About Oakville's Bronte

Bronte Outer Harbour Marina - Boat Launch Day for Ronin

The most commonly heard expression amongst boaters this time of year is ' Have you got your launch day yet?'

Today was launch day for Ronin at Bronte Outer Harbour Marina. After a long winter sitting on dry land, she's afloat on her water home once more.

Ronin on dry land at Bronte Outer Harbour Marina


Here comes the Travelift at Bronte Outer Harbour Marina. The Travelift will pick Ronin up and transport her to the water.


The Travelift carefully backs up while Ronin waits patiently.


Strapping Ronin in to the Travelift at Bronte Outer Harbour Marina.



Ronin gets lifted off her cradle at Bronte Outer Harbour.



The Travelift carries Ronin to the water on launch day.


Almost home again at Bronte Outer Harbour.


Travelift has lowered Ronin back into the water. Another successful launch day.



Ronin, home on the water again at Bronte Outer Harbour Marina in Bronte, Oakville, Ontario

©2010JoSmith

Homes For Sale in the Community of Bronte, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

The Community of Bronte, in the southwest corner of Oakville, Ontario, began as a small fishing village in 1834 at the junction of 12 Mile Creek and Lake Ontario.

The first non-aboriginal setters of Bronte were the United Empire Loyalists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution.

The first harbour in Bronte was completed by 1856. Beginning as a small harbour town and fishing village, the Community of Bronte in Oakville, Ontario now has approximately 10,000 residents.

The majority of Bronte was originally farmland and forest before major housing development began to take place in the 60s and 70s. Housing developments continued to be built up until this year.

The homes for sale in Bronte range all the way from apartment style condos starting in the low to mid $200,000s to multi-million dollar detached homes on the lake.
Presently the lowest price home is an apartment style condo on Marine Drive listed at $249,000 and the highest price home is a detached waterfront home listed at $2,195,000.

The community of Lakeshore Woods, a planned residential neighbourhood in the southwest area of Bronte, is a beautiful newer area of Bronte.
Homes of distinct quality are priced in the $500,000 and upwards range.
Just a short walk from Lake Ontario and not far to downtown Bronte, Lakeshore Woods is one of Oakville's most desirable and in-demand communities.
Beautiful parks are within walking distance including a 'leash-free' dog park.

Overlooking Lake Ontario, Bronte waterfront condos provide breathtaking views and are a just a short walk to the sandy beach, peaceful waterfront parks and the eclectic mix of shops and restaurants in downtown Bronte.

Bronte waterfront condos, currently for sale, range in price from $345,000 to $690,000.
In 2009, waterfront or waterview condos sold in Bronte in the range of $184,000 - $950,000.

The beautiful townhouse condos overlooking Bronte Waterfront Heritage Park with their multi-levels and open concept, offer the spacious rooms and amenities couples or small families desire in a home.

Highrise condos in Bronte offer a secure lifestyle within walking distance to supermarkets, pharmacies, shops, restaurants and health care facilities.

If you would like to receive a list of homes, that meet your criteria, for sale in the Bronte area of Oakville emailed to you, contact Jo-Anne Smith at 289-837-2132 or at OakvilleAndBeyond@gmail.com

©2010JoSmith

Bronte Waterfront Condos For Sale

The Village of Bronte, a beautiful waterfront community in the southwest corner of Oakville, is home to a wonderful variety of waterfront condos.
Overlooking Lake Ontario, Bronte waterfront condos provide breathtaking views and are a just a short walk to the sandy beach, peaceful waterfront parks and the eclectic mix of shops and restaurants in downtown Bronte.

Bronte waterfront condos, currently for sale, range in price from $345,000 to $690,000.
In 2009, waterfront or waterview condos sold in Bronte in the range of $184,000 - $950,000.

The beautiful townhouse condos overlooking Bronte Waterfront Heritage Park with their multi-levels and open concept, offer the spacious rooms and amenities couples or small families desire in a home.

