Cottage Life

The go-to source for cottagers, the award-winning Cottage Life offers valuable advice as well as profiles, how-to articles, recipes, essays, issues pieces, and lifestyle stories that help readers look after their cottages, entertain guests and, of course, kick back and have fun.

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Step back in time • It’s still hip to be square dancing on Stony Lake’s Juniper Island. Everybody allemande left!

You Canoe it • Two Canadian brothers portage their canoes from Cape Falcon Kayak, over the Imja Khola River near Pangboche, Nepal

Taxed to the max • A class action lawsuit against B.C.'s Speculation and Vacancy tax

Euro Trips • For the cottager who has everything, these countries are churning out some see-it-to-believe-it boating technology.

A dino find, Elvis is out & the shoe flops

Bloody Good • It's all in the mix

Fight Club • Go, Canada!

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Pack it in • Thinking of buying a second set of tools just for the lake? Save your money. Try this storage system instead

How to cool a loft space

Tight rope trick

Three cures for shelf sag

Chain Reactions • What you need to know about anchor chains

Temptation Island • How one dad set the new standard for DIY fun on the water

Seed sorting, HST rebate rule & ice info • Answers to your cottage questions

Fear and loaning • Rules to live by when borrowing and lending at the cottage

Weddings, parties, anything • Follow these pro tips for throwing a successful event at the cottage

Saltbox special • This 720 sq. ft. off-grid retreat on Nova Scotia's south shore boasts maximum style on a tiny footprint

Ready, Set, Let go! • How our favourite writers go wild at the cottage

Waiting for a Queen to Fly • Inside the sex lives and survival of the honey bees

Fantastic Feasts & Where to Find Them • 'Round the back of cottages on Georgian Bay's rocky shores, some may see weeds and brush— Derek Blais sees dinner

A Bog’s Life • The importance of wetlands in cottage country

Fast ’n’ loud • These warbles have an exotic-sounding song and nest like an old-timey oven

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