Hi Penny Usually our Thanksgiving which is around the same time. Sometimes though if Thanksgiving is later and the fall is wet and windy, the leaves can almost be gone by then. We used to always close the cottage on the Thanksgiving weekend. We are older and wiser now. We do the boats and docks on the long weekend in Sept when we are hopeful of warmer weather and it isn't hard to get folks in the water. Still do the final leaf raking, cedar wrapping, water draining, etc tour the end of Oct. I truly have never paid much attention to the dates as I live in the middle of it. (Kawartha Highlands) When everything is right we just take a drive:)) Jill > Jill, the target date for the prime colors in New England is > usually Oct.12th. When is it in Ontario..? > > Penny, NY