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GRATUIT! OUTAOUAIS ~ 2021 ~ WEST QUEBEC FREE! Un magazine pour les villégiateurs, les visiteurs et les amateurs de plein air ! A magazine for cottagers, visitors and outdoor enthusiasts! Isabelle Jarod PATRY CROGHAN Courtier Immobilier Courtier Immobilier 613.880.1323 819.664.7093 [email protected] [email protected] 210 CHEMIN D’AYLMER, bureau 14, Gatineau (Aylmer) 819.684.4000 VALLÉE DE L’OUTAOUAIS Sommaire / Contents 2 Le mot du rédacteur en chef 4 Dear Cottage Living 6 Dispatches from the 148 7 Outaouais recreational projects funded 9 The Cottage: opening and closing BELLES LECTURES ESTIVALES 10 GREAT SUMMER READS 12 Retour sur la vague immobilière des chalets 14 Dreams versus reality: the cottage ownership quest MAY HAVE BEEN THEIR 16 MUSICSALVATION 22 The little hospital that could 27 Explorez la rivière des Outaouais Come explore the Ottawa River 28 The Log Driver’s Waltz: a bike packing adventure 30 Great Board Games for the cottage 33 Mission possible : cultiver fruits et légumes au chalet 36 Louange aux fruits et légumes de l’Outaouais 37 Savoureux plats à emporter ~ Tasty Take-out Treats 38 RECIPE Jamie Cameron 40 SPRING TROUT 41 Circuit gastronomique dans les collines de la Éditeur / Publisher: Ventes / Sales: Lily Ryan Dana Bertrand, Peter Smith, Gatineau / Dining in the Gatineau Hills Bonnie Zimmerling, Melanie Ward, Rédacteur en chef / Editor: Brenda McGuire, Christine Henri 42 Recette - Poulet au yogourt, salade en quartiers Laurent R-Cardinal Correction et traduction / et fricassée de champignons Directeur de la production Correction & Translation: Lynne Lavery, et graphiste / Karine Legault-Leblond, Lionel Tessier 44 Petites annonces / Classifieds Production Manager and Graphic Designer: Cover Photo: Bonnie Zimmerling Jess Clouthier RÉPERTOIRE DE LA CONSTRUCTION / Téléphone / Phone: 819-683-3582 46 CONSTRUCTION DIRECTORY Nos collaborateurs / Our Contributers: Marjorie Boies, Simon Brière-Audet, Courriel / E-mail: Etienne Cuerrier, Carl Hager, Lynne Lavery, [email protected] 48 Haiku’ku Michael and Amanda Louthood, Adresse / Address: Tony Martins, Darlene Pashak, 5-289, route 148, Mansfield, QC J0X 1R0 JD Potié, Fred Ryan, Nicolas Sabourin Merci à tous ceux et celles qui nous ont fourni des photos pour notre magazine 2021. Thank you to everyone who contributed photos Vie de chalet est un projet en partenariat produit par le Journal du Pontiac, Le Bulletin d’Aylmer, et le West Quebec Post. to this year’s magazine. Cottage Living is a joint project created by the Pontiac Journal, Bulletin d’Aylmer, and the West Quebec Post. Vie de chalet 2021 Cottage Living ~ 1 LE MOT DU RÉDACTEUR EN CHEF Évadez-vous au chalet cet été Escape to the cottage this summer lors que je me préparais à rédiger mon premier mot du rédacteur pour s I bring my thoughts -- and notes -- together for my first editorial for le magazine Vie de Chalet de l'Outaouais, toujours confiné à la West Quebec’s Cottage Living, I consider what is essential, given more A maison, je me suis mis à réfléchir aux sujets que je voulais aborder. stay-at-home orders. Family, health, and friends come to mind. La famille, la santé et les amis me sont venus immédiatement à l'esprit. A It's clear all three have been affected by the ongoing pandemic, whether Il est clair que la pandémie a perturbé ces trois aspects de nos vies. Certains it’s seeing family members only rarely, or not at all, facing mental or physical d’entre nous n’avons presque plus de contact physique avec nos proches, voire health challenges, or missing our friendships in these solitary times. pas du tout, certains sont confrontés à des problèmes de santé mentale ou The table of contents of this year’s Cottage Living, I realize, covers these physique, et nous nous apercevons que nos amitiés se sont refroidies en cette three themes well, directly or indirectly. Cottage-time is a balm to our période d’isolement. spirits and souls, a real help in facing the intense pressures and stresses Je constate que le contenu de cette édition touche ces trois thèmes, of COVID-19. directement ou indirectement. The quest for a cottage and today's untamed cottage market -- both covered Le désir d’avoir un chalet et la frénésie du marché immobilier des chalets in this edition -- illustrate the importance cottages have played in our lives d'aujourd'hui, les deux abordés dans ce numéro, démontrent d’ailleurs and during this pandemic. l'importance que jouent les chalets dans nos vies, surtout lors de cette A cottage offers us a personal refuge, an escape; it has also been a classic pandémie. Le temps passé au chalet est un baume pour l’esprit, le chalet est gathering place for family and friends. This might explain today's cottage un endroit propice pour échapper