FAMILY LIVES A YEAR ON REMOTE ISLAND IN THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS // FULL DOCUMENTARY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2023
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In this episode we arrive at the cabin after 2 years away and begin a one year journey off grid at the island. We make all of the necessary upgrades to the property to allow us to live there through a cold Canadian winter. We install a solar power system and build an insulated shed to house it. we will be unable to leave the island for 4 to 5 weeks during the freeze up period, so we need to have adequate firewood, propane and food on hand to get us safely through. Join us on an EPIC family Adventure.
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The mum and dad (and the whole family) just seem like kind and pleasant people. I am so glad I came across your channel!
I thought the same thing good to see another Aussie thought the same only thing I had a laugh about was buying wood and loading it on a boat to take back to your home in a forest 🤣 but may not be like australia
Thank you so much. We are so glad you found our channel. Have a wonderful day.
Cool!!! Greetings from Manila, Philippines!
So interesting to see what an unlimited budget off grid life is like. Thanks for sharing the entire year in one video!
It was a treat! I'd love to see a super extended version though... I love those too🙂
You are correct. Lot of money and sponsors for this off grid life. It was beautiful but with all those modern technologies it's more like a 1 year camping in the wilderness. I was expecting to see if and how they were able to survive in the middle of nature, away of the modern life support with only what the nature is giving to you.... It was more like going to the grandpa's on vacation into the woods with your trunk filled of goodies, modern big boys toys and many other fancy things. Normal people not even heard about that.
All the originals of the entire cabin series are available on our channel. Check out the Cabin series playlist. Thanks for watching and have a wonderful day.
@EFRT Your family is great! 👍🏼
Loving this movie! It's AMAZING what all you accomplished together!!! ❤️
New subscriber. 🙂🤗🙂
Also? Thank you for praying and holding faith in Jesus Christ!
So glad that I clicked on this random recommendation. Love to see your kids learning real life skills that will serve them for a lifetime. Sitting in a classroom for 12+ years of our lives doesn't give us a lot of the skills that we need to take care of ourselves and families.
Welcome aboard! We are so glad you found our channel. Have a wonderful day.
@@EFRTCan't wait to watch more of your adventures together!💙👍🏼
One word for this family's living 'off grid'...RICH$$$$
Yep,
Starlink satellite internet
Building materials delivered
Contractors carrying out work
Pre cut firewood delivered by the truckload
Organic/free range food bought by the pallet load, vacuum sealed and frozen
New $200+ jackets & boots all around
Filet mignon for lunch
1,000lbs of propane
$3k of inverters
$11k of batteries
And the narrator said they are going to live a winter off grid without the commodities of of life in the main land 😮. Dang ! I wander how is their normal life
I was waiting for helipad to be put in
Off grid means not connected to electric power lines. They are off grid.
@chrisjames3204 yes!
Get the Popcorn and a drink! This is going to be EPIC👍👍
Don't be mean! You know they don't have popcorn and drinks up there. How about "grab yourself a glass of lake water and a bag full of leaves!"
@@iliketowatch. lol 😂
From WI, I'm in awe...absolutely beautiful, those drone shots, the daughter's voice during narratives, the togetherness...I'm glad TH-cam brought me to y'all...will continue to be watching
The lads spirit filled vocals was a marvelous contribution to this lifelong memorable adventure.❤
Thank you so much. We are so glad you enjoyed the video. Many more adventures ahead. Hope you have a wonderful day.
From Wisconsin also!!
Where are you in ontario
I'm from MN!
I hope many people view this masterpiece. This is what I needed to see to remind me that I can do much more than I think I am capable of. I wish more individuals and families would take a chance and experience what your family has done. It’s inspiring. Thank you.
Yeah... having the money certainly makes any dream possible!
I'm not sure how comments like these are relevant. When you have an unlimited budget and frequently go into town for burgers and supplies. This is not living off grid. This is living in your vacation home for a year and staying entertained with everything money can buy to enjoy the outdoors.
