Author of the article: Tim Gordanier
Publishing date: May 06, 2021  â¢Â 5 hours ago  â¢Â 4 minute read
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Every Thursday, we present in this space a weekâs worth of randomly selected single pages from editions of The Kingston Whig-Standard, The Whig-Standard or The Daily British Whig from our vast digital archives, which reach back as far as 1834.
It could be the front page or any page from inside any edition, but we will focus mainly on the 20th century as the digital editions of newspapers older than that are often unreadable.
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May we present Photos of the Week #8 for 2021. For our Featured Image this week we’ve chosen a shot taken on a spot of land between the North and South islands of New Zealand. When @Peter 640 and a friend made a plan to visit the D’Urville Island Scenic Reserve, they had no idea what they would encounter. As things worked out, it was better than expected.
My God it’s pretty and NO ONE is there! We took a punt across and had an amazing 48 hours! I love a crazy plan that comes together!
The tour of D’Urville Island was a few years ago, but the memories will likely last forever. A few more of Peter640’s images from that trip follow, below.
The region’s cottage real estate market remains hotter than a flaming marshmallow as strong demand but dwindling supply continues to cause the average price of recreational properties to climb in Eastern Ontario and West Quebec.
Top realtors with extensive experience in selling country retreats say the current cottage craze is unprecedented, pandemic influenced and showing no signs of cooling off.
“It started Aug. 1 of last year and continued into this year,” says Scott Burns, owner of Rideau Realty Ltd., a small brokerage that s been in his family for years, located in the village of Portland on Big Rideau Lake. “It hasn’t slowed down at all.”
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