Docks are important to cottage life. I wrote a post illustrating with photos
about boathouses, last March. CBC features a show on the long weekend in August, and this struck a chord for me.
DOCKS
You jump off of it. Lots of critters use our docks. We park at the dock. Beavers may chew it.
We tie things to it. We fish off of it. For those who have boat access only cottages, it is crucial.
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Fishing, with my dad, on the dock
–circa 1965. |
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| Fishing off the dock (where we would swim!) |
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| Jumping off of the dock |
They tie up airplanes at the dock
Critters on the dock
–both two- and four-footed critters, large and small, in all seasons!
There are large and purposeful public and private docks
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| Islands need docks! |
Then there is Andrew Cumming who has a 9 m (14')
monster on his Lake Muskoka dock! You can see this monster on Baxter Island. (SEE MAP:
Just to the left of the "E" in Eilean Gowan Island.) He seems quite proud of it, despite some controversy. Cumming's been handing out press releases about his sculpture and doing interviews. I wouldn't want to see the monster in the fog! It doesn't seem to fit in with the peace, tranquility and beauty of cottage country. But that is just me, and my memories of cottaging in 1960 - 2010 in Muskoka! Cottaging sure has changed over my lifetime.
Docks are important to cottage life. I wrote a post illustrating with photos about boathouses, last March. CBC features a show on the long weekend in August, and this struck a chord for me.
–both two- and four-footed critters, large and small, in all seasons!
Then there is Andrew Cumming who has a 9 m (14') monster on his Lake Muskoka dock! You can see this monster on Baxter Island. (SEE MAP: Just to the left of the "E" in Eilean Gowan Island.) He seems quite proud of it, despite some controversy. Cumming's been handing out press releases about his sculpture and doing interviews. I wouldn't want to see the monster in the fog! It doesn't seem to fit in with the peace, tranquility and beauty of cottage country. But that is just me, and my memories of cottaging in 1960 - 2010 in Muskoka! Cottaging sure has changed over my lifetime.
