Contact Us and Directions
YMCA Wanakita
1883 Koshlong Lake Road
Haliburton, Ontario K0M 1S0
p: 1.800.387.5081
f: 705.457.1597
wanakita@ymca.ca
Directions
Please note that GPS units, MapQuest and on occasion Google Maps may give incorrect or round-about directions to our site. The links and directions below are 100% accurate and can be used with confidence.
Please note: There are three roads named Koshlong Lake Rd:
- Koshlong Lake Rd (This is the road Wanakita is located on)
- Koshlong Lake Rd North
- Koshlong Lake Rd South
Google Maps - This link allows you to amend your departure point for specific Directions to our site
Orillia Route
From Hwy. 401 in Toronto, take Hwy. 400 North. Follow Hwy. 400 North through Barrie, just past Barrie take Hwy. 11 North to Orillia. At Orillia take the Hwy. 12 South exit. (Follow the Casino Rama signs to Rama Road.) Follow the Hwy. 12 signs through Orillia (over a bridge in Atherley).
Turn left at the traffic lights just past Atherley onto Rama Road (Simco County Road 44), and follow it for about 2 1/2 kms. Turn right onto Simco County Road 45 - Monck Road (old Hwy. 503) (at the stop light - across from the Fern Resort entrance).
Continue along County Road 45 (through Sebright, Uphill and Norland) at Kinmount, turn left (north) onto Victoria County Road 121 (old Hwy. 121).
Follow County Road 121 North for about 5 1/2 kms., and turn right onto Gelert Road (old County Road 1). Follow this road for 24 kms. (through Gelert and Lochlin).
Turn right onto Koshlong Lake Road into Donald. There is a sign pointing towards The Little Tart Bakery. Follow Koshlong Lake Road past The Little Tart, the ruins of the old factory and over a bridge. Travel 4.5 kms, staying on the main road, turn left into the parking lot at the totem pole. We are at 1883 Koshlong Lake Road. Welcome to YMCA Wanakita!
Highway 48 Route
From Hwy. 401 in Toronto, take Hwy. 404 North to Newmarket. Take the Davis Drive exit once in Newmarket. Turn right on to Davis Drive and follow it to Hwy. 48. Turn left (North) onto Hwy. 48, and follow it until it ends at Hwy. 35 near Coboconk.
Turn left (North) onto Hwy. 35, go through Norland. Continue on Hwy. 35 to Minden. In Minden turn right onto South Lake Road (County Road 16) (If you get to Tim Hortons or Kawartha Dairy you have gone too far). Go to the end of South Lake Road. Turn left onto Gelert Road (old County Road 1). Your will travel through Lochlin.
Turn right onto Koshlong Lake Road into Donald. There is a sign pointing towards The Little Tart Bakery. Follow Koshlong Lake Road past The Little Tart, the ruins of the old factory and over a bridge. Travel 4.5 kms, staying on the main road, turn left into the parking lot at the totem pole. We are at 1883 Koshlong Lake Road. Welcome to YMCA Wanakita!
Lindsay Route
From Hwy. 401 in Toronto, continue East past Oshawa, and after Bowmanville, turn North onto Hwy. 35/115.
After Hwy. 35 exits from Hwy. 115, follow it past Lindsay and Cameron to the turnoff for County Road 121 (old Hwy. 121). Follow County Road 121 North through Fenelon Falls and Kinmount. Continue on County Road 121 North for about 5 1/2 kms. Past Kinmount, and turn right onto Gelert Road (old County Road 1). Follow this road for 24 kms. (through Gelert and Lochlin).
Turn right onto Koshlong Lake Road into Donald. There is a sign pointing towards The Little Tart Bakery. Follow Koshlong Lake Road past The Little Tart, the ruins of the old factory and over a bridge. Travel 4.5 kms, staying on the main road, turn left into the parking lot at the totem pole. We are at 1883 Koshlong Lake Road. Welcome to YMCA Wanakita!
From Haliburton
From the lights at the corner of Highland Street and Maple Avenue (by the CIBC) follow Highland Street west to the stop lights at Gelert Road. At the lights at Gelert Road (old County Road 1, by the plane and train) turn left and follow Gelert Road past the hospital.
Travel about 7.5 kms. to Donald. Turn left onto Koshlong Lake Road into Donald. There is a sign pointing towards The Little Tart Bakery. Follow Koshlong Lake Road past The Little Tart, the ruins of the old factory and over a bridge. Travel 4.5 kms, staying on the main road, turn left into the parking lot at the totem pole. We are at 1883 Koshlong Lake Road. Welcome to YMCA Wanakita!
Approximate driving times from: Toronto 2 ½ to 3 hours ~ Hamilton 3 to 3 ½ hours ~ Ottawa 3 to 3 ½ hours ~ Kingston 3 to 3 ½ hours ~ Lindsay-Peterborough 1 to 1 ½ hours.