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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Editor’s Note: Live, laugh, love, lake. Forever

Your Letters: Dock o’clock is the best time of day • Dock o’clock, noun: when the sun first hits the dock

Dock Talk

Ticks and mosquitoes might be a health risk, but does spraying with permethrin do more harm than good? • Ticks and mosquitoes might be a health risk, but does fogging with permethrin do more harm than good?

Reporter: Cool news, angler alert & toad talk

This White Lake, Ont., cottager found a stick-y surprise in his boathouse

A cross-border community that has a surprising affinity for chipmunks • This cross-border community is home to more than 2,200 islands. It’s also known for its love of chipmunks

Cottage Q&A: Insulating the floor; engine oil and cedar decks; cracked water pump; what’s this worm?; cold allergies • How can we warm up our cold floors?

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Doing laundry at the lake is changing our water. Here’s how we clean up our acts

These cottagers repurposed Christmas trees into fish habitat

Big Picture: This is why the northern lights have appeared more frequently

Our simple DIY tabletop game lets everyone play ball • Our simple DIY tabletop game lets everybody at the lake play ball

A smooth move: how a pair of Quebec cottagers turned a lawnmower into a Zamboni

A Mingo Marker helps you portion firewood with precision

The Roy family built a simple cabin in the Gatineau Hills. Then, they filled it with whimsy and wonder, one funky project at a time • Marc-André and Rebekka Roy built a simple cabin in the Gatineau Hills. Then, they filled it with whimsy and wonder, one funky project after another

Roy MacGregor spent the best summers of his life on Lake of Two Rivers. So why is it so painful to remember them now?

In order to bring new life to a falling-down cottage, this former vintage store owner looked for inspiration in her past • In order to bring new life to a falling-down cottage, this former vintage store owner looked for inspiration in her past

Converting the cottage to withstand winter is a task worth tackling, if you know where to start • Converting the cottage to withstand winter is a task worth tackling, if you know where to start

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For centuries, general stores have played an important role in cottage communities. Many still do • For centuries, general stores have played an important role in cottage communities. Many still do today

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These dishes might have their issues, but they’ll outlast us • These dishes might have their issues, but they’ll outlast us all regardless

Time to cuddle up and turn your thoughts to these autumn-themed puzzles • Now we’ve come to the cozy season. It’s time to cuddle up and turn your thoughts to the leisurely pursuits of autumn

The Dent Bay Baking Company in Parry Sound, Ont., makes a mean sourdough (and cottagers can too!) • The Dent Bay Baking Company, in Parry Sound, Ont., makes a mean sourdough (and cottagers can too, by the way)

How to ID Canada’s felines by their tracks • In winter, keep your eyes peeled for sneaky cat tracks

Plumbing and septic problems don’t take a break in the off-season. Here’s how to prepare • Plumbing and septic problems don’t take a break in the off-season. Here’s how to prepare.