May 2022 Issue

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What's Inside May 2022

Features

The Really Great Outdoors
By Eva Holland
Tucked away in B.C.’s Coast Mountains, two parents, a teen, and two young kids squeeze into a 350 sq. ft. cabin—and they wouldn’t have it any other way.
Choose Your Own Adventure
By Conor Mihell
You can do better than a kayak from a big box store. Our buyer’s guide has something for every skill level and every budget.
Off the Map
By Liann Bobechko
We all get lost sometimes. But our brains have a clever system to help us navigate—here’s how to hone yours.
Hot Take
By David Zimmer
It’s our annual grill guide! If you want to barbecue like a boss, try these expert-approved cookers, gizmos, and recipe suggestions.

Departments

Waterfront
Get outside gear guide; powwow pointers; tick true-or-false; this cottager will deep dive for you; favourite campfire songs; find a new summer sport; flip a dilapidated cabin into your dream place
Workshop
A tool with at least 11 uses; choose the right work glove; fix furniture wobble; common paint woes, solved; keep your deck in tip-top shape; push sticks and story sticks; change (or remove) tinny livewell hoses; bucket filling trick; a homemade smoking pit
Cottage Q&A
By Jackie Davis
How to tell your neighbours you’re renting; a what-the-heck plant; construction vehicles abuse a right-of-way; WETT inspector alternates; city mice moving into cottage country?
Solutions
By Ray Ford
Indigenous communities have used controlled burns to mitigate forest fires for millennia—here’s what we can learn from them.
Cottage Watch
By Caroline Barlott
Taking photos too close to wildlife is risky for you, but for them, it can be deadly.
Style Ideas
By Anicka Quin
When a birder builds a bunkie, there’s sleep space for people and avian friends alike.