Winter 2014 Issue
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What's Inside Winter 2014
Features
2 Architects, $100,000, and 11.5 Metres of Powder
How one couple won the lottery with an off-grid ski cabin in the Vancouver Island Ranges.
Paradise Spoiled?
The Mount Polley Mine dumped an ecological disaster on B.C.'s Quesnel Lake cottaging community this summer. Can the lake, and property values, recover?
Who's Prowling Around Your Cottage?
Tracks of wild predators are stories in the snow.
His Favourite Space
There's nowhere astronaut Chris Hadfield would rather be than down-to-earth on Stag Island.
The Big Pictures
Here are the winners of our 25th annual nationwide photo contest—and the "grinners," our favourite funny shots.
Departments
Inroads
Scale a frozen waterfall; the art of ice climbing; Reporter; B.C.-Sask. liquor swap; wildlife zombies; make your own musical instruments; "Cabin Truckers" of the west; gift books; boat engine update
Cottage Feast
The secret to great nachos; two dips for your chips; refried beans with bacon and smoky queso; champagne cocktails; gifts for the cottage cook; Cornell chicken is Ivy League delicious
Cottage Workshop
Don't be afraid of hand planes; master these three baseboard joints; toilet-sink combo invention; easy-to-install sliding drawer inserts; how to sharpen a spade bit; metal studs vs. wooden 2x4s
Editor's Note
What is water worth? A reflection on the mining disaster at Quesnel Lake.
Letters
Cottage Q&A
Injured wildlife; solar lights; too many toilets?
Solutions
How to build a cottage from recycled shipping containers: an introduction to "cargotecture."
Cottage Watch
How a land trust risked what it was meant to protect.
Cabin Plans
Winter chalets.
Nature Scrapbook
Colourful evening grosbeaks shine in the winter.
Weekender
A rare Stone Age cottage creature.
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