Growing Up Wild - a 6-Year Family Adventure Story
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Growing Up Wild - a 6-Year Family Adventure Story
Join us on an incredible six-year journey of outdoor adventure, from the wild landscapes of the Yukon and Alaska to the rugged beauty of Newfoundland and Labrador. This video is a collection of unforgettable expeditions, including canoe trips on remote rivers like the Stikine, Teslin, French, and Yukon Rivers, as well as winter camping and floatplane-accessed adventures deep in the wilderness. Along the way, we live in tents but stay in several remote, off-grid cabins, embracing the challenges and rewards of life in the backcountry. The story begins with my son Wesley and continues after the birth of my son Hudson, capturing the evolution of our family's deep connection to the land.
Throughout these adventures, our loyal canine companions play a big role—first with Buck, who was by our side through many trips, and later with North, who continues the journey after Buck’s passing. From epic whitewater paddling to peaceful nights under the northern lights, this video showcases the beauty and raw power of nature, the importance of family, and the resilience needed to thrive in the wild. If you love wilderness canoeing, remote camping, and off-grid living, this video is for you. Subscribe for more real adventures from the untamed north!
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Check out these four videos to see what we've been up to as a family since (they pick up where this film leaves off):
- 🏔️ 🥾 🎣 Tombstone, Yukon - Exploring the remote Dempster Highway and Tombstone Territorial Park: https://youtu.be/YdaDvZ0-HGE?si=dg-mlikmXYgb3DaU
- 🏕️🪵 ✈️ Yukon Fly-in Cabin - Floatplane access to a remote lake for fishing and cabin life
https://youtu.be/xnqH4jHFY-0?si=unA2QRC9pznDTN6V
- 🌲 🏔️ 🎣 Yukon Cabin Life - Living in an Off-Grid Long Cabin in the Yukon Wilderness:
1. Exploring Mountain Trails by ATV & The World's Smallest Desert 🏜️: https://youtu.be/lOK84wAtvoM?si=k2fCQW_0Z0rFkHxt
2. Sled Dog Fun 🛷 🐕 - Moving to a New Log Cabin, Northern Lights & Mountain Views! 🏔️
https://youtu.be/AP09dZF5Hdg?si=7JZqkVFGoeVBUgpC
Family Winter Camping Adventures Since this Video!
- ❄️ ⛺️ 🌨️ Blizzard Conditions! Family Winter Camping with a Canvas Tent & Wood Stove
https://youtu.be/B-0mk4w07P4?si=RnKLCb5IcdDGLSrR
- 🥶 -25 Winter Camping with a 3-Year-Old in Deep Cold & Freezing Rain:
https://youtu.be/VhIr0Y-lgkk?si=ynD30zCRXnsyT_E7
Chapters:
0:00 Living Close to Nature (What this film is about)
0:51 Big Waves & Arctic Grayling Fishing in the Yukon
1:45 Five Years Earlier - My Son Wesley's First Canoe Trip as a Baby!
6:13 Backpacking the La Cloch Silhouette Trail With Baby Wesley but our Dog Buck is Hurt
11:50 A Challenging Rescue - Jim Runs 20kms through the Bush to Get a Canoe
19:22 Our Dog Buck Has Cancer & my Send off for Man's Best Friend
22:49 Backcountry Winter Camping by Snowshoe with Wesley as a Baby
27:23 Winter Camping & Off-Grid Log Cabin Adventures & the Yukon!
37:12 Our Son Hudson Enters the Picture & We Go to Get a New Puppy (North!)
38:36 Winter Trekking with Kids into an Off-Grid Tiny Cabin In Terrible Freezing Rain - Ice Fishing!
49:52 5-Days Exploring Northern Ontario's French River by Canoe
59:33 Floatplane Access - Family Flies into a Remote Cabin for Moose Hunting in Newfoundland
1:06:53 Climbing Gros Morne Mountain in Newfoundland with Both Kids!
1:13:05 Overlanding on the Treacherous Telegraph Creek Rd. in Northern British Columbia
1:21:08 Heavy Rain & Wind on a 9-day Family Canoe Trip down the Mighty Stikine River into Alaska
1:58:26 Buying a Remote, Off-Grid, Water Access Cabin in the Wilderness
2:07:14 A Few Weeks Later - Spending a Week at Out New Off-Grid Cabin & Exploring by Canoe
2:22:07 Yukon Trails - Exploring a Traditional Travel Route by Canoe in the Yukon Wilderness
3:32:42 Update on Wesley from Out Log Cabin in the Yukon