E. M. Backus Lodge, Hunting lodge in Transylvania County, United States.

The E. M. Backus Lodge is a two-story hunting retreat constructed from chestnut logs with eight rooms arranged around central hallways on each floor. The property, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, spans roughly 20 acres and includes several outbuildings such as a log stable, caretaker's cottage, and guest accommodations.

The hunting lodge was built in 1903 and attracted notable guests including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone in the early 1900s. In 1922 the property shifted its purpose and later served as a girls' camp and educational center.

The lodge's names record its successive uses: Camp Toxaway for an exclusive girls' camp from 1922, then Canaan Land for the religious and educational retreat opened in 1955. George and Nancy Corbett of Florida bought the estate in 1986, and the Corbett family still runs it.

The lodge is a private retreat still run by the Corbett family, so the grounds and buildings are not open to casual visitors; arrangements must be made with the operators. The property straddles the Jackson County and Transylvania County line near Lake Toxaway, with the lodge, log stable, caretaker's cottage, guest cottage, barn and Davis Cottage grouped on the estate.

The building features original chestnut wood construction, a material that became scarce after the chestnut blight swept through American forests in the early 1900s. This structure remains a rare example of this sturdy building method from an era when the material was still plentiful.