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June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 Cottage Country 9 Views Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, CampKawartha, Canada, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Life, Fenelon Falls, Haliburton, JacobRodenburg, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Lindsay, Ontario, Peterborough, shop local

Hiding in Plain Sight

One spring day, while walking down my favourite trail, I was startled by a sudden explosion of feathers. A ruffed

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June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 Cottage Country 37 Views Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Cancast, Chemong Lake, clear lake, Communities in Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Life, Curve Lake, Fenelon Falls, fish, fishing, home, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, Ontario, Peterborough, Pigeon Lake, Stoney Lake, summer, Williams Outfitters

The Best Time to Fish

As a fishing guide with over 30 years of experience I have been lucky to share the boat with many

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May 26, 2025May 26, 2025 Cottage Country 109 Views Buckhorn, Canada, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Fenelon Falls, Haliburton, KATVA, Kawartha ATV Association, Kawartha Lakes, Kawartha Off-Road Motorcycle Association, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kerrie Bartlett, KORMA, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, Ontario, Peterborough, shop local, Things to do, trail, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Clearing the Way: Trail Heroes Unite after the March Ice Storm

The March 2025 ice storm was one for the books—thick layers of freezing rain coated the trees of the Kawarthas,

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May 22, 2025 Cottage Country 97 Views biodiversity, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Haliburton, Haliburton Highlands, Hike Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas Magazine, lakefield, Lindsay, marten, Ontario, Peterborough, Rick Whitteker

Thumbs Up For Biodiversity

The question stemmed from a red squirrel scampering along the forest floor on a guided hike. People shared their experiences

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May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 Cottage Country 155 Views boat, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, Haliburton, home, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas Magazine, lake, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, Lift Locks, Ontario, Peterborough, Peterborough County Tourism, Ryley Gutoskie, shop local, shopping, summer, The Kawarthas Tourism, The New York Times, Things to do, Trent - Severn Waterway

The Kawarthas Naturally Unforgettable, Forever a Part of Your Story

Nestled within The Kawarthas, the Trent-Severn Waterway beckons those searching for authentic stories and meaningful connections. Carved by ancient glaciers

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Stuck in a Scrolling Loop

During times of stress, the Canadian National Sportfishing Foundation (CNSF) encourages Canadians to turn to the traditional comfort of… you

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March 27, 2025 Cottage Country 180 Views Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Canada, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lake, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, maple syrup, nature, Ontario, Peterborough, shop local, shopping, Staples Maple Syrup, Things to do, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Maple Syrup – The Smart Sweetener

Is there anything more Canadian than maple syrup? Sweet, sticky and healthy! Healthy, you ask? Isn’t it just pure sugar?

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February 3, 2025January 24, 2025 Cottage Country 239 Views adventures, aisle, avid outdoorsman, back, beacon, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Canada, CCC Publications, child, Christmas, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, disease, dozen, drought, failure, faith, family, Feed, Fenelon Falls, flimsy trays, Forest, gardens, gateway, gratitude, green, green onions, ground, Haliburton, heat pads, home, homesteader, hope, Instagram, investment, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lake, lesson, Lifestyle Magazine, lights, Lindsay, living off the land, local, loss, love, mash, May, Mike Fitzerald, mill, nature, onions, Ontario, people, peppers, pests, Peterborough, plant, planted, rainy, reliance, sack, seeds, shallots, shoots, soaked, soil, spring, sunny, Things to do, tomatoes, trays, vegetable seeds, water, weird, winter, Your Lifestyle Magazine

The Shoots of Spring

I’m standing in an aisle at a local feed mill waiting for my sack of layer mash to arrive from

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February 2, 2025January 24, 2025 Cottage Country 209 Views adaptable raptor, adaptation, apex predator, artificial, Bobcaygeon, breeding, Bubo virginianus, Buckhorn, Canada, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, crows, debris, dense, eyes, fall, family, February, female, Fenelon Falls, fish, fishing, forests, Great Horned Owl, habitats, Haliburton, hampers, hawks, home, hoot, hunters, inch, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lake, lakefield, landscape, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, majestic bird, March, mating, natural events, nature, Nests, nocturnal, North America, Ontario, owlets, pair, Peterborough, photo, piercing yellow eyes, pressure, preying, resilience, rodenticides, rodents, rotate, season, sentinel, silent, skull, skunks, snow, spring, squirrels, strength, talons, Things to do, Tiger of the Sky, urban parks, vegetation, water, weight, wild, windstorm, winter, world, Your Lifestyle Magazine

The Silent Sentinel of Winter: The Great Horned Owl

When night falls and the world quiets, the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) emerges as the apex predator of the

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Take A Friend Snowmobiling

By Craig Nicholson It’s winter in the Kawarthas, Haliburton & Bancroft region and you’re thinking about taking a friend snowmobiling as

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