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"All your life, you\u2019ve longed for your own personal lakeside retreat. But you haven\u2019t inherited money, you haven\u2019t issued an IPO. What to do? You rent your lakeside paradise for a week or two. Christina Lake, British Columbia, is seemingly created for people who want to rent their own lakeside cottage/cabin/luxury home. Resorts are nonexistent (although there is a scattering of nice, small B&amp;Bs). But what Christina has is a broad range of properties for rent, from quirky but comfortable cabins to a few seven-figure estates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChristina\u2019s charms extend beyond real estate, though. The lake is serenely lovely, set in the Monashee Mountains, near the Canadian Rockies. August lake and weather temps belie the north-of-the-border location: 71\u00B0 (or, as they have it up here, 22\u00B0 C); daytime averages around 82\u00B0. If you\u2019re looking for a lake with sweeping, sandy beaches where you can get so warm that you have to make regular plunges into the water, this is it.\r\n\r\nOne potential drawback\u2014the lake\u2019s somewhat remote location, more than two hours north of Spokane\u2014is in some ways a plus. Things aren\u2019t crowded here. True, in summer the population soars from its year-round 1,500 to 6,000, but that won\u2019t faze anybody familiar with, say, Lake Tahoe. And with the north half of the lake embraced by Gladstone Provincial Park, it\u2019s easy to find quiet moments, when you can fantasize about living here permanently.\r\n\r\nStay: For rental cabins and homes, which cluster along the lake\u2019s eastern shore, a reliable agency is Christina Lake Vacation Rentals (christinalakevacation.com). If you want someone to coddle you, the Sunflower Inn Bed &amp; Breakfast (from $131 U.S.;&nbsp;sunflowerinnbb.com) has three great suites with good lake views, a private beach, and a dock.\r\n\r\nExtra:&nbsp;&nbsp;Cast your vote&nbsp;for the best lake vacations in America!\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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