfast and condiments.
Food preparation in the Ferland Suite Kitchen
Our kitchen
You will be able to cook all your meals for yourself or your guests in the large kitchen. The kitchen is equipped with full size fridge and stove, microwave, and a dishwasher. You will find enough dishes and utensils to serve up to 25 guests. Pots & pans and other kitchen accessories are also there for you to use.
We have:
high speed fiber-op internet, tv, bluetooth music player
to laundry room, iron & board
board games, variety of books, working desk
BBQ
exterior hot tub available year around, robes & sandals, towels
air conditioning
private parking with electrical outlets for winter
Renting the Ferland Suite:
You and your party (if applicable) will be the only guest(s) in the suite and you will have the full use of the suite.
Please also note that we accept pets but consideration must be taken for other clients staying in adjacent suites. Please contact Jocelyn to discuss your situation and agree on the applicable additional cost.
The rates indicated below do not reflect any special offers and promotions.
Ferland Suite
Rates per night (hst extra)
2 nights
3 nights
4 nights
5 nights
1st room
$ 205
$ 190
$ 185
$ 180
Add-on $115 for 2nd room
$ 115
$ 115
$ 115
$ 115
Add-on $65 for pull-down bed for adult (per bed)
$ 65
$ 65
$ 65
$ 65
One double pull-down bed located in solarium
One double pull down bed located in master bedroom
Add-on per child & adolescent (instead of the per room rate)
$ 25
$ 25
$ 25
$ 25
Additional cost per pet
$ 25
$ 25
$ 25
$ 25
When adding a pet, please consider that other guests might be staying in the home's other suite.
The Ferland Suite is on the main floor of the Villa, located at 620 Lakeshore Road South in Haileybury (Temiskaming Shores), Ontario. The parking lot entrance is off Florence Street.
The suite has two entrances. A common entrance for all the 3 suites in the Villa is at the front of the house on the side of the lake. From there you will have your private entrance to your suite. Another side entrance is available and it will be the first door as you approach the house.
The Villa is adjacent to the lake and only a few blocks away from downtown Haileybury, the public beach and marina and 8km from downtown New Liskeard and downtown Cobalt.
The Ferland suite is accessible for people with reduced mobility.
The back entrance is located at ground level and fully accessible with a wheelchair. The front porch with an incredible view of lake Temiskaming is also accessible. Wide hallways, large open areas along with several available accessibility accessories are all contributing to making everyone at ease to truly enjoy your stay. The bathroom is equipped with assist bars and we also have available a tub safety bar, a tub transfer bench and an elevated toilet seat.
A quadriplegic client has used this suite and they were able to set up all of the specialized equipment in the large bedroom. They were really pleased and commented that it was the first time they had stayed in a character historical home that was able to meet their needs. The client was able to move easily in all areas of the suite. He really appreciated the spacious living room and the outside veranda facing the lake.
The Ferland Suite has been named after the original owner of the house. Arthur Ferland was also the owner of the Matabanick Hotel, one of the first mine owners in Cobalt, and a great community leader of the time. The hotel’s property being on the shores of Lake Temiskaming, Mr. Ferland was one of the first involved in the region’s silver rush development. The first prospectors had to travel to Toronto by steamboat to register their findings. Mr. Ferland’s hotel, being strategically located near the docks, made him one of the first shareholders in the prospectors’ mines.
Not long after the silver was discovered, he bought a large piece of land to divide and build houses on. He anticipated that the beauty of Lake Temiskaming would lure the mines’ proprietors and managers to settle in Haileybury instead of Cobalt. He developed the entire subdivision around the Villa. The street on which the house is located was named Florence, in honour of Mr. Ferland’s daughter. He even had an electricity producing facility at the at the end of Florence street which provided power to his subdivision. Today, old bricks from the plant can still be found on the shore.
Mr. Ferland was known in a business way all the way to New York. It was he who first brought capital into the Cobalt district with his interest in the Nipissing , Green-Mehan, Red Rock, chambers Ferland and other mines in addition to being a large land holder in Coleman and Bucke townships. He was Reeve of Coleman where he took great pride in building stone roads to the mines from which mine men and the public profited much in the way of good travel.
The Villa was built in 1906 by Arthur Ferland a great entrepreneur and community leader of the time. It was one of the first houses to be built on ‘Millionnaire’s row’. In a very short time, Haileybury became the posh town of Northern Ontario with its Millionaire’s Row along the shore of the lake. Haileybury was the town with the most millionaires per capita in Canada. So it was not surprising to see a rule inhibiting people from walking the streets with a lunchbox in their hands. Many of these centennial houses are still standing today, since this was one of the only neighborhoods spared from the Great Fire of 1922.
Find below an interesting description of the house from the December 22, 1906 edition of the Cobalt Daily Nugget :
This handsome modern residence was the fourth to be built in Haileybury after the good building era came. It is commodious, most excellently build, modern, well arranges with reception rooms and drawing rooms, lavishly decorated with handsome interior finish, and exceedingly homelike in every particular where the Ferland family spend their time. It is this family residence that will be the center of social attractions during the months and years to come.
The exterior of the house today is very similar to what it was at the time of its construction. Even with the numerous interior renovations brought to the house throughout the years, it is still possible to imagine the lives that were lived by these mines Presidents during the silver rush era. The interior has since been divided into three separate suites but it still maintains its high ceilings, some of the original woodwork and the feel of a century old home. The house is built on a large 5-lot property including one with a dock on lake Temiskaming.
The President’s Suites offers you high-end accommodation in historical homes based more on the concept of vacation home rental and apartment style living rather than that of a hotel. Our suites and houses offer you hotel services in the cosiness of an apartment or a house.
The innovative concept makes it the perfect venue for your business travels, meetings, family, friend & group reunions, weddings or weekend holidays, or simply for a place to stay during a working period in the area. Each home and suite offers distinctly unique features. Depending on what you are looking for, tranquillity, atmosphere, or convenience, we will tailor your stay to suit your needs. It is similar to renting an all-furnished home and apartment and occupants can “check-out” whenever they wish either after a one-day, a few days or a one-week stay. The concept allows our clients to do everything they would at home, such as cooking, washing, relaxing and entertaining. We offer a free continental breakfast. We now have meeting rooms to meet your business needs.
Our homes and suites include the site of a century-old inn located on the historical Millionaire’s row in Haileybury (Temiskaming Shores), situated on the shores of Lake Temiskaming. Other historical housing accommodations are also located close by and with great views of the lake. Haileybury is a picturesque community located in Ontario and on the border of the province of Quebec. We are only a few minutes from New Liskeard and Cobalt.
A Few Pictures of the Ferland Suite
The master bedroom with a view on lake Temiskaming
