cottage country

British

noun

any lakeside region where many country cottages are located

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The show also contains numerous Canadian references — cottage country, loons, McGill University — which would have not made sense outside of the Great White North.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

For generations of Ontarians, particularly those in the Toronto area, getting away from it all meant going north to so-called cottage country.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2016

Plus, they're on like 1,100 acres in some of the most sought-after cottage country in Canada.

From Time Magazine Archive

Craphound spotted the sign — his karma, plus the goggles in his exoskeleton, gave him the advantage when we were doing 80 kmh on some stretch of back-highway in cottage country.

From Craphound by Doctorow, Cory

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