Canvas Tarp Shelter with Woodstove, Snowshoes, Family, Winter Bushcraft

Trying a different shelter configuration with a tarp and woodstove in snow. Day out enjoying the snow with the family. Shelter idea from Paul Provencher book ''vivre en foret'' 1970s book.

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Happy new year ! All the best for 2023 !

[@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival]

A simple but effective shelter.

[@TeacherSBD]

Wow Steve, you have a famous subscriber here!

[@mushercdn]

Paul Provencher, Hok skis, hot chocolate, kid singing, interesting bushcrafting .... all the ingredients for a great time. I really enjoyed it. Probably lighter and definitely less expensive than a tent. I think it was Provencher or Napolean A. Comeau that described how they slept while trapping. It was basically a trench in the snow lined with fir boughs and a tarp under/over. Snow was brushed onto the top of the tarp/person. Interesting stuff. It's warm and rainy here. Crappy winter so in terms of being able to play outside. Happy New Year to you and yours. Thanks for the video.

[@natureboreale4709]

Quelle belle sortie hivernale en famille! Personnellement, j'aurais eu le goût d'y passer la nuit tellement ça avait l'air confortable!! Merci de partager cette vidéo. Bye.

[@ArielleViking]

Such a neat tent. Nice. 👍

[@papabear9481]

Happy New Year👍

[@rickfromvirginia]

Happy New year! As always, you're an outstanding woodsman! Thanks for sharing!!

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Thank you very much! happy new year !

[@jayceewedmak9524]

Happy New Year! 🎉

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Happy new year!

[@TeacherSBD]

The simplest activities are often the funniest! Your son is lucky! By the way, at 8:33, you do his exact "face".

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Tu as raison je fais exactement la même face ! haha je pense que mon frère et mon père aussi faisaient cette face ! C'est drôle. C'était une belle journée en forêt ! Rien de trop compliqué mais agréable dans la neige et la tranquilité. Bonne année Teacher ! Steve

[@TeacherSBD]

@@NomadicWoodsman Bonne année à toi aussi Steve!

[@BuckMckawtheotherone]

I still have Paul Provencher's book I bought back in the 70's when I was in my teens. I remember that shelter well. The painter's tarps from Home Depot are much bigger (12' x 15' for 46 bucks each, or a 14' x 15' for 60 bucks). Two of those would be better. You can buy the waterproofing/fire retardant at Can Tire and paint it on yourself. Install a stove jack once you set up the tarps outside to figure out where to best put the pipes, and presto, you have a portable shelter. I think Paul also laced the two tarps together, like shoe laces, to stop them from separating in the wind. I never made one, but I know it would do well. I had a small 8' x 9' shack we built me and my friend with a homemade woodstove made from a metal 10 gallon can and we used 4" galvanized eves-trough for the stove pipe. I lived in it for a solid month in winter. That was fun. Thanks for the memories.

[@TeacherSBD]

@ML do you by any chance have the brand name of waterproofing/fire retardant product? I have to wash my tipi, and then I figure I will have to waterproof it.

[@BuckMckawtheotherone]

@@TeacherSBD I left a link to Canadian Tire, but it disappeared somehow. It is Woods brand spray. It does both waterproof and fireproof your canvas. Check Canadian Tire.

[@TeacherSBD]

@@BuckMckawtheotherone Great, Thanks!

[@bonpecheur4565]

Super ton abri improvisé ! T'es pas mal débrouillard ça parait . Le petit a pas trop aimé ses pâtes 😅 il m'a fait rire avec sa critique culinaire . Bonne année à toi et ta famille !

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Bonne année ! Oui il est tout qu'un critiqueux culinaire ! haha

[@michaelwolf8781]

Happy new Year 🎉🎉🎉

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Happy new year Mike !