Summer 2026 Issue
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What's Inside Summer 2026
Features
Entertaining Guide 2026
Host and guest advice to keep everyone happy, plus recipes for simple dishes and no-math cocktails.
Searching for a Dull Moment
Being bored at the lake isn’t a bad thing. In fact, the cottage can help us embrace the feeling.
Jeff McInnis and the Bunkie Bunch
Every summer, Crystal Lake, Ont., cottagers gather for one epic, off-the-wall talent show.
Private Properly
Is the cottage less secluded than you’d like? Here’s how to recover some of that splendid isolation.
Departments
Cottage Watch
Wildfire risks are on the rise, but high-tech help is on the horizon.
Group Efforts
How collaboration lead to a new cottage-country trivia game.
Whereabouts
Ontario’s Manitoulin Island has 108 lakes—and plenty of sandy beaches.
Outings
The World’s Smallest Record Shop sounds like it’s worth a visit.
Cottage Q&A
Steak the right way; an odd owl; stain-busting tips; radon risks; tick testing
Reader Project
What’s better than a bunkie? A bunkie that’s also a treehouse.
Real Tool
An oscillating multi-tool is a true Jack of all blades at the cottage.
Forces for Nature
What’s really going on beneath the surface of our ever-changing lakes?
Stuff We Like
Talk about grill power: six barbecue tools to try this summer.
Update
We were on a search for treasured boats, and you answered the call.
Puttering
Rest stops used to be wacky; a device that'll never leave you in a twist; lake-inspired brain games; a lodge owner who serves up epic shore lunches; tiny, murdery birds
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