But a manufacturer of these floating homes insists these structures qualify as boats. 'I designed them to navigate the waterways' Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for ...

Kathy Paquette had been following the Facebook posts about the vessels in Ontario’s cottage country for about a year when she and husband Wayne decided to pack up, sell their century-old house in ...

Longtime cottagers call them 'water squatters' and say they will transform their high-priced lakes You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. This story ...

In what might be the most Canadian PR stunt in history, Tim Hortons will be opening a boat-thru location on a lake in Ontario's cottage country to celebrate the August long weekend. Lake Scugog ...

Three years ago, amateur engineer Joe Nimen got to work building his dream home: a collection of four shipping containers fashioned into a floating cottage. In Nimen’s eyes, the four-season structure ...

A floating home is seen on a lake in an undated handout photo. Ontario is aiming to ban so-called floating accommodations from provincial waterways with new regulations set to take effect July 1. THE ...

Ontario is aiming to ban so-called floating accommodations from provincial waterways, with new regulations set to take effect July 1. Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Graydon Smith said he has ...