"Growing up just outside of Toronto, I've always known a cottage to be a vacation home-a second property to escape to when you need to touch grass, most often large and luxurious enough to house an entire friend group, located near a lake for swimming and boating, and with a firepit out back to drink Molsons and Mooseheads around. But Americans, I found out, think of small, simple structures when they hear the word "cottage.""
"The television show, which focuses on the queer love story between two pro hockey players-based on author Rachel Reid's popular Game Changers book series-sees protagonists Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov bring their relationship to a climax when Ilya decides to fly out to visit Shane's multi-million-dollar cottage outside of Montreal, Quebec. Showrunner Jacob Tierney has shared that the cottage scenes were actually filmed in the neighboring province of Ontario, at a private property called Barlochan Cottage in the Muskokas,"
A move from Canada to the US highlights divergent meanings of the word "cottage" between countries. In Canadian usage, a cottage signifies a sizable, often luxurious lakefront vacation home used for group getaways, swimming, boating, and socializing around a firepit. In American usage, a cottage often implies a small, simple structure more akin to a shack. The television series Heated Rivalry features protagonists visiting a multi-million-dollar cottage outside Montreal that was filmed at Barlochan Cottage in the Muskokas, a defining lakefront region about two hours north of Toronto. Many rentable cottages in Ontario and Quebec offer floor-to-ceiling windows and expansive lake views.
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