Cottage Country & Covid19

Hello all,

Hope you are all coping successfully in these troublesome times. To our seasonal property owners, we ask that you follow the advice of Dr. Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada and head of the Public Health Agency of Canada, to refrain from visiting your cottages during Covid19 quarantine and/or self-isolation.

“Urban dwellers/Cottagers should RESIST THE URGE to head to the cottage and rural properties as these communities have less capacity to manage COVID-19,” she said.

“'COVID-19 time is NOT cottage time.' Stay home in the city and DO NOT put rural communities at further risk during the COVID-19 crisis,” Dr. Tam warned.

While Canadians are being urged to avoid heading to their rural properties to avoid overloading local health care systems, it’s also to help stop the spread of the disease into smaller communities.

“These places have less capacity to manage COVID-19," Dr. Tam said at a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday.

"Even if you have not heard of cases in your community, that does not mean that there are no cases or no exposures waiting to happen," Tam said.

Additionally, as shortages of groceries and toilet paper have been seen across Canada, there are concerns that an influx of cottagers could put even more pressure on suppliers in rural communities.

Year round residents appreciate your assistance in slowing the spread within our rural community, and look forward to seeing you back again when this is over.

Stay well!