Live Your Best Cottage Life with These Top 5 Must-haves! Summer in the Kawarthas is upon us and many are taking in vacation days and weekends on the various waterways and lakes. Some may be doing so in family cottages and others in new builds or all the in-between ways in which cottaging has evolved for many of us. By Joanne Clark Stoney Lake
These top five things will ensure your cottage is a reflection of traditional cottage spirit for both family and guests!
Canadian Flag There is a certain patriotic charm that comes with flying the Canadian flag in the true north. There is something about the crisp red-and-white paired with Adirondack chairs, docks, and campfires. Our national anthem has strong ties to cottage country as the most popular version was crafted in 1908 by Robert Stanley Weir. Weir was a practicing lawyer who was spending his summer on Lac Memphrémagog in Cedarville, Quebec, when he took to his piano and, inspired by the lakeview, created the English version of "O Canada." One can almost picture the cottage named "Cedarhurst", which was a former 17-room hotel, and how the idyllic surrounding vistas would have conjured up the patriotic sentiment that would ultimately result in our country's anthem today.
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Flying the flag garden style at this cottage.
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