Letter From Canada; Cabin Fever; Getaway Tradition Is a Nation's Cottage Industry From: The Washington Post | Date: July 22, 1999| Author: Steven Pearlstein | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

For many Canadians, it is the repository of their most cherished memories and the official clubhouse for the extended family.

It is a place of respite from long winters, a shrine to the national virtues of self-reliance and unadorned practicality.

In a country where three out of four people now live in an urban area, it is the link to a vast and largely uninhabited landscape.

And for a nation that fancies itself as a middle-class paradise, it has become the enduring symbol...

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