Canoe Bay

Canoe Bay is the only Relais & Châteaux property in the Midwest and, by most measures, the most secluded luxury retreat in the continental United States, a 300-acre private estate of spring-fed lakes, pine forests, and wildflower meadows in Wisconsin's Northwoods where the property's founders, Dan and Lisa Dobrowolski, built their dream from a former church camp in 1993 and have maintained it as a strictly adults-only, couples-focused escape ever since. The cottages, several of them designed in Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style by his protégé John Rattenbury, are scattered across the property with complete privacy, each with a stone fireplace, two-person whirlpool, and deck overlooking the lake. The dining room's nightly multicourse menu changes daily based on what is freshest from the on-site garden and regional producers, backed by a wine cellar of legendary reputation. For planners, Canoe Bay offers a single executive meeting room for up to 14 with natural light, a stone fireplace, and lake views, and a full property buyout for leadership retreats of absolute privacy and discretion. Located 90 miles from Minneapolis and 300 from Chicago, it is the correct answer for the planner whose brief requires the most genuinely restorative, unplugged executive retreat in the region.

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