noise – Cottage Life

An overhead shot of a boat speeding through the water

How to quiet a noisy boat engine

A display of fireworks against a dark night sky

Cottage Q&A: Do loons react to fireworks?

Outdoors

An outdoor shot of a microphone with lights and trees in the background

Cottage Q&A: Loud music and the lake

General

close up of someone using a chainsaw

How to find quiet tools and appliances

General

Is our COVID-19 seclusion good for the birds?

Outdoors

Two neighbours chatting

How do we silence our loud lake neighbours?

General

Speaker on a picnic table

A Muskoka lake bans excessive noise, including hooting, whistling, and singing

General

Hand lawnmower during the first mowing of a lawn with spring flowers

50 things that drive cottagers up the wall

Wind turbines on an empty green field with a blue sky.

Study finds exposure to wind turbines does not cause health problems

General

Person riding a jet ski on open water.

Is there anything we can do about noisy PWCs?

Outdoors

Close-up of a male pileated woodpecker on a tree.

Why would a woodpecker be attracted to a steel roof?

Outdoors

Highway 401 in Toronto, Ontario.

How can highway noise be reduced?