Quick answer: Harris Boat Works is a Mercury Marine Platinum 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...
Quick answer: Harris Boat Works is a Mercury Marine Platinum 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.
Mercury Dealer for Oakville: The Drive That Makes Sense When the Answers Get Clearer
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 Unlock
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 Platinum certification matters more than on a simple single-motor swap.
The technical depth on harder jobs is where Platinum 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.
Third Generation, Since 1947
Harris Boat Works has been in Gores Landing since 1947. Jay Harris's grandfather started it. Three generations later, the business still 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, sea trial. For larger and more complex setups, the rigging conversation is especially important, don't skip it.
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. 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
You can build a live CAD quote for your repower online at Mercury Repower Centre.
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. Come back before 3 p.m. or wait for late evening; the 401 west into Toronto on a summer Saturday afternoon is not forgiving.
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions, Oakville
Is it really worth driving 110 minutes for a motor?
For a standard over-the-counter motor purchase, probably not, do more of that work by phone and online first. For a complex repower or a purchase where the rigging conversation matters, some Oakville customers say the trip is worth it specifically because they left with answers, not more questions.
Can I see real pricing before driving up?
Yes. mercuryrepower.ca. Installed pricing, no login, no callback.
Do you service non-Mercury motors?
No. For engine repairs, we only service Mercury and Mercruiser. Yamaha, Honda, and Suzuki are outside our scope.
My boat is on Lake Ontario. Can you handle repowers for bigger lake boats?
Yes. Larger HP motors, twin-engine setups, more complex rigging, these are jobs we take on. The conversation gets more detailed, but that's appropriate given what's involved.
What if I want to talk through the decision before committing to the drive?
Call us at 905-342-2153 or text. We can have a real conversation about whether the trip makes sense for your situation. If it doesn't, we'll tell you.
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 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 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 Platinum-level rigging. For a $15,000-$25,000 repower investment, 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.
Ready to price it out? Build a live CAD quote for your repower online at the Mercury Repower Centre.
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