Muskoka's 'cottages' - rustic retreat for the rich

Toronto

DAVID Cynamon knows how to unwind on summer weekends. The entrepreneur steps off a chartered float plane onto a wooden dock and is greeted by his staff as he passes a custom-made tiki bar and bubbling jacuzzi on his 10-acre estate.

His "cottage", with nine bedrooms, tennis court and all-terrain vehicle to cross it all, isn't in the Hamptons or St Tropez. It's hidden among 100-year-old pine trees a few feet from Lake Joseph on the rugged gray rock of the Canadian Shield. It's also likely doubled in value since he bought it about a decade ago.