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The Golden Hike

Where can you find a flat trail which is easy to access and surrounded by pristine habitats? The multi-use Haliburton

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August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 Cottage Country 300 Views 1-800-461-7677, Haliburton Highlands, Haliburton School of Art + Design, live entertainment, music, myhaliburtonhighlands

Plan Your Next Adventure in the Haliburton Highlands

Looking for an escape that is nearby but feels like it’s worlds away? Want to explore your own backyard this

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May 22, 2025 Cottage Country 264 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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Cold Comfort: Life in the Subnivean Zone

Most wildlife migrate, hibernate, or insulate to adapt to winter conditions in cottage country. However, some small mammals adapt to

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Experience the Art of Winter in the Haliburton Highlands

By Angelica Ingram Welcome to winter in the beautiful Haliburton Highlands. Whether you are a visitor travelling from far or

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December 1, 2024November 28, 2024 Cottage Country 351 Views American beech tree, beech trees, black bear claw marks, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, bush-tipped tongue, cambium layer, Canada, canopy, CCC Publications, Christmas, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, conifer seed, coniferous trees, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, curl, Deer, dens, dreys, dried grass, family, fat, Fenelon Falls, Forest, fur, Haliburton, Haliburton Highlands, hares, home, incisors, jaw, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lagomorphs, lakefield, leaves, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, molars, moss, nature, nature writer, nectar, nest, nestled, nuts, Ontario, Peterborough, prey, protein, rabbits, raptors, ravens, red squirrel, restaurant, Rick Whitteker, robin-sized black and white woodpecker, rodents, ruby-throated hummingbird, sap, sapling, sapsucker, seasoned trail guide, shrub, survive, sweet, thistle seed fluff, trail guide, trees, walks, warm, wildlife, wildlife sightings, winter, Your Lifestyle Magazine, zoo

Whodunit? Release Your Inner Detective

I have been asked to do the impossible during my work as a trail guide: guarantee a wildlife sighting. Beyond

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September 23, 2024September 20, 2024 Cottage Country 628 Views art collections, Buckhorn, Canada, Carnarvon, CCC Publications, ceramics, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, craftspeople, creative process, demonstrations, fabric art, fall, family, fine jewellery, glasswork, Haliburton, Haliburton County, Haliburton Highlands, home, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, leatherwork, Lifestyle Magazine, local cuisine, metal art, October, Ontario, painting, Peterborough, photography, pottery, professional artists, quilting, route, shop local, shopping, Studio Tour brew, studios, textile, The Studio Tour, Things to do, Tory Hill, Toureka app, Your Lifestyle Magazine

The Studio Tour: Haliburton Highlands October 5 – 6, 12 & 13

Get ready to visit the studios of the many professional artists and craftspeople in Haliburton County! The Studio Tour –

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Wood Wide Web

By Rick Whitteker As the outdoor sights and sounds of summer approach, I would like to draw your attention to

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May 29, 2024May 27, 2024 Cottage Country 431 Views ants, Austria, bacteria, barred owl, bats, bears, beetles, biodiversity, biologist, birds, birds of prey, Black-capped Chickadee, Canada, CCC Publications, chipmunks, common goldeneye, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, deer mice, eastern bluebird, ecology, ecosystem, escaping predators, feeding, fern, fishers, frogs, fungi, great-crested flycatcher, groundskeeper, grubs, Haliburton, Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve, Haliburton Highlands, Health, hemlock trees, hibernating, hike, home, insects, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, kestrel, Lifestyle Magazine, log, martens, mice, microbial life, mosses, Mozart, mycorrhizal fungi, nature, nature writer, nesting, Ontario, outdoor, Paul Heaven, perching, raccoon, Ralph Baehre, rearing young, Rick Whitteker, roosting, roots, salamanders, saw-whet owl, seasoned trail guide, shrews, slugs, snails, snakes, soil, spiders, spring, squirrel, squirrels, stilts, storing food, summer, tree, Victorian era, voles, wet-skinned amphibians, white breasted nuthatch, wildlife enthusiast, wood duck, woodpeckers, worms, Yellow Birch, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Embrace the Mess!

It takes a concerted effort to shed the shackles of our Victorian era perspective when it comes to the beauty

March 17, 2024March 15, 2024 Cottage Country 538 Views Air, alarm, balloon, birds, Bobcaygeon, breeding, Buckhorn, button, Canada, CCC Publications, chorus, comb, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, daylight, Ed Poropat, egg, enthusiast, family, Fenelon Falls, fingernail, fish, Forest, frog, Haliburton, Haliburton Highlands, home, insects, James Bond movie, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lake, lakefield, landscapes, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, loonie, March, marshes, musical, nature, nature writer, Ontario, passionate, peep, peeper, Peterborough, phone, pools, quack, Rick Whitteker, season, Species at Risk Act, spring, Spring Symphony, summer, swamps, symphony, tadpoles, teeth, temperatures, trail guide, vocal, warmer, wet, wetlands, wildlife, wood, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Spring Symphony

The relative quiet of the winter changes to the sounds of serenading in the spring as our lake edges thaw

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