Highrise condos in Bronte offer a secure lifestyle within walking distance to supermarkets, pharmacies, shops, restaurants and health care facilities.

If you would like to receive a list of all waterfront condominiums currently for sale in the Bronte area of Oakville emailed to you, contact Jo-Anne Smith at 289-837-2132 or at OakvilleAndBeyond@gmail.com

©2010JoSmith

Bronte Real Estate Market Report, Oakville - February 2010

Situated in the south-west corner of Oakville, the historical Village of Bronte can be found. Bronte is one of Oakville's oldest inhabited regions.

Bronte began as a village on the mouth of 12 Mile Creek in 1834.
Over time it developed into a thriving small lakeside community boasting many fine lakeside estates, residential neighbourhoods, high-rise condos, marinas, schools and thriving businesses.

Although the Village of Bronte has amalgamated to become a part of the City of Oakville, it's small village atmosphere and charm remain.

The summer months bring thousands of tourists from all over the world to walk along it's historical streets and stroll through it's beautiful lakeside parks.

Bronte Outer Harbour Marina, one of the finest in the City of Oakville, is a destination for many traveling boaters and tourists in the summer months.

Award winning dining establisments, old fashioned ice cream parlours, unique shops, plazas and a mall, all make Bronte a shopper's paradise.

Bronte is the preferred community for many Oakville residents. Newcomers to the region quickly experience it's charms and often choose to relocate to this trendy and historical, lakeside community after a few years of living elsewhere in the area.

Bronte is in high demand for those looking to buy a home. It's not often that homes in Bronte come up for sale and when they do, they sell fairly quickly.

Property sales were very active for the month of February, this year, with 36 sales at an average sales price of $564,000 . This is quite a jump over the average sale price in February 2009 which was $479,000 . 

With a relative shortage of listings for sale in the Bronte area, now is an excellent time to sell.

Buyers who wish to live in the Bronte Area would be making an excellent investment when buying a home here.

View Bronte Village in City of Oakville in a larger map
To have a list of all townhouses, condominiums and detached homes currently available in the Bronte area of Oakville emailed to you
or to find out the market value of your Bronte home,
contact Jo-Anne Smith at 289-837-2132 or by email at  OakvilleAndBeyond@gmail.com

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As the breeze ushered in a reprieve from the high humidity levels and warm Lake Ontario air, thousands of visitors walked up and down the grassy aisles of Oakville's 44th Annual Art in the Park show yesterday afternoon.

It was a beautiful day in Bronte village and the streets were vibrant with visitors from the far reaches of Ontario and the globe.

Oakville's 44th Art in the Park show featured artists of every venue imaginable from watercolours, oils, sculptures and pottery all the way to beautiful wooden bowls and one of a kind jewellry.

Admiring the soft coloured wooden bowls where light pink overtones eked their way across the grains in surprising places, I learned that the wood was naturally coloured that way and came from Manitoba Maples, a Maple we always considered to be a 'weed' tree when I was growing up.

I'll never look at a Manitoba Maple in the same way again, now that I've seen the objects of great beauty that are crafted from it's sinewy trunks and reaching branches.

We met a wonderful couple there, a very talented husband and wife team of artists.
Atanur and Asuman Dogan paint beautiful watercolours of streetscapes, far-away places and the people who live in them.
Atanur is able to capture the expression of his subjects with such vibrant realism that the feelings portrayed jump off the painting and strike to the viewer's very heart.

One of my favourite paintings at the entire Oakville Art in the Park show was painted by Atanur and depicts a small child smiling and bashful and brimming with a gentle happiness. The feeling of love and safety stays with you long after you've viewed the painting and restores your faith that there are still many places where childhood is a time of innocence enjoyed under the protective and loving eye of Grandparents.

Pencil in your calenday and be sure you don't miss Oakville's 45th Annual Art in the Park show next summer, a premier event of the Oakville Art Society.
Who knows, you just might come home with a treasure.

©2009JoSmith