Cottage country is a common name in

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, and other regions of Canada for areas that are popular locations for recreational properties such as cottages and summer homes. In the Greater Toronto Area, cottage country traffic refers to traffic bound to cottage country on Friday afternoons and returning from it on Sunday afternoons. Cottage country traffic is usually extremely heavy on long weekends, such as

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in May,

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on the July 1st weekend,

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in August, and

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in September, particularly on Highway 400 and Highway 11. The Ontario media has often referred to these times of the year as a "highway blitz", which also refers to the related

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efforts to step up highway enforcement on those congested roads, which often yield record numbers of fines for motor vehicle violations.

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has a regional distinction for the name of a summer recreation house. In some areas, "cottage" is used, but in other areas, terms like " cabin", "camp", "country house", and "bungalow" are preferred.

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