See why boaters across Ontario choose Harris Boat Works for the full breakdown of our approach. --- Why Oakville boaters drive to Harris Boat Works: about 110 minutes to Gores Landing on Rice Lake for Mercury repower and service # Mercury Dealer for Oakville: The Drive That...
Quick answer: Harris Boat Works is a Mercury Marine Premier Dealer in Gores Landing on Rice Lake, approximately 110 minutes northeast of Oakville via the QEW east, Highway 401, 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.
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Oakville is at the western end of the GTA, which means Rice Lake is one of the longer drives in this group, roughly 110 minutes northeast. That's a significant trip. We're not going to underplay it.
The question isn't whether the drive is short. The question is whether the experience at the destination is different enough from what you'd get closer to home to justify the time.
Here's the honest case.
Oakville Buyers Know the Difference Between a Good Dealer and a Sales Floor
Oakville has a high concentration of experienced boat buyers, people who've owned boats for years, done multiple purchases, and have a clear sense of what the relationship with a dealer should feel like. They tend to have patience for a longer drive when it means working with a shop that gives them straight answers, rather than a closer option that manages the process.
If you've bought a motor before and the experience left you feeling like you were navigated toward a decision rather than informed for one, that's the difference we're describing.
Pricing That Doesn't Require a Conversation to Get
Our quote builder at mercuryrepower.ca shows installed pricing, motor, rigging, and installation, in Canadian dollars, in about three minutes. Before you talk to anyone. Before you're a "prospect." For Mercury outboard prices by horsepower on one page, see our published price reference.
If you build a quote, look at the number, and decide to buy from a closer Oakville-area dealer, good. You'll make that choice with real information. That's the point.
The Repower Question Specific to Oakville
A lot of Oakville-area boaters are on Lake Ontario, Burlington Bay, or the Hamilton waterfront. Big water, larger boats, often larger motors. If you're considering a repower on a bigger hull, a significant horsepower upgrade, twin-engine setup, or a complex rigging job, Mercury Premier certification matters more than on a simple single-motor swap.
The technical depth on harder jobs is where Premier certification shows up. And the rigging conversation on a bigger, heavier hull has more variables than a standard 60 HP swap on a 16-foot aluminum. We're experienced with both.
A Shop Built on Repeat Customers
The business runs on repeat customers and referrals. The model depends on doing right by people, not on a quarterly sales number.
What Harris Boat Works Handles for Oakville Customers
Mercury outboard sales
2.5 HP through 600 HP. FourStroke, Pro XS, Verado, SeaPro. We'll have a straight conversation about what fits your specific hull and how you use it.
Repower service
Full job: motor, rigging, controls, throttle and shift cables, prop selection, installation, lake test. For larger and more complex setups, the rigging conversation is especially important, don't skip it.
Mercury parts and service
Premier-tier parts depth and warranty authorization. For engine repairs, we only service Mercury and MerCruiser.
Winter storage
Outdoor with shrinkwrap. No indoor. For most Oakville customers, local storage will make more logistical sense unless you're regularly on inland lakes or the Kawarthas.
Transparent installed pricing
mercuryrepower.ca, see it before you drive.
Getting to Harris Boat Works from Oakville
Route: QEW east to Highway 401 east through Toronto, then exit Highway 115 east (Peterborough direction), then County Road 28 north into Gores Landing.
Approximate drive time: Around 110 minutes outside rush hour. The 401 through Toronto is variable. Saturday mornings early, before the cottage crowds, are the best window from Oakville. In our experience the 401 west into Toronto on a summer Saturday afternoon is often slow; check current traffic and time your return accordingly.
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 110 Minutes Count
This is the trip that most rewards preparation:
- Build your quote first at mercuryrepower.ca. Know the installed price before you even consider the drive.
- Have the rigging conversation questions ready. For Oakville-area buyers on bigger water, the questions around HP, prop, trim, and rigging height tend to be more complex. Write them down.
- Call ahead: 905-342-2153. Let us know you're coming from Oakville and what you're working through. We'll make sure the right person has time for you.
- Go on a Saturday morning, before 8 a.m. departure. Best traffic window in both directions.
- Come to confirm, not to browse. 110 minutes each way deserves a resolved conversation.
The HBW Promise
You see the installed price before you commit to anything, including the drive. The rigging conversation happens before we order a motor, not after. The job gets done properly. You leave with a motor that's set up for your hull, not just mounted.
That's the deal.
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 Premier dealer.
Where Oakville Boaters Launch and Why HBW Handles Their Mercury Work
Oakville is one of the GTA's stronger marina towns. Bronte Harbour and Oakville Harbour are both city-owned with public launches; Bronte Outer Harbour Marina handles larger boats. The Sixteen Mile Creek mouth at Oakville Harbour is a popular sheltered area for smaller-boat owners.
The drive to Rice Lake is 110 minutes via the QEW east through Toronto, 401 east, and Highway 115 north. Similar to Burlington, weekend QEW through Toronto is slow, midweek mornings are the only sane window for service trips.
Why Oakville boaters drive to HBW for repower:
- Mercury Premier-level rigging. For a repower investment in the range you'll see when you build a quote at mercuryrepower.ca, the drive is justified when local dealers can't match the install depth.
- One-time annual trip. Many Oakville customers trailer up once for repower or major service, then run lighter maintenance closer to home.
- Transparent CAD pricing. Build your quote at mercuryrepower.ca before deciding, the configurator works without a phone call and shows real dealer pricing, not MSRP.
