Power outages at the cottage are almost as Canadian as mosquitoes are. But while city dwellers might see their power restored within seconds, cottage country plays by different rules.
Saskatchewan's got its own lake monster - the one nobody really talks about - and it seems to have completely vanished.
It's a full-body workout unlike any other, engaging the core, shoulders, back, and leg muscles - not to mention glutes, triceps, and various stabilizing muscles. And perhaps most uniquely, it works your brain too - a meditation.
Lake sturgeon have been cruising our rivers and lakes for over 200 million years, and they're absolute units.
When you step out of your car at the cabin and take that first deep breath? That clean, sharp scent that instantly makes your shoulders drop and your mind clear? Yeah, that's not just nostalgia hitting you.
Here's the thing about Ontario that most people don't know: you can camp for free on millions of acres of public land. No fees, no reservations, no fighting for that last spot at Algonquin. Just you, the wilderness, and whatever gear you can carry.
There's a lake in Saskatchewan where you literally can't sink.
Park Wardens in Banff National Park have launched an investigation into an unauthorized canoe rental enterprise operating at the Lake Louise Lakeshore.
It's 1942, and American soldiers are getting absolutely destroyed by mosquitoes in the Pacific jungles.
If you own waterfront property in Saskatchewan, that beach you've been maintaining, protecting, maybe even shooing trespassers off of? It's not yours.
When people ask me about Canada's most dangerous insect, they always expect some exotic answer. Maybe a massive hornet or a spider the size of a dinner plate.
