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The picturesque front porches that define the town are abuzz with energetic cottagers who punctuate their days with cooking lessons, nature walks, yoga, professorial lectures, music and plays.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
This time, then, it’s not just a fling with a cottager or a bachelor farmer who hit it off with you.
—Robert McGill, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
The town has always been a place filled with lake people—its own Ontario character type, comprising enthusiastic cottagers and the more grizzly beachfront locals.
—Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2020
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
This time, then, it’s not just a fling with a cottager or a bachelor farmer who hit it off with you.
—Robert McGill, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
The town has always been a place filled with lake people—its own Ontario character type, comprising enthusiastic cottagers and the more grizzly beachfront locals.
—Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 14 Mar. 2020
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“Cottager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cottager. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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cottager
noun
cot·tag·er
ˈkät-ij-ər 
: one who lives in a cottage
especially
: one occupying a private house at a vacation resort
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