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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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Rural pet clinics don’t have the staff to treat all emergencies. Are tele-triage services the answer? • Rural pet clinics don’t have the staff to treat all emergencies. Could tele-triage services be a solution to the problem?

Reporter: Love the boat, coffee crash & beer biz

Bat boxes not in the right spot? They could hurt more than they help

This lake is a haven for history lovers, art aficionados, and…hockey players? • It’s a haven for history lovers, art aficionados, and…hockey players?

Editor-approved things to help you survive a road trip

With nature increasingly at risk, citizen science is more important than ever • With nature increasingly at risk, citizen science is more important than ever—and cottagers can help

This bunkie build was a family affair (even the baby helped)

The scrench has a funny name, but it’s indespensible at the cottage

Cottage Q&A: Battling invasives; what kind of creature is this?; why your septic tank overflows; crib dock help; right-of-way dilemma

Foam docks might be a sneaky lake polluter

Big Picture: A quiet moment with a jumping spider

The government’s proposed high-speed rail project could expropriate a lot of cottages

S’more Stuff: ‘I’m coming to the cottage’ merch

An American family seeking refuge could find it anywhere in the world. Why La Malbaie?

We asked 7 marine experts for their best boating tips • Boating season is on the horizon. And you’re pumped. Not just pumped, you’re prepped. Or are you? We asked the experts—including mechanics, marina owners, marine insurance providers, and boating safety advocates—for their know-how. Here’s what they had to say.

These days, you’re more likely to find paper maps on your wall than in your car. But are digital wayfinders really better? • These days, you’re more likely to find paper maps on the wall than in your glove compartment. But are digital wayfinders really better?

Design expert Tiffany Pratt is here to convince you to go bold on your next paint project • Design expert Tiffany Pratt is here to convince you: it’s time to go bold on your next paint project

PUZZLE PORCH ANSWERS FROM P.100–101

Puttering • ALL ABOARD FOR GAME TIME, COMFORT FOOD, AND CURIOUS COTTAGE INVENTIONS: BATHING SUITS MADE FROM…WOOD?

We may now travel to the cottage by car, but we have Canada's railways to thank for it • These days, we may travel to the cottage by car, but we have Canada’s railways to thank for it

We asked you to caption this hilarious photo

The forbidden lawn dart still beguiles all these years later • The forbidden lawn dart still beguiles all these years later

Hit the hammock with our board-game themed puzzles • There are more than 150,000 board games and 1,000-plus distinct card games. How many of them can you find hidden on these pages?

For TV personality Spencer Watts, food is nostalgic, but he wants you to try new things too • Spencer Watts is exuberantly nostalgic, but he also wants you to get comfortable trying something new

Not all spring flowers smell sweet. Meet Canada’s stinkiest blooms • Some plants just plain stink at blooming

If they build it • We’ll make fun of it. A guide to oddball ideas and inventions