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August 1997

10th Anniversary Issue

A celebration of life at the cottage.

The Sounds 

by Roy MacGregor

They speak of summers past and lives lived - and whisper to us of forever. Beyond any doubt, they speak of nowhere but the cottage. photo by Edward Gajdel

The Smells 

by Charles Wilkins

The true essence of cottaging is captured by our noses. And those scents of summer stir our memory, our longing, our desire. illustrations by Blair Drawson

The Plumbing 

by Max Burns

Outhouses and septic tanks, pumps and pipes. Some lessons learned in a (sometimes pungent) decade on the water-system beat. photo by Wolf Kutnahorsky

Images of Life at the Cottage

A portfolio of pictures that evoke the memories we all love, plus words chosen from a decade of publishing. chosen by Cottage Life staff

  • The good, the bad, the best 
  • '40s and '50s cottages 
  • The weekend work ethic 
  • Cottage piñata 
  • How to find a good architect 
  • The bite on beavers 
  • Patio lanterns 
  • How many lakes are really in Ontario?