Michelle Kelly

Late summer corn on the cob is delicious. All it needs before you dig in is this one special ingredient, calories be damned.

My mom sold our family cottage 11 years ago. Since then, I’ve rented with my own brood, first a little cabin south of Algonquin Provincial Park and then,

In honour of National Drowning Prevention Week, we are republishing this Editor’s Note from the October 2021 issue of Cottage Life magazine. Way back in 2007, I took a boating course as part of an assignment for this magazine. The idea was that I, a relatively inexperienced boat driver, would write about what it was

Editor Michelle Kelly tells the story of how her parents bonded over a shared love for Ontario’s cottage country.

Cottagers will know comedian Carolyn Taylor from her hilarious—and hilariously accurate—skits about lake life on the sketch comedy program Baroness von Sketch Show. She’s back with I Have Nothing, a six-part docu-comedy series now streaming on Crave. The show follows Carolyn as she attempts to choreograph a full-length pairs figure skating routine to Whitney Houston’s

An unintended consequence of increasing the CGT inclusion rate is that many middle- and working-class cottagers will be at risk of seeing their long-treasured cottages pass out of the family if they aren’t able to pay the tax.

When I think about the most beautiful sunset I‘ve ever seen, I think of this one. I took this photo in August of 2020 at our rental cottage on the Lake

C’mon, admit it. You’ve been there. An afternoon beer turns into two, or three, a few pre-dinner cocktails, a bottle of wine with supper. Next morning, even the blessed loon call can’t soothe your head. Forget cactus extract, spoonfuls of honey, or any other homespun potion—they won’t “cure” a hangover. In truth, there’s no surefire

Big News! We’ve finally opened an online store! Shop for cottage gear, including T-shirts, hats, and our one-of-a-kind dock spider sweatshirts, and maybe

Are your once cottage-loving kids becoming lake-loathing teens? Michelle, the Editor-in-Chief at Cottage Life, shows us how diving can rekindle that magic.