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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker
Both - but it's impossible to not be relatively close to a body of water here. The intention, often, is to be in the woods. It's hot there - sheltered, on a boggy moorlands, easily 30C and humid during the summer even if it's barely 20C on the coast. So they hunt, forage, cook on a fire, etc. Water-related activities are definitely secondary, and typically associated with children.
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Mostly in NL they are on rivers, lakes, ponds, or beaches, often in little summer communities. The terrain in NL is such that ponds, lakes, and rivers are everywhere. An interesting phenomenon is the resettled coastal communities; some are not accessible by road, or even on islands. Otherwise, summer places are also common in existing coastal villages. I think most people I know who live in the city there have a getaway, some are quite elaborate. In BC it doesn't seem as common, and requires a higher income given the price of real estate. Among high income people in BC a second residence is common, sometimes in another country, or local, in the sense of a pied-à-terre.