Winter 1998

Winter Weekend Warriors 

by Charise Clark

Efficient heating, hot and cold running water, and indoor plumbing are great. But what if you don't have them? A beginner's guide to cold-weather cottaging.

Opposites Attract 

by Charles Long

From peaceful isolation on Georgian Bay to happy pandemonium on Crozier Lake, the MacDougalls have found the best of both worlds in two very different cottages.

Jake and the Snakes Meet Superfly 

by Jake MacDonald

After his love affair with northern pike went south, this angler reinvented his slippery relationship with a fly rod, a single hook, and a bit of fur and feather.

• Snowmobile fatalities 
• Fireside snack recipes 
• Hand pump freeze-up 
• Solar shingles 
• Blue-box swim raft
• Waxing cross-country skis 
• West Lake real estate 
• Black-capped chickadees

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