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Contents

Featured

The Castaway
By Conor Mihell

She really gets away from it all: six months every year at a remote island lighthouse on blustery Lake Superior—alone, naturally.

Hot Spot How-To
By

Everything you need to know to build yourself a steamy hot cottage sauna.

A Happy Makeshift Vision
By

Al Purdy’s A-frame in Prince Edward County is the most important literary cottage building in Canada. Or maybe that’s his outhouse.

Dash & Dine
By Monda Rosenberg

You survived the Friday night drive. Reward yourself with a delicious dinner that’s a cinch to prepare and a pleasure to serve.

Cottage Boating 2011

The Amazing (Non) Race
By Pat Lynch

A sunny day on the water and a rally like no other.

Honey, I Sunk The Boat
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Ten common mistakes and how to avoid them.

Floating Solutions
By Douglas Hunter

Too many die on the water. Now we know why.

Waterfront

Supersize it!; Big roadside attractions we’d like to see; Return of the Norisle; Are mosquitoes necessary?; New spring books; An unusual appetizer; Reporter; Watery crime scene investigator; Board game remix; Blue-green algae news; On assignment

Puttering

Solutions
By David Zimmer

Trucker's hitch

Go Green
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Considering microhydro

Skill Set
By Susan Peters

How to remove a splinter

Job Jar
By Michel Roy

Squeak-free stairs

DIY Weekend BBQ
By Andrew Lupton

Spring tune-up for barbecues

Great Inventions
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Grill wind screen; A better toilet roll hanger

Cottage Lore

Lawyer v. Skunk
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Our smelly guest refused to leave. Time for tactic No. 487.

Cottage Q&A

By Jackie Davis

Annoying, gross wood roaches; planting between patio stones; insulating the floor; septic tank disposal; are these hairballs?

Nature Scrapbook

Where’s walleye?
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It’s a busy spring of eating, spawning, and hiding in the dark.

Weekender

Gentleman, start your engine

Ready to get back on the water?