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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In memoriam • Max Burns, 1948–2024

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Editor’s Note: It’s time to take turkey outside

Your Letters: Through the grapevine

Waterfront • So long, bugs. Peace out, humid weather. We are ready for fall!

Buy the Way: After 68 hours on the road, this family found their dream cottage

CL taste tests limited-time chip flavours • Colonel Sanders was rolling over in his grave this summer when Ruffles released their limited-time flavours meant to mimic his claim to fame. Spoiler alert: KFC’s Original Recipe Chicken just tastes like Original Recipe Very Salty Tomato. We were gravely disappointed, so we decided to taste-test a few other chip varieties, ranking them on both deliciousness and ability to mimic the flavour that they claim to replicate. Most of the staff at CL HQ were happy to help. Because it was for science.

It’s chili, not turkey, that rules the day at the this family’s Thanksgiving gathering

We asked you: what are your favourite books to enjoy at the cottage? • We asked you on Instagram: What are your favourite books to enjoy at the cottage?

Latest iPhones have essential safety features for rural cottagers

Fall face-off: eastern chipmunk vs. red squirrel • Time for a fall face-off! Who would win in a head-to-head stats battle between two of cottage country’s most abundant rodents?

Reporter: Hot ones, lake fund & flying findings

In Town: Prince Edward County, Ont., recommendations

A group that removed one million invasive snails from their lake

Workshop • Because building a place for everything is everything.

Organize your workshop with a French cleat system

Charming scroll saw DIY

Stuff We Like: Portable bench press

Doing your own electrical could jeopardize your insurance

Use Teflon tape to seal threaded pipes • Teflon tape can help seal threaded pipes

AFCI breakers have changed the electrical wiring game

Q&A with TV’s Todd Talbot about his passive house in B.C.

Cottage Q&A: Do possums eat ticks?; out-of-province insurance; airflow solution; dock storage tips; lake slime ID

Helping animals can do more harm than good. How’s a cottager to know when to jump in and when to step back? • Helping animals makes us feel better, but it can do more harm than good. How’s a cottager to know when to jump in and when to step back?

This Prince Edward County cottage was designed to harness the power of the wind, the water, and the sun • This Prince Edward County cottage was designed to harness the power of the wind, the water, and the sun

How an artsy B.C. getaway for two empty nesters ebbed and flowed into a bustling family cabin • How an artsy B.C. getaway designed for two empty nesters ebbed and flowed into a bustling family cabin

Making smart choices in building materials now could help your cottage last a lifetime • Building a cottage? Planning a reno? Making smart choices in materials now means your happy place could last a lifetime

A female grey wolf who disappeared in 2003 is capturing researchers' attention. Who is Wolf 57? • She’s a female grey wolf who disappeared in 2003. Eighteen years later, her collar was found, hundreds of kilometres away. She’s captured researchers’ attention—this is why she deserves yours

This Thanksgiving, cook your turkey outside in the pit or on the grill • This...