Business View Magazine | March 2018

68 destination.That summer,the newlyweds spent $40 fixing up a roomand never thought they’d see the moneyback.Theymade $80 that year.This was pretty exciting! “Themain impetus for tourismbeing here is because CaptainTom,in his wisdomat the time,gave land to the railroad to bring in a rail line.It actuallycuts our property in half.We had our own SparrowLake Station right up until the 1960s.Peoplewould get off at the station,get on boats–our familywas in the boat busi- ness,too–and travel up and down theTrent-Severn Waterway.But they’d also stayhere in this little village of Port Stanton to have avacation resort experience. “In 1930,myancestors builtWildwood Inn on the old sawmill building.Mydad startedBayviewLodgewhen hewas 18 years old.Therewas another one called Wild Echo Lodge,whereThe Cottages at Port Stan- ton (a cottage development we started in 2001) are located.It’s awhole combination of different properties pulled together bymy father to become BayviewWild- wood Resort,withThe Cottages at Port Stanton as part of it.Back in 1910,you could stayat anyof these loca- tions for seven dollars aweek.My father passed away three years ago; mymomstill lives here on a beautiful little piece of property.I presentlyoperate all the resort properties,and I’m still a big shareholder,but in 2008, I brought other investors into the company,so there is moneycoming in for renovations and upgrades.” BVM: Howbig is the property? Hounsome: “Themain property isn’t on a ton of acreage,but it’s all shoreline that goes around the BAYVIEWWILDWOOD RESORT