aux angoisses liées à la COVID-19. market surge. With a cottage, comes our hope of gathering with friends or En plus d’offrir un refuge, le chalet est un lieu de rassemblement extended family, all in a beautiful bucolic setting. Even without this contact, de prédilection pour la famille et les amis. C'est peut-être ce qui explique there's a benefit from embracing music and literature at the lake, as we find l'essor actuel du marché des chalets, car le chalet devient symbole ourselves some rare zenitude. d'espoir, d'un espoir de retrouvailles familiales ou amicales, le tout dans un Collaborator Tony Martins recommends summer reading, and his décor bucolique. interviews with West Quebec musicians tell us their art may have been their Même si ces rencontres ne sont peut-être pas envisageables alors que j’écris own salvation when the pandemic struck the music industry last year. ces lignes, le chalet demeure tout de même un lieu idéal où se retrouver, mais Marjorie Boies also suggests some reading and has interviewed Pontiac aussi l'endroit parfait où découvrir un nouvel album de musique ou dévorer farmer Jonathan Smiley from La Ferme Pleine Lune - Full Moon Farm, for un bon roman au bord du lac. tips on vegetable gardening at the cottage. We've included two recipes from Notre collaborateur Tony Martins recommande d'ailleurs une lecture d'été, local chefs using the garden’s healthy bounty, especially with a lucky catch et ses entretiens avec des musiciens de la région nous apprennent que leur or a locally-grown chicken. art a peut-être été leur salut lorsque la pandémie a frappé l'industrie de la Friendship focuses us on Michael Louthood’s piece on board games. As the musique de plein fouet. main organizer of Ottawa’s Board Gaming Crew, his amazing games will fill En plus de nous suggérer un roman qui explore un sujet de circonstance, the laziest of summer's days. Marjorie Boies a eu l'occasion d’interviewer Jonathan Smiley de la ferme Yes, our table of contents details this pandemic year’s ambition of “escaping Pleine Lune, afin de solliciter des conseils d'horticulture pour entretenir un to the cottage”! I invite you in ... potager au chalet. Nous avons aussi ajouté deux recettes de chefs cuisiniers d’ici qui mettent en valeur nos produits, dont les poissons et la volaille. Le thème de l'amitié est bien reflété dans l'article de Michael Louthood, Laurent du Board Gaming Crew d'Ottawa, qui nous présente des jeux de société R-Cardinal étonnants qui combleront nos journées d'été paisibles. Effectivement, notre édition s'inspire d’un désir profond qui s’est manifesté lors de cette année pandémique, soit de s'échapper au chalet ! Embarquez-vous? William Pryor 2 ~ Vie de chalet 2021 Cottage Living AGENCE IMMOBILIER MARK RYAN Courtier immobilier résidentiel et commercial Residential and Commercial Real Estate Broker Direct Phone & Text / Télé et Texte : 613 614-7150 Courriel / Email: [email protected] www.viacapitalevendu.com/courtiers/ryan-mark Google - Mark Ryan Via Capitale TOUJOURS DISPONIBLE ~ ALWAYS AVAILABLE 16 ANS / YEARS UN SERVICE PERSONNALISÉ DE PREMIÈRE QUALITÉ TOP QUALITY AND PERSONALIZED SERVICE UN COURTIER ATTENTIONNÉ ~ A BROKER THAT CARES Vie de chalet 2021 Cottage Living ~ 3 Dear Cottage Living NOUS SERIONS RAVIS DE VOUS ENTENDRE! just had the distinct pleasure of spending several hours Envoyez-nous des lettres, des histoires with your 2020 magazine. I enjoyed it thoroughly and ou des photos et elles pourraient être I found it professionally done with great photos and utilisées dans Vie de Chalet 2022. interesting articles. I am (one of) the family genealogist(s) of my Great-Great- WE WOULD LOVE Grandmother, Julia Dolan. She is buried in the cemetery in Chapeau. TO HEAR FROM YOU! My grandmother was Maria Kennedy who grew up at the head Send us letters, stories or pics and they could of L’Îsle-aux-Allumette. She married Tom McCool, my maternal be used in the 2022 edition of Cottage Living. grandfather, from Sheenboro, on his birthday, June 25 in 1901, Envoyez vos lettres par courriel à / at St. Alphonsus in Chapeau. She passed away on June 30, 1941 Email lettres to: at 66 years. [email protected] My cousin Tom McCool, who is an expert on the McCool side of the family, has published a book about the McCools of Sheenboro. Front page photo: This beautiful trout, However, I have hit a dead end at the Kennedy - weighing 7.5 lbs and measuring 26 inches, was caught at Lac Gillies located off the Dolan connection. chemin du Bois Franc in Mansfield-et- I would appreciate any help in connecting to the Pontefract. MRC Pontiac. The happy Kennedy, Dolan or Donlan families in the Allumette fisher used a Les Davis Bolo Troll with a Island area or from other parts of the Pontiac.
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