What a pleasure to watch this video. “The boys.. no The boy’s” 1935 canoe trip from start to finish., and the drive home preserved and shared. Black and white, vintage movie theater captioned, since no sound. Background music was lively. Americana, . similar to the tribute to the common man. A guyy’ trip..fishing, canoeing, cooking meals on a thin side stove..relaxing, having fun.. beautiful scenery and photography. Loved the last caption.. A good time was had by all.
What a great thing to share! Love the sheet metal stove and canvas tent! We grew up camping; months at a time in summers; and then made 3 trips through Quetico w/canoes and gear in the 1990's. Thanks so much --- we had a blast just like these guys did --- would love to do it again!
Has,a kid in grammar school,in the early,50s,I still remember,10 rods to a mile,and 4 pecks to a bushel!When is the last time you heard that,I am 75,heading up to Canada tomorrow,July 18,2023,with my 2 sons,both in their 50s,doing it for,50, years for me,and 40 years for them,200 miles north of Thunder Bay,wonderful!
My brother and I put in at Fall Lake in 2015! Spent 7 wonderful days in the Pipestone and Basswood lake area! This old film is so amazing! Loved every minute of it, thanks for posting and sharing!
I set the video speed in the settings wheel located along the right hand side near the of the bottom of the RU-vid video bar to .05 it stops the jerky motion and it still allows the music to normal.
How in the world did they do this with out Kevlar canoes and all the fancy camping stuff. 😁 oh yea they just went and did it. What a great reminder of you can enjoy outdoors with out all the fancy stuff. Thank you for posting this. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
All you can eat fishing? It was well worth the extra weight to bring the tin stove and cook all those fish on it. Then they upped the ante by making pie! And that wasn't just a pie for the sake of the camera footage, as it would be in the modern youtube era. That one cook guy really knew what he was doing.
They were way ahead of their time in the way they shot the video. 21 days? Just keeping the cameras powered up is beyond me. I've fished Fall lake so this is really interesting to me.
Does anyone know how they kept food from bears back then? I see them carrying bundles and packs but the barrels are some of the heaviest/critical parts of our gear nowadays. Thanks for sharing - some things never change ;)
@@dennisdownes2208 Hey Dennis. Thanks for your reply. The reason I mentioned that, was I think cameras back in those days must cost a lot. And seeing how happy those young men were, makes me think they must lived a good life? Cheers.
Wow! That was a great trip! Kind the first RU-vid canoe trip. I wonder how all of their lives turned out? I’m sure most probably went to war just 5-6 years later…. Hopefully they were fine.
I thought the same thing what a moment in history. Who would have thought in that year on the other side of the world Hitler and the national socialist had come to power, and beastige and event on humanity unlike any other in history.
This makes me so sad to think of Sam Campbells stuff just in boxes that we can't see. There was a group trying to get everything converted over and make a movie, with interviews of people who knew him. But I haven't been able to find anything from them after late 2019. Sad he was THE guy in his era and now, because nothing has been converted, he is pretty much unknown. Which is sad because I would love to see the films he talks about making in his books, and get to see everyone he writes about.
i have all his books and went to visit the park named after him.i was looking for more but his web site is not up to date.he wore his outdoor outfit everywhere and was not allowed in the main dining room at the fancy chicago club he was a member."where's inky".
@@wetcanoedogs Wow didn't know that about his clothing or that he was apart of any club. It's extremely hard to find out anything other then what was in the books. I hope to go see his trails and his island (from a distance of course). I found out a month or 2 ago that the reason why his website isn't updated and can't find anything more is, after a LOT of digging and searching, the man who was the force behind it, sadly died from cancer. I do so wish someone else would pick up his passion and the project. They did release a DVD back in 2019 with a little bit of video and stuff, but it was for a limited time and whoever was lucky enough to get one, isn't going to let it go. Now that I'm "older" then the last time I read the series, I wonder what ever happened to Sandy and Hi-Bub. Hi-Bub especially there is a high possibility of him still alive and kicking. Strange to thing that pretty much everyone is gone from the books. Growing up, we just didn't link the books to being that old.
Hmmmm…. Looked like a cell phone getting slipped into a back pocket in one scene. Great application of old school video concepts with modern tools. Either way, it’s always great to watch videos of trips in the BW! Whenever they happen ;)
If you’re talking about 12:20 I think it’s a flask/canteen. He walks from the tent with it in his hand and does something to the cooking food before slipping it in back pocket. Not gonna lie when I saw that part I thought it looked like a cell phone lol
Interesting, you can tell that the forest is much younger than it would be now. Its probably not more than a few decades removed from the heavy logging that took place all over the great lakes regions
Wow! What a gem of a film. That is a serious loop in the BWCA, very familiar with the area. Neat to see that they had full stoves at each campsite, I guess without so many dehydrated/freeze-dried foods people had to do a lot more serious cooking (as you can see by the pies), and I can't imagine how much prep/planning went into a 21 day trip!
Agreed! How important it was to be prepared. Seeing them loading their packs and gear, checking the map, and changing the flat tire so early in the film.was such a reminder of our family trips in the early 50s. The provisions we required.. and always a spare hose. My husband & I thoroughly enjoyed every minute, every detail of this view into the past. A good time was had by all.
@@dennisdownes2208 The ending was Bravo...and thank you once again. A tough bunch of fellas. Would have been a pleasure meeting them and talking on their experience. I saw their equipment and a particular lure on their fishing line....Maybe someday you could make this video in color (not sure how they do that). I lived up that way for a few years in Ely and been to Winton many times (right next door). Almost moved there..Moved a lot of Winton to Ely in the early days up there. My sister's husbands family bought land up there on Burntside Lake in 1910 I believe, so we were up there often us kids in the 70's and 80's...Back then there was still a lot of old timers up there....I bet these guys in the expedition often fell asleep at night thinking of their expedition...You should check with the historical societies up there, they might like to be aware of this documentary....Thank you...:)
Thank you for putting this film out on the net. A copy of this treasure ought to be preserved in the national archives. All who love the boundary waters - or just love folk history should enjoy this. To think, six years after the stock market crashed and six years before WWII... Thank you.
Hello from Halifax Nova Scotia, and thank you very much for posting this absolute GEM! Oh how I wish that I would have had that opportunity. Again thank you
What a treasure! Do you know where "home" was? I was wondering if that was the MN state capital, but I don't think it is. Also, Madison, MN or Madison, WI? Madison, WI, might make more sense for a 5 day road trip back then. Planning my next BWCA trip right now, that's how I came across this... thank you!
