Quick answer: Harris Boat Works is a Mercury Marine Platinum Dealer in Gores Landing on Rice Lake, approximately 90 minutes northeast of Mississauga via Highway 401 east and Highway 115. We handle Mercury outboard sales, repowers, parts, and service. See installed pricing at...
Quick answer: Harris Boat Works is a Mercury Marine Platinum Dealer in Gores Landing on Rice Lake, approximately 90 minutes northeast of Mississauga via Highway 401 east and Highway 115. We handle Mercury outboard sales, repowers, parts, and service. See installed pricing at mercuryrepower.ca. For engine repairs, we only service Mercury and Mercruiser.
Mercury Dealer for Mississauga: When the Drive Is the Point
Mississauga is not a short drive from Rice Lake. Let's be direct about that. Ninety minutes northeast on the 401 is a real commitment, and we'd rather acknowledge it upfront than pretend you wouldn't notice.
So here's the honest case for why some Mississauga customers make it anyway.
What You're Usually Dealing With Closer to Home
Mississauga has marine dealers. Some carry Mercury. The experience at a lot of GTA-area dealers tends to follow a recognizable pattern: you find a motor online, you can't find the price, you fill out a contact form, someone calls you back in a day or two, the conversation starts with "what are you planning to use it for?" and eventually arrives at a number that may or may not include installation.
By this point you've spent an hour or two on the phone and still don't know what the motor costs to actually put on your boat.
Our quote builder at mercuryrepower.ca shows you installed pricing, motor plus rigging, in Canadian dollars, in about three minutes. No account, no callback, no opener for a negotiation. The number you see is real. To see what a Mercury outboard costs without building a quote, check our published price reference.
If you price it here and decide a local dealer is the better call, that's fine. You're making an informed comparison now, not a managed one.
The Repower Conversation Is Different Here
Most of what we do is repower, replacing an aging motor on a hull someone wants to keep running. That's not a simple transaction. It's a conversation about your hull, how you use the boat, what rigging setup makes sense, what prop works for your load, and whether you're better off repowering or putting that money toward a new setup.
We have that conversation honestly. Our repower decision guide on mercuryrepower.ca explicitly covers when a repower doesn't make sense. We'd rather give someone a straight answer than book a job we shouldn't have taken.
A Mississauga customer who's seriously considering a repower and can't get a straight answer closer to home, that's the customer who tends to make the drive.
Platinum Tier on the Harder Jobs
Mercury Platinum is the top tier in their dealer program. It means deeper parts inventory, higher levels of technical training, and full warranty authorization. For a standard motor sale, tier may not matter much. For a complex repower, a warranty issue, or a technical diagnostic on an unusual setup, it matters. There aren't many Platinum dealers in Ontario, and most of them aren't in the GTA.
A Business Built on Repeat, Not Volume
Harris Boat Works has been on Rice Lake since 1947. Third generation. We're not a high-volume sales floor, we're a family marina where the next customer is often a referral from the last one. That dynamic makes us careful. We're not trying to maximize what we extract from a single transaction. We're trying to be the shop someone calls first for the next twenty years.
What Harris Boat Works Handles for Mississauga Customers
Mercury outboard sales
2.5 HP through 600 HP. FourStroke, Pro XS, Verado, SeaPro. We'll have an honest conversation about what makes sense for your boat and use case.
Repower service
Full repower: motor, rigging, controls, throttle and shift cables, prop selection, installation, sea trial. The rigging isn't an afterthought, it's half the job.
Mercury parts and service
Platinum-tier parts depth and warranty authorization. For engine repairs, we only service Mercury and Mercruiser.
Winter storage
Outdoor with shrinkwrap. No indoor. If you store your boat in Mississauga and only use it on inland lakes, storage here may not make sense unless you're planning an extended service visit.
Installed pricing online
mercuryrepower.ca, the number you see is real.
Getting to Harris Boat Works from Mississauga
Route: Highway 401 east through Toronto, then Highway 115 east, then County Road 28 north into Gores Landing.
