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Featured

Play It Again
By

Who better than your brother-cum-architect to build a modern Muskoka cottage that echoes the best of summers past.

Just a Little Batty
By Tom Carpenter

Meet Robbie Goulden, inventive genius, master storyteller, and zany creator of The Bat Shack on Georgian Bay.

Different Stokes
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Not your grandpa’s potbelly, the new woodstoves are sleeker, cleaner, and more efficient.

Door With A View
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Pretty and practical, there’s a screen door fit for every cottage entrance.

Aw, Shucks
By Jane Rodmell

You’re smiling, aren’t you? It’s time again for the nostalgic fun of a traditional corn roast, the season’s favourite feast.

Special Package: Take a Hike Why Don’tcha?

Bushwacking 101
By Michelle Kelly

If you can’t see a trail for the trees at your cottage, cut a private path.

How Not to Lose It
By Hap Wilson

Your way, that is. Use these tips and your wits to stay on course. Read this article online - click here.

Get in the Geocaching Game
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There are secret stashes all over cottage country, waiting to be found.

You Are Here
By

GPS units have a sense of direction, even if you don’t.

Kidding Around on the Trail
By Hap Wilson

Make a walk in the woods fun for little hikers.

Puttering

Real Tools

Can’t do without a cant hook

Job Jar

Stop rooftop moss

Revival

Old grill resurfaces as a table

Bright Idea

Tankless hot-water heater

Great Inventions

Teeter-totter plotter; lattice tire grip

Also in this issue

On the Waterfront
Cottage Q&A
Cottage Finds
Solutions
Cottage Watch
Photo Journal
Nature Scrapbook
Weekender