E. M. Backus Lodge

E. M. Backus Lodge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Cold Mountain Gap Rd., near Lake Toxaway, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°09′38″N 82°59′51″W / 35.16056°N 82.99750°W / 35.16056; -82.99750Coordinates: 35°09′38″N 82°59′51″W / 35.16056°N 82.99750°W / 35.16056; -82.99750
Area	20.6 acres (8.3 ha)
Built	1908 (1908)
Architectural style	Rustic log
NRHP reference #	88000689
Added to NRHP	June 9, 1988

E. M. Backus Lodge, also known as Camp Toxaway and Canaan Land, is a historic hunting lodge and national historic district located near Lake Toxaway, Jackson County and Transylvania County, North Carolina. The lodge was built about 1908, and is a 1 1/2-story, double-pile house of chestnut logs. The lodge contains eight rooms on two floors, each grouped around a central hall. Also on the property are the contributing log stable (1908, 1922), caretaker's cottage (1908, 1922), guest cottage (c. 1922), barn (c. 1922), and Davis Cottage (c. 1922). The camp became an exclusive girls' camp, Camp Toxaway, in 1922, and a religious and educational retreat in 1955 known as Canaan Land.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.