A parade you’d only see in cottage country

—SARA ROMANO

IT’S THE FIRST Sunday of August on Big Brother Lake, Ont. As the lake association’s annual meeting wraps up, most cottagers are heading to their docks, cameras and drinks in hand. Music starts to play in the distance and they know the main event is about to begin: a parade of decorated watercraft directed by cottagers decked out in elaborate and outrageous costumes. Lori Santyr, a retired principal who lives in Toronto, bought her cottage with her husband in 2007. “In our area of the lake, the cottages are quite spaced out,” says Lori, whose own place is at the end of a bay. “You can barely see your neighbours, let alone get to know them.” Every year when the lake’s water level drops in the summer, a small island emerges in…

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Cottage Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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