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Standing next to a shore lined with stand-up paddle boards, Chantelle Cartman reminisces about her time when she visited the property once known as the famed adventure park Storyland.

On Tuesday morning, that site officially opened as the Ottawa Valley’s first “glamping” resort Elements, a luxury tented camp and nature spa an hour west of Ottawa.

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“I think it’s amazing,” said the Cobden-based realtor, scanning the beach lined with loungers. “Glamping is a new word in everybody’s vocabulary and everybody wants to see what it’s about.”

After months of anticipation the public had the opportunity to view the transformation of the 89-acre park, purchased by entrepreneur Nicole Laframboise in 2013.

Gone were the fairy tale characters, slides and mini houses. Instead, visitors toured Elements’ fully-furnished prospector’s tents with private washrooms and queen and king beds with luxury linens. There’s also charging points for electronics and solar lighting and outdoor fire pits.