cottage

A small cabin with a black roof sits on a isolated and forrested island surrounded by water.

Habitat: This prefab cabin was built on a family’s Georgian Bay island in 10 days

“It seemed like the most magical piece of nature. It was so close to Toronto but still felt worlds away.”

Cottage Industry: Interlake, “the fisherman’s friend”

Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.

Cottage Industry: Kawartha Lakes, “the new Muskoka”

Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.

"The cottage’s asking price climbed quickly; I felt like I was having a heart attack."

Cottage Industry: Saint Andrews, “the historic holiday”

Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.

"South Shore never used to be a market for multiple offers and bidding wars, but it is now." (Photo by Riley Smith)

Cottage Industry: South Shore, “the seaside buy”

Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.

Cottage Industry: Baie-Saint-Paul, the “nouveau locale”

Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.

Cottage Industry: Invermere, the “best-kept secret”

Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers—the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada’s hottest vacation towns.

A mooch must not ask for fluffier pillows

A mooch must not ask for fluffier pillows

Are you tolerable enough for that ritual of Canadian summer, the cottage invite? Take this Scott Feschuk quiz to find out.

What possesses the non-handy to turn handy at the cottage?

‘You’re a different person when you’re at the cottage. The aliens come and take your normal brain away.’