All your life youve longed for your own personal lakeside retreat. But you havent inherited money you havent 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&Bs). But what Christina has is a broad range of properties for rent from quirky but comfortable cabins to a few sevenfigure estates. Christinas 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 northoftheborder location: 71