I'm such a fan of trappers' cabins and whereas I've found quite a few, from dugouts to dovetailed, relatively roomy affairs, this might be my favorite. Imagine living here:

http://gallery.myccr.com/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=18

Sorry about no link. I tried three times and it wouldn't work.

quote missmolly: "I'm such a fan of trappers' cabins and whereas I've found quite a few, from dugouts to dovetailed, relatively roomy affairs, this might be my favorite. Imagine living here:

http://gallery.myccr.com/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=18

Sorry about no link. I tried three times and it wouldn't work."

Heres the link

Cool Picture, looks like a hobbit lived there .

quote Basspro69: "Cool Picture, looks like a hobbit lived there ."

You're right! It's really a wooden tent. The dugout shelter I found wasn't much bigger. The builder went into hillside so he'd only have to make one side. You had to crawl into it and crawl inside of it. It was practical because there was so little shelter to heat.

Thanks for the link. I don't know why it wouldn't work for me.

I thought "small wooden tent" myself.

Cool place. I can imagine hanging out there a few days, but living there? I think I'd need a little more elbow room.

Trappers musta been short.

Nice picture but not for my 6'3" frame.

quote Merganser: "Trappers musta been short."

Voyageurs were. I fact, I think the average height of people hundreds of years ago was much less than it is now. I've been surprised by the size of beds in pioneer cabins and the ships they sailed over on.

Cool, but where's the satellite dish?

I too like old structures. We are going across Saskatchewan which reportedly has many ghost towns.

And down the Teslin/Yukon Rivers. The chief attraction is wrecked steamboats and cabins going back to dust.

Thanks for sharing!

quote yellowcanoe: "I too like old structures. We are going across Saskatchewan which reportedly has many ghost towns.

And down the Teslin/Yukon Rivers. The chief attraction is wrecked steamboats and cabins going back to dust.

Thanks for sharing!"

Decades ago, when I paddled the Mississippi the first time, I got to board the Sprague, which was the Mississippi's biggest paddler wheeler. It was grounded and rotting, but still glorious. Now it's just rust.

Here it is in its glory: http://www.flickr.com/photos/electrospark/5194118158/

And here it is in its gory: http://martykittrellphotos.blogspot.com/2009/12/state-of-sprague.html

I boarded it between glory and gory and loved every rotting plank and faded bric-a-brac.

I hope you see lots of boats and cabins and literally step back into history.

We have trapper cabins, and cabin ruins here in the Sierra built by one "Shorty" Lovelace. He built as many as 36 with a dozen still surviving. They are in the area of Kings Canyon National Park and were built between 1910 and 1940. They were typically 5 by 7 feet, with dirt floors and often taller than the one pictured in the link. It is likely that not all of them have been found.

for a great read on how a tilt was used i would suggest True North by Elliott Merrick. he was a teacher with the Grenfell Mission in Labrador and in 1930 he and his Wife,a nurse at the mission,joined the trappers that Fall for their wintering over at the trap lines up the Grand River.

quote missmolly: "Thanks for the link. I don't know why it wouldn't work for me."

I think if you include an apostrophe in the label for the link it won't take it. If you said "trapper's" that might be it.

Cool pic!

quote BWPaddler: "

quote missmolly: "Thanks for the link. I don't know why it wouldn't work for me."

I think if you include an apostrophe in the label for the link it won't take it. If you said "trapper's" that might be it.


Cool pic!"

Hmmm. I hope that's it. If it is, thanks!

quote wetcanoedog: "for a great read on how a tilt was used i would suggest True North by Elliott Merrick. he was a teacher with the Grenfell Mission in Labrador and in 1930 he and his Wife,a nurse at the mission,joined the trappers that Fall for their wintering over at the trap lines up the Grand River.

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Thanks for the book tip. Always appreciated. Will check it out