You can build a live CAD quote for your repower online at Mercury Repower Centre.
Approximate drive time: Around 90 minutes outside rush hour. On a weekday morning or Saturday before 9 a.m., the 401 through Toronto can be manageable. Midday Saturday or Sunday afternoon, plan for more. The last 30 minutes from 115 to Gores Landing is rural, genuinely pleasant drive once you're off the highway.
Address: 5369 Harris Boat Works Rd, Gores Landing, ON K0K 2E0
Phone: 905-342-2153
Service requests: hbw.wiki/service
Motor pricing: mercuryrepower.ca
Making the Drive Worth It
90 minutes each way is a full morning. Here's how Mississauga customers make it count:
- Build your quote first at mercuryrepower.ca. See the real installed price. Know what you're comparing before you commit to the drive.
- Get specific about the rigging. What throttle and shift setup? Any electronics to integrate? Single or twin? Knowing what questions you have makes the in-person time much more efficient.
- Call us ahead of time: 905-342-2153. If you're driving 90 minutes, we want to make sure we have time for you.
- Come up early on a Saturday or mid-week. Avoid the 401 in both directions during peak hours if you can help it.
- Drive up when you've decided. Not to browse, to confirm. We respect the time that trip represents.
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Frequently Asked Questions, Mississauga
Is 90 minutes actually worth the drive?
For a quick question, probably not, call or text us instead. For a serious repower or a motor purchase where you want to talk through rigging, installation, and the full job: yes. Come when you're ready to make a decision.
Can I see pricing without calling?
Yes. mercuryrepower.ca has real installed pricing. No form, no callback, no opener.
Do you service boats at our location or do we have to come to you?
We're a fixed shop. The boat comes to us. For major work like repowers, customers typically haul or trailer the boat up to Gores Landing.
Do you service non-Mercury motors?
No. For engine repairs, we only service Mercury and Mercruiser. Yamaha, Honda, and Suzuki are outside our scope.
What if I just need a part?
Parts can be ordered through marinecatalogue.ca or by calling us. You don't need to drive up for a part.
My boat is on Lake Ontario / Niagara. Does a repower still make sense?
Totally depends on the motor and hull. Call us: 905-342-2153. We'll give you a straight answer.
The HBW Promise
We're not going to make you spend an afternoon on the phone to find out what a Mercury motor costs. The price is at mercuryrepower.ca.
We're not going to tell you to repower when you shouldn't. If the hull isn't worth it, we'll say so.
We're going to rig the motor the right way, not the fast way.
That's the deal. It's been the deal since 1947.
Build your quote: mercuryrepower.ca
Request service: hbw.wiki/service
Call or text: 905-342-2153
Harris Boat Works, Gores Landing on Rice Lake. Mercury Marine Platinum dealer. Mercury dealer since 1965, family marina on Rice Lake since 1947.
Where Mississauga Boaters Launch and Why HBW Handles Their Repowers
Mississauga sits on Lake Ontario's west shore. The main local hub is Port Credit Harbour Marina, the largest in the city, with public access and an active recreational scene. Smaller launches are scattered along Lakeshore Road, and the Credit River mouth is a popular smaller-boat area. The Lakefront Promenade runs from Port Credit east into Etobicoke.
The drive to Rice Lake is 90 minutes via the 401 east and Highway 115 north, basically a half-day round-trip. Mississauga's 401 access is consistently slow east of the 427, even weekday mornings build. Plan for the extra time or stage your trip outside rush periods.
Why Mississauga boaters trailer to HBW:
- Annual repower trips. Many Mississauga customers make the drive once for the repower itself, then run service work closer to home between visits.
- Drop-and-pick logistics. Trailer up midweek, leave the boat for service or storage, pick up when ready.
- Mercury Platinum depth. A clean 115-150 HP repower install needs the rigging hours we put in daily, not every closer dealer has that bench.
Ready to price it out? Build a live CAD quote for your repower online at the Mercury Repower Centre.
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