Luxurious Waterfront Retreat With Endless Recreational Potential

McLear’s Cottage Colony Campground is a special waterfront gem on Black Lake. Nestled on nearly nine acres with one thousand two hundred sixty-one feet of level waterfront at the widest and most scenic part of Black Lake, McLear’s Cottage Colony Campground is a favorite seasonal destination with over fifty years of history. This unique outdoor hospitality property offers abundant recreation, waterfront beauty, and expansion potential like no other. Property features: thirteen fully-equipped lakefront and lakeside cottages, four cozy camping cabins, fifteen waterfront full-hookup recreational vehicle sites, six spacious pull-through sites, and fifty dock slips. The only dockside fuel station on Black Lake is a key revenue booster. The popular Fish Bone Café features a full commercial kitchen and lakeview patio. From humble beginnings as the McLear homestead ”Broadview Farms,” this site evolved into a family fishing retreat and now a thriving hospitality business. Guests return year after year for their favorite cottage to relax and enjoy the lake; the unbeatable fishing, recreational boating, and breathtaking views of the largest lake in St Lawrence County. Prime location and endless potential: With room to grow, McLear’s is primed for its next chapter—whether it is lakeside glamping, boutique cabin expansions, a larger recreational vehicle park, or transforming it into a private family compound. All this is within close proximity to local wineries, restaurants, golf courses, museums, and parks. Just twenty minutes from Alexandria Bay and the St. Lawrence Seaway and within easy reach of Ottawa, Montreal, and the Adirondack Mountains—making this a strategic destination for regional tourism. Whether you have dreamed of owning your own campground or are looking for a lakeside development opportunity or a legacy property for your family, McLear’s Cottage Colony Campground offers it all—and more.