am Jakes Inn is, understandably, the pride and joy of 200-year-old Merrickville. Lovely meeting facilities, a setting removed from city distractions yet only 45 minutes from Ottawa are very appealing to business groups. A new conference wing includes a contemporary meeting space while a second meeting room overlooking the Rideau Canal garners many votes as the most historically resonant facility in the province. Sam Jakes Inn welcomes meetings and conferences of up to 80 people with these and three additional meeting rooms and on-site spa services. 

This limestone building was the home of Sam Jakes, a prominent merchant in Merrickville's heyday of the 1860s. The entire property was very carefully restored to a 33-room inn, and all interior appointments were selected for historic authenticity as well as beauty. The exterior is postcard-pretty, with green shutters, ornate ginger breading, and a white fence with huge round post heads.

Location   Corporate Packages Conference Facilities   Recreation Accommodations   Regional Highlights Dining   Contact Information

Click for map and driving directions.

^ 

The inn's conference centre features high-speed internet access and networking capability for electronically facilitated meetings. All meeting rooms are spacious and have air-conditioning, excellent natural lighting, data jacks, a choice of table styles, upholstered chairs and windows with blinds.

Click on a room name to view a floorplan.
 

Room Capacities
Conference Rooms	Dimensions	Stand Up Reception	Banquet	Theatre	Class- room	Board- room	U- Shape	Hollow Square
Rideau Room	37' x 24' 11.3 m x 7.3 m	60	60	60	60	34	35	35
Kilmarnock Room	30' x 40' 9.1 m x 12.2 m	90	80	80	80	40	28	56
Seminar Rooms
Leeds Room	24' x 15' 7.3 m x 4.6 m	-	25	24	16	18	12	16
Lanark Room	24' x 15' 7.3 m x 4.6 m	-	25	24	16	18	12	16
Grenville Room	24' x 14' 7.3 m x 4.3 m	-	10	12	10	10	-	-

Sam Jakes Inn provides the following equipment as standard A/V equipment:

	TV/VCR
	white board (in most rooms)
	flip charts
	screens
	overhead projector
	telephones

Additional high tech equipment and services such as faxing and photocopying may be arranged at additional cost. The inn provides business guests with internet access for checking email and office contact.

^

^ 

During the summer, the garden patio is available for dinners and barbecues under the boughs of huge trees. Sam Jakes is proud to serve local micro-brewery beers and VQA Ontario wines. Wine tasting dinners are popular events, as is Sunday Brunch and a Sunday prime rib dinner with live entertainment. More casual fare and an atmosphere of relaxed camaraderie are available in the Lock 21 pub.

^ 

^ 

The historic village of Merrickville offers many diversions, including scores of artisan shops and galleries with top-notch creations in blown glass, pottery, weaving, sculpture and metalwork. The inn will arrange for studio tours and historic walking tours for corporate guests. The village has historic sites and museums of interest-the Blockhouse Museum and Pig Island Industrial Ruins. Merrickville is located on the Rideau where boat cruises and canoe rentals are available.  It is also home to the Rideau Bird Sanctuary.  Explore the many trails and cycling routes.

^ 

^ 

^