Cookslav, in general where is the northern property? Close to which town?
For your purposes I would suggest the closer property.
My cousin lives in Toronto (Younge and Lawrence) and 5 years ago he bought a point of an island on the French river. It is a 3-4 hour drive then he has to get in the boat with all the gear, drive 20-30 minutes by boat (15hp) and then lug everything up to his site. He has to pay for a slip all year to have his boat ready for him. He has worked on it for 5 years and it is not done yet. It will have all the ammenities but still it is not anywhere near complete.
The bonus is I am only 1.5 hours from it and I have a bigger boat (90hp).
If you can be there in 3-4 hours that means you could be fishing, drinking, relaxing in 4-5 hrs.