Cottage country
Cottage country is a common name in
In the Greater Toronto Area, cottage country traffic refers to traffic bound to cottage country on Friday afternoons and returning from it on Sunday afternoons. Cottage country traffic is usually extremely heavy on long weekends, such as
One of the most well-known areas in Ontario cottage country is Muskoka, with its most famous lakes being the "Big Three" lakes which include Lake Joseph ("Lake Joe"), Lake Muskoka and Lake Rosseau. In the summer, cottage rentals become one of the most popular trips for families and groups alike in Ontario and while Muskoka remains the most popular destination, there are many other locations to rent a cottage in Ontario, including the Kawartha Lakes and the surrounding Kawarthas area, Haliburton, Parry Sound and Lake Simcoe, which is the closest "big lake" to Toronto. The District of Muskoka, which encompasses six different municipalities within Cottage Country, sees over 3.2 million visitors annually[4] with many of those visiting during the summer months.
Canadian English has a regional distinction for the name of a summer recreation house. In some areas, "cottage" is used, but in other areas, terms like "cabin", "camp", "country house", and "bungalow" are preferred.[5]
Areas commonly referred to as cottage country
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The term cottage country is applied locally in vernacular use. For example,
Areas referred to as cottage country include:
- Prince Edward Island
- Nova Scotia
- New Brunswick
- St. Andrews
- Quebec
- Central Ontario, including:
- Haliburtonregion
- Kawartha Lakes
- Bancroft and northern Hastings County
- Ottawa Valley
- Eastern Ontario
- Rideau Lakes
- Northwestern Ontario
- Northeastern Ontario
- Manitoba
- Whiteshell Provincial Park
- Eastern Manitoba
- Interlake
- Saskatchewan
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
- Lake Country, British Columbia
- Whistler, British Columbia
Other popular summer vacation areas
Alberta
According to the Realtors' Association of Edmonton official map (2010), the following are resort communities within 100 km of Edmonton (clockwise starting from the east):
- Antler Lake
- North Cooking Lake
- Hastings Lake
- South Cooking Lake
- Miquelon Lake
- Pigeon Lake
- Buck Lake
- Spring Lake
- Wabamun Lake
- Isle Lake
- Lac Ste. Anne
- Sandy Lake
- Nakamun Lake
- Lac la Nonne
Further afield:
British Columbia
- British Columbia Interior, especially:
- the Okanagan, Shuswap Country, etc.
See also
- Cottage Life magazine and media franchise, including Cottage Life (TV channel)
- Bobcaygeon (song), about a Toronto police officer who returns to cottage country
- Beach house
- Dacha
- List of summer colonies, the term summer colony is often used, particularly in the United States
- Resort town
References
- ^ n:Two-thousand traffic fines laid in Ontario this weekend
- ^ "CTV Toronto – Breaking News – Weather, Traffic, Live and Sports". toronto.ctv.ca. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Labour Day highway blitz off to inauspicious start". 4 September 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Muskoka District, 2016. As per Muskoka District Economic Developmeny & Community Profile (2019).
- ^ "Only in Cape Breton, you say? – Cape Breton Post". www.capebretonpost.com. Retrieved 2 August 2018.