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The young millionaires who play in the NHL live a pretty sweet life.

They get to live out their childhood dream and are paid a lot of money to do it, allowing them to treat themselves to some of the finer things in life. There’s the fancy clothes, homes and cars, but the Canadiens’ Nathan Beaulieu treated himself to something a little different a couple of summers ago.

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Beaulieu purchased a fishing camp in isolated Longlac, Ont., which is located about halfway between Toronto and Winnipeg and is 320 kilometres from Thunder Bay.

“My dad (Jacques) and I love fishing and hunting,” said the 24-year-old Beaulieu, who is in the second season of a two-year contract worth US$2 million. “We bought it together and it’s pretty cool. I’ve always wanted one (…) just somewhere where I can get away. There’s no cellphone service there. It’s nice to get away from the world sometimes.

“We had to fix some things up, so my dad basically tore it down and rebuilt it the last summer-and-a-half,” Beaulieu added. “Now it’s pretty good to go. I’ll try to hopefully get three weeks there this summer.”