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While some Ontario resorts have been able to attract a few Canadian customers, “we get 99% of our business from the U.S., so it didn’t make any sense to try to open and market to Canadians.

KaBeeLo was purchased by Ann and Harald Lohn of Prior Lake in 1983. Still active in the business, in 2015 they sold the lodge's base-camp operation on Ontario's Confederation Lake (about a five ...

But like most Ontario resort owners, he doesn't see many licence plates from Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio anymore at his tranquil vacation spot in Keene, southeast of Peterborough.

There are, of course, also Ontario resorts that completely tailor their winter programming around ice fishing, but those tend to suit experts of the craft rather than novices just trying it out.

On April 24, an insert went out in daily and regional Ontario newspapers, including the Toronto Star, London Free Press and Kitchener-Waterloo Record for a total of 650,000 pieces distributed.