June 1993

What's in Your Water? 

by Max Burns

Bacteria. Nutrients. Minerals. A guide to the good and the bad - and how to get a report on your lake.

Going Whole Hog on a Cottage Barbecue 

by Charles Long

The next time your slavering hordes of Genghis Kin descend, consider the whole-beast feast.

Sold on Auctions 

by Vivienne Gornall

Looking for a little excitement? Try bidding on a cottage. Going once, going twice, here's how to go about it.

Peak Performance 

by Michael Webster

A step-by-step guide to reshingling your cottage roof.

• A no-nonsense cottage workboat
• Cottage caboose on Lake Superior
• Bilingual cottaging in Quebec
• Build a pine firewood box
• Secret lives of Ontario's fish
• Rocks past and present

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