Summer 2015 Issue
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What's Inside Summer 2015
Features
Sweet Temptation
How one couple renovated a classic cottage, preserving the charm while adding efficiency, and kept the kids coming back summer after summer.
Who’s that Man?
Samuel de Champlain came to Ontario cottage country 400 years ago, and his legacy lingers. But what do we really know about the explorer?
Best Summer Ever!
Give your kids the cottage vacation that you once had. Plus fun activities and games, basic cottaging skills, and answers to nature’s big mysteries.
Front Lines, Home Fires
This family cottage is cherished, but the special role it played in a time of worldwide crisis gives it extra significance.
Departments
Waterfront
Regatta time!; Reporter; a cottage with an enchanted forest; watermelon facts; Northern Ontario rail news; crafts for kids; Potty Poetry Contest winner; chips on fire; spiders on drugs
Cottage Workshop
Build a portable wine table; evict animals from under your cottage; kits for carburetor repair; accessibility upgrades for seniors; roof insulation invention; Euro-hinge maintenance tips
Cottage Feast
No-plates, no-cutlery feast; uses for a turkey deep fryer; feed a crowd with a porterhouse; steak sauce roundup; sirloin in San Miguel marinade; taste test for lemonade; wasabi packs a punch
Cottage Q&A
Wasp fear; pros and cons of metal roofs; storing wine
Cottage Watch
What to do when your power line goes down.
Boating
The Disappearing Propeller Boat is still on the water.
In Like Zim
No one says cottage rituals have to make sense, right?
Cabin Pressure
A better bunkie, perfect for guests.
Nature Scrapbook
Pretty jewelweed explodes on the scene in summer.
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