Offtopic - Fishing Lodge

OK I really feel for all the folks in the States who are suffering under the current economy. I really do, but I love the opportunities it presents to me. This one just came my way and it really has me scratching my head.

A fellow from down south bought a Largeish Private Island a few hours north of us and has been operating a Fishing lodge for about the last 30 years. The lodge has been in existance since the early 1900's, but this guy put a lot of work into building new guest cabins, renovating the main hall, restoring the fleet of boats etc.

He used the money from this property to leverage other assets in the USA, and sadly some of his other ventures aren't working out. He is being forced to sell off assets, and the fishing lodge is one of the items up for sale.

Now the lodge is at the headwaters of one of the greatest Canoe Routes Ontario, and possibly Canada has to offer, both from a historic, cultural, and scenic perspective. The lake itself is about 50 miles long and 10 Miles wide, with one city on it. The lodge is in a very secluded corner of the lake, but International flights connect to the city. Ie. it is accessible, but inacessible.

The lodge has room for about 50 guests, comes with a fleet of mahogany boats, is fully staffed with an executive chef, room staff, etc, has an on-call list of guides, and is in a spot where as the lake narrows into a river, the north shore becomes Provincial Park, and the south shore is Native Land - all protected. The place is famous for record setting Musky, Walleye, Bass, Pike, and Whitefish. There are a number of other lodges on th elake, but this one is regarded by many as the "rich folks resort."  I've seen their boats from my canoe and can understand why.

This is all pretty exciting to me. I love canoeing and sailing, and could live forever in this setting. Now here is th echallenge. Being that the lodge owner was from the US, most of his promotion and advertising was down there. Once Passports are required at the border, and there is a new owner I'm not sure that those folks would continue to want to come up here.

So my question for you - once the passports come into effect, would you continue to travel across th eborder, or would it be too much hassel to have to get one, and have you ever had a repeat destination that you went to that changed hands? Did you keep going?