Those were my toughts exactly when I watched it despite the enjoyment I had of seeing footage of my beloved Canada!@@cliffhanger20
This is the dream isn't it guys? May we all here in the comments be blessed enough to one day have the family and resources to build and live our dream.
Hey Family - I got the real tingles and even a bit emotional watching this condensed version of your experiences in a stunning and superbly produced docco! Capturing such magic memories, learning so much about yourselves and as a family what you’re able to do and achieve a life many people dream of. I know we’re not privy to everything that happens in a family we all have moments. You guys sure help so many to see what’s possible! This was absolutely amazing - thank you for your incredible efforts putting this together it’s no mean feat. Well done 🙏🥰
Thank you so much. We’re so glad that you enjoyed this version of our adventure at the lake. ❤️
I throughly enjoyed this, but I must say that I am so envious of your family’s closeness.
Mom and Dad you must have started young like I did, you don’t look a day over 40. I’ve never had that kind of love and it’s kinda depressing. Kudos to raising those kids right!
Thank you so much!
"Off the grid"? Why was I thinking primative? You have more money and more gadgets than I will ever have. Rather then say, off the grid, say staying at our cabin in the woods with no neighbors, for the winter with all the comforts of home.
I'm not saying I'm irritated, just saying this wasn't what I thought it was going to be.
@@pinkythechihuahua3156just what I thought. Imagine doing this 60 years ago with no snow machine (walking) and manually augering ice holes.
Out there together is your family's church!!
Please never sell out to big media!!!!!!!!! Your videos are amazing!!💕Amazing summary of a year! Must of taken uncountable hours of efrt/effort!🇺🇸 Thank you to all!!!
😀 Thank you so much!!
What a beautiful family you all are. This world needs more people, families like yours. What a masterpiece you’ve made, I couldn’t stop watching this video.. Thank you for sharing your story with us 😊
Experiencing the out the doors the way your family has, is priceless,working together are what families do,
Looks a lot like my childhood in Finland, on an island 12 km from the mainland. My father is a boatbuilder, and my mother is a fisherman's and smuggler's daughter. I went to school with a wooden boat, an icebreaker, a snowmobile or a hydrocopter.
I would have liked to see mom & daughter making a grocery list and dad talking with boys about supplies needed for each possible scenario. Just the general conversations. And then the family going to town to get everything. Still a masterpiece though.
Wow! Just amazing. The videography, story telling, and music combined with your family adventure was truly epic! Thank you for chronicling this story and for bringing the world along for it. Well done.
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed the video.
These people knows how to keep the family together.
It's amazing how happy the dog looks! He looks so free & enjoying being under that red leafy 🌴 tree, to cute🥰
Wow.....
Just finished this awesome video. It's amazing when you watch and feel connected... and not only are you there too but like you belong. Amazing job to all.
Thank you for bringing us along! ❤
Thanks for watching. We are so glad you enjoyed it.
What a treat to have a movie length visit with our favorite Sunday Family! ♥ We are now debating if you make American styled bacon in Canada, does that make it Canadian Bacon? Yes it does! Beautiful!
Haha. We’ll have to call it CanAm 🥓
@@EFRT”CanHam” 😊
Dear Family, thank you for this candid look into your lives. There were volumes of meaning throughout this production that connected with me. You've all touched many lives. I look forward to following you for a long time.
-Jason
Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your family with us.
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed!
What a beautiful family experience. The ice covered lake, the outdoor campfires, the sauna and ice cold dip, making maple syrup. As a Wisconsinite, I'm familiar with all of these wonderful experiences. A host of beautiful memories for your family.
How do you do it. Cha Ching!
You have to start and end each video session with Mom laughing. It’s an infectious laugh and most definitely had me grinning ear to ear. 🥰
I was curious... but then became 100% invested when mom got the giggles. God bless your beautiful family!!! ❤❤❤
What an amazing adventure. I envy your family
A great trip down memory lane, much needed, especially the winter scenes! I'd pay $$ for that right now 🤠
Oh yes! Some of that snow and cold air would be nice right about now. Hope you have a wonderful day.
@@EFRT I’m from South Louisiana. It’s 11:00pm with a temp of 90. Yep a cocktail in the hot tub would be awesome.
Love your place on the lake and the hard work y’all done to get ready for the winter.
This is beautiful. From the camera work to the narration and your family. I couldn’t have dreamed anything this perfect ❤
Excellent! Couldn’t stop watching till the end. Calming, beautiful, and a great picture of a United family!
It’s amazing that the whole family are working together so well!
You guys have just made your family stronger. Your children will be different than others. Not afraid of work, self reliant. Fantastic job with the family. Im literally jealous.
So jealous of the life you have created with your family. Wish I was strong enough to have done this with my little family... God bless all of you!!!
me too, or rich enough.
What a great family you guys have; the kids are helpful and the parents spend much quality time with the children. God bless.
Catching the strings of Mom's hood will put an end to the giggles very quickly !
What an unforgettable family experience! Watching it in February 2024. Beautiful scenery! Hugs from England.
Thanks for watching in England 🏴
Thank you so much for this Sunday morning surprise! Beautiful compilation and amazing editing job!
Our pleasure!
I love the fact that every member of the family is easy on the eyes, well spoken and hard working. Loved your video
Thank you so much!
Hi, I am Kenneth from Sri Lanka - frankly I enjoyed watching you Guys coping with the winter in Canada - was a pleasant experience for me.... Thank you.
god that woman can cook something beautiful! you guys should have a cookbook for sure!!!! My first time watching your content and I absolutely want this for my family! thank you so sincerely and humbly than you for allowing me into your home
Thank you so much
A fine example of how independant people can become if they have unlimited funds.
they said they bought the place twenty years ago..
@@Ace-ke7fq its not just the place its the supplies they buy haha. Those batteries are 2500 dollars each for example and they have six. Great family great video, but they are loaded and good for them.
Even if they do have money I'm sure it was well earned. I'm sure they have a few sponsors also..
What well trained children, dog and husband. Thank you for sharing your journey with us 🥰
Thank you for sharing your wonderful adventure on the island. Give that dog a Carabo. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia
Thank you and and thanks for watching!
If money is no object, this is the best way to “rough it”. Kind of more a way to live in an extreme area when taking advantage of resources available with as little effort as possible.
Thats a million dollars worth of kit right there!
Awesome to see a family so close like this. Wonderful video
Just discovered you and so impressed with your preparedness, and how the family works together! Looking forward to watching your adventures. Thank you for sharing!
I remember helping my mom with laundry in our ringer washer as well. It was better than new technology
The Mom is amazing-rudimentary cooking off grid and it looks gourmet and delicious!
Beautiful narration, we thank you for sharing your fantastic adventure with us. Lots of hugs to all of you!
Hugs back. Glad you enjoyed it!
How fortunate you are to have this. It makes me nostalgic for our cabin in the woods, which my GSP also loved. I can smell the fresh air just watching this!
Epic visualization of Canada 🇨🇦 Your family are making Canadians proud by sharing your off-grid lifestyle in your remote location and all your hard work going into your daily existence living in such beautiful/ breathtaking surroundings!!! Thanks for sharing...*** I just started watching your TH-cam Channel and I look forward to going through your list for more wonderful videos 😊
Thank you so much!
What a family!
That off grid is like a lodge in the woods on a late. Great job to all of you working together.
Great video, thank you for bring us long.
You are so welcome. Thanks for watching.
I absolutely loved this video ❤️ Your family is amazing, God bless you all 😊✝️🙏
Wow, this was absolutely beautiful, beginning to end. I so enjoyed experiencing the different months with your amazing family, wonderful camera work and editing, too. Thank you for this.
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For finishing minute rust cut large potato in half and rub into pan.
As potato wears cut back a slice.
You can rinse with just a moist cloth, and your pan will blacken and is then ready for seasoning. Only season old timey way with slow even heat and pork belly or slab bacon chunks. I use smoked side pork but in youth some used BEAR fat. Bear stinks like all get out but works. We used bear far oils on leather boots.
Thank you for these great tips. We will definitely use the these methods next time. Have a wonderful day.
That dog is definitely living his very best dog life possible!
Can't believe I just found your channel because what you're doing is what I love! It's so wonderful how your family works together! You are strong and stable in such uncertain times. What a fantastic (and inspiring) thing to see!❤✌
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Loved your video of true family values and how well you all worked together...Goes to show "working together" and for eachothers wellbeing...really works in life.
That was very. Formative. Just before you apologized for being scattered, I was thinking how clear and intelligent you sound.
Thank Bee for talking with us about your journey
I am so very glad you’ve made it to here.❤
Great set up and great cottage. You guys are doing just fine out there. You must have money to pay $200 a month to use star link. People always think those who live off grid are trying to get by. But you guys have money. That makes a huge difference. Without money can’t have a cottage on water with boat and boat house and all appliances and internet and to buy food to store in freezers and fridges. That’s awesome. 🍻
Thanks so much for posting this epic adventure. You have a beautiful family all working together to make this happen. Just awesome!
Our pleasure!
If you use gasoline, NG or propane, you are not "off grid", you are just using someone else's grid mainly to fill those. It's a fallacy, it's like sneaking over to your neighbor's house after they go to bed and hook in your extension cord.
❤ when she was laughing using the old school washer shows PURE HAPPINESS and contentment. I love this yall are doing it!! Thank you for sharing ❤
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video ❤️
I love watching your family. You truly know how to live life to the fullest.
Absolutely amazing! What a beautiful family! Your living my dream in the cabin! So cosy. You’ve worked so hard. Huge love to you all from the uk xx
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed the video.
With that set up you have I can live there my entire life !
Wow what a dream so beautiful
What a Beautiful and a Blessed family! Truly amazing and thank you for sharing your experiences in such a beautiful way! May the Lord bless your journey on this earth!
Thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyed your detailed video on spending an entire winter off grid. I would say your excellent planning in preparation for this journey proved to be a huge success. Wonderful to see the whole family working together.
Living on a continent that has no idea of what a winter is all about in Canada… definitely an excellent way of explaining that !!
Durban SA 🇿🇦
So glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching in South Africa 🇿🇦
What a precious child of God and lovely message in this awful time of grief and pain. God bless and comfort Lahaina!
Oh my goodness, mother had that kind of washer for a family of 7 when we were kids. Just found your Chanel. Love it!
Fantastic documentary. I lived through your experiences vicariously this morning while watching from my warm paradise, Hawaii, and feel richer than ever after seeing your beautiful family and wonderfully fulfilling adventures. Much Aloha to my northern brethren.
I had rather Live in Beautiful Hawaii, cold weather and months of snow-not good.
@@randybeard6040 Hehehe…..why is it we yearn for what we do not have? Come visit paradise! Sending you warm sunshine as winter approaches.Alohaaaaa🌺🌴🏄♂️🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
I so enjoyed this compilation of your last year… how different our perspectives are because of drones ( and all other technology). Thank you.
That would take so much money saved to buy all the stuff needed to live out there for a year. I bet with all the new builds and batteries, meats etc you guys spend $500,000 on that year vaca. Must be nice I’m a little jealous! 😂
Not nearly that much, but yes, it is a bit of an investment, but it’s not just for one year, this will provide a home for us for the next 50 years or more. Next time we spend a year there, we will only need to worry about food and firewood. That is pretty economical living if you ask me.
WONDERFUL!!! Unity n seeing everyone working together for their common goal is beautiful...Both parent's had to be united for this dream to come to fruition...so sweet
Outstanding job. You can feel the emotion through the entire production. Definitely made a subscriber out of me. They're trying to divide us but I think we're all wakeing up and finding we have so much more in common. Keep it up. Motorcycles are more then two wheels
What a very lovely video and family experience! I'm so enchanted and in awe! 😊🎉
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video! Have a wonderful day!
A great amount of technology
Wow, what perfect scenic and idyllic venture. Such a beautiful place and such memories made. Wow, I can only hope soon I can take my family to a place like this.
Thank you. You will 👍🏻
Awesome video as always Epic Family Road Trip. This movie was so awesome y'all truly deserve a award for this masterpiece.
Thank you so much. We are glad you enjoyed it. Have a wonderful day.
im from montreal and grew up going to a cabin in northern quebec. your video gave me such incredible memories!!! you have a new subscriber! also your family is a amazing. very throwback. the way it should be.
It must feel wonderful to be rich
What a great documentary! And knowing you all are Christians made it that much more enjoyable for me. You are surely blessed. Thank you for sharing this journey…and I am looking forward to your next video!
Loved the kitchen pumpkins' soup and bacon preparations! Mom is a good cook!... And how can any Canuck miss the Timmy's coffee can? Great aerial shots too of the winter covered landscape!
This is so special and I love it!
Thank you so much epic family for sharing your adventures through the years. May God continue to bless and keep you all safe.🙏🏻☝❤
Thank you so much!
What a wonderful family, Your wife has the prettiest smile too; when she was cracking up laughing, it just made me smile so hard ❤ God bless
You made my life feal wonderful again. Please make more of these wonderful veidoes makes me won't to get out there again!!! All of you have a great life God is great.
Thank you for sharing your lives with us. I loved every second of this beautifully shot and narrated video.
What an absolute treat 😊
I stumbled across this by accident but I will be sure to like and subscribe for more amazing content.
Thank you ❤
This was such an enjoyable video! The photography was spectacular! I grew up on Lake Huron and this was such a going home experience for me. Thank you for taking us along on your journey. This is a gem ❤
Thank you so much for sharing your family’s experience. The narration on this is amazing; great job! So appreciate when people share and inspire others to get out in the fresh air. All the best for 2024.
Thank you! We are so glad you enjoyed the movie.
Adventure and family values are a perfect combination.
The irony is 90% of people in Canada could not even afford the land that this off grid house is on let alone the building lol...
Exactly
And the funds to buy all the high end clothing and pack the freezer w/ organic fruit and grass fed, meat etc. These folks have some big bucks!
Beautiful, just beautiful! For the love of family & learning, is the greatest gift. I learned how to convert a van into a campervan. And boy lol, did I learn a lot. I’m looking forward to more videos from you!
That is awesome!
Your daughter is doing great given the narrative… Nice voice!
Thank you so much!
This interlude with your family's experiences is breathtaking!
It is the best possible scenario and it is magical seeing you and your family reaping the rewards of you all have built and spreading love to friends , family and others! and also protecting your dog and feeding the birds.
Belive me, I'm from South of Brazil, near Argentina where snows and we have wooden stoves with the wind protector to dispel the smoke.Visit Gramado, RGS, Brazil.Bariloche Argentina is as grand as Otawa. Country and capital. Thank you for this captivating dream!
God Bless!
Thank you for watching in southern Brazil 🇧🇷 we are so glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi iam from India... appreciate your video...🎉❤
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm feel so lucky to have happened upon your channel this morning. The storytelling and narration was impeccable. I almost felt like I was watching, Little Women with your storytelling. I am so excited to make more time to watch your amazing family adventures. Greetings from Indiana! Oh and the call of the loons was absolutely beautiful ❤❤❤
We are so happy that you found our channel. Thanks for watching and we’re glad you’ve enjoyed the videos so far. Have a wonderful day
Off the grid on the big island since 1990.
Wish every family could afford to do this! In years to come ( hopefully not for a very long time) you will be able to pull up these memories your making, and smile! ❤
What an adventure!! Thank you for sharing. I couldn’t get over how well you were eating!! What an experience for your family and dog.