Features

• Design Unplugged

  By Ann Walmsley

  What do you get when she’s a designer and he’s a designer and they buy an isolated strip of water-access shoreline? A sophisticated, off-grid retreat, of course. Click the title link for exclusive photos from the cottage and bunkie.

• The Flight Brothers

  By Mark Anderson

  Traffic is a headache, right? Not for these guys. Their float planes—the latest in a long line of magnificent machines that opened up the North—get them to the lake lickety-split. Click the link for a video of a float plane journey over Georgian Bay.

• Lofty Ambitions

  By Josey Vogels

  A cathedral ceiling will really elevate your cottage space, but beware the hazards of structural renovation and insulation. Before your raise the roof, read this.

• Can Do Canning

  By Betsy Aziz

  Ginger pears and apple butter. Yum. Even if you’ve never canned before, you can preserve the best of autumn’s abundance with these basic instructions and easy keeper recipes.