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.

Cottage Life

contributors; Unsung hero on Lake of Bays

Editor’s Note: Can we all live happily EV after?

Your Letters: ‘There are far better things to spend these dollars on’

Dock Talk

Want to install an electric vehicle charger? Here are a few considerations to plug in

Reporter: Light for life, nature is nice & case in space

An epic board game room at Springwood Cottage Resort

This bilingual region is full of charming villages, nature preserves, and lots of cheese

The latest on ticks heading into summer 2026

Celebrate Pride Month with our embroidered Cottage Life crewneck

Cottage Q&A: Changing chippie; strange holes in rocks; inspection requirements; mice cleanup; principal residence problem

Stuff We Like: Products to beat bug season

There comes a time when we all must face the truth of aging. And the truth of letting go

Big Picture: A picturesque wet dog shake

My DIY kitchen came from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore • Can a DIY reno cut costs, reduce waste, and still deliver function and beauty? We asked a cottager to dish

A better tool for cutting plastic pipe

Step into designer Henrietta Southam’s Big Rideau Lake cottage full of eclectic treasures • But do leave your shoes on the mainland

Is Canada the wildest place on earth?

On the program for this family’s 30-person reunion? Mythical trains, K-Pop performances, and lots of smoked meat

Your retaining wall needs attention. Our guide to the challenges of repairing or replacing it

PUZZLE PORCH

Puttering

Lock 44 on the Trent-Severn was, and still is, an impressive feat of marine engineering

We asked you to caption this hilarious photo • On Instagram, we asked you to caption this photo by Helen MacIntosh, taken in Tabusintac, N.B. Here’s our favourite:

Tang ain’t exactly for refined palettes, but this cottager doesn’t care

Hit the hammock with our nature-themed puzzles

Orillia, Ont., chef Paul Laforet brings the heat when he cooks for cottagers and glampers

Moths are the underrated pollinators of cottage country

How accurate are these famous wildlife-inspired songs?