By end of the first day we had two walls framed and standing…a good days work

Our view from the front window next morning




We started on the end walls, which are rake walls, meaning they have a slope built in plus a beam pocket for my roof beam, a triple laminated 2x6.

Once the rear wall was up we framed up the last wall, the view side, complete with two large windows

I hoarded five sheets of plywood that I had stained at home to use on the front and I think it looks pretty good once it's all sheathed up.

Now that the walls are up its time for the rafters

By 4 pm the rafters complete with overhangs is completed.

After installing the balance of windows and doors it was time to get a roof on. My plan is to put a metal roof on but I still need to get the material upriver. So we double tarped and strapped