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One of the best bed and breakfasts in Bayfield on Lake Huron Ontario,
as recommended by Janette Higgins.
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Clair on the Square Bed and Breakfast
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Clair Soper
P.O. Box 158
(12 The Square)
Bayfield, Ontario
Canada, N0M 1G0
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| Phone: 519-565-2135 |
| Stay with this amiable bed and breakfast host when you visit the historic Bayfield cottage community on the shores of Lake Huron. |
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Review by Janette Higgins
author of The Best Places to B&B in Ontario: A Selective Guide
Six editions of the book were published to critical and popular acclaim. Janette now publishes her B&B
reviews and holiday reports online.
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Note 1 to reader: Every Ontario bed and breakfast receives my consideration. I travel incognito, pay where I stay and write reviews of the top 5%. Here is one I recommend. Janette Higgins
As soon as I walked in, I knew I’d like this Bayfield bed and breakfast – not only from the quick glance around, but from host Clair Soper’s reception. She greeted me like an old friend; and, as it turned out we had something in common. We’d both left well-paying jobs to do something completely different in small historic communities. And we’d both bought century cottages that needed lots of work. In Clair’s case, she left teaching (Latin and French) to move to Bayfield to run a bed and breakfast on the shores of Lake Huron where she’d summered with her family as a child.
Clair’s one-and-a-half storey yellow brick farmhouse, built in 1857, faces the Bayfield village common. Inside, the pine and ash floors are returned to their original condition and there’s original art on the walls and antiques throughout, including a fine Scottish flame-birch armoire. Upstairs the sloped-ceiling bed and breakfast bedrooms are charmingly cottage-like. All three have queen beds and one also has a single. The Town Hall Room has pretty comforters and a full bath en suite. The Garden Room is at the back of the house and has a view over the gardens and its recently-renovated en suite bathroom has a shower only. The Park Room is a reno of two smaller rooms so it’s a good size. The bathroom’s across the hall.
For breakfast, there’s usually fresh fruit and some variation on an egg dish, along with homemade scones. If the weather cooperates you’ll have it on the large deck stylishly furnished with rustic twig furniture. In the background you’ll hear the soothing sound of water trickling in the pond. You may even catch sight of few sheets flapping in the breeze – Clair line-dries her linens for that incomparable outdoorsy scent. After, you can tour the garden. Perhaps go next door to check out the full-service spa. Or, if you like, Clair will lend you her bicycles for a tour of this picturesque cottage community full of interesting shops and good restaurants. A bit further afield is the acclaimed Blyth Theatre which specializes in Ontario's stories.
Note 1 to reader: Every Ontario bed and breakfast receives my consideration. I travel incognito, pay where I stay and write reviews of the top 5%. Here is one I recommend. Janette Higgins
Note 2 to reader: I appreciate your support of the continuation of my research by letting Clair know you read my consumer review of her bed and breakfast on this bbontario website. Many thanks! Janette Higgins, Travel Writer
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Clair on the Square Bed and Breakfast, Bayfield on Lake Huron, Ontario
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| Tell your hosts Janette Higgins sent you! |
| Website: |
http://www.claironthesquare.net |
| Best to call: |
10 AM -9 PM |
| Languages: |
French/Latin |
| Season: |
bed and breakfast open April - Dec |
| CDN $ Rates: |
D $150 weekdays or 160 weekends(Fri and Sat)(no taxes)
Enquire about single rate
2-night minimum
Sun-Thurs (5) nights package $575 |
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| Cards: |
Cash or Cheque only |
| Restrictions: |
smoking in garden only; no guests' pets |
| Facilities: |
3 bedrooms (all queen, 1 with single); 3 private bathrooms (1 en suite with shower only, 1 en suite combined shower/tub, 1 private-use with combined shower/tub); living room for guests; air conditioning in rooms; guest fridge; TV/DVD player on request |
| Parking: |
ample; safe parking for bikes & motorcycles |
| Breakfast: |
full breakfast |
| Location: |
Bayfield is on Lake Huron, a 45 minute drive NW of Stratford |
| Directions: |
bed and breakfast is in Bayfield, on W side of Clan Gregor Square at S end of Main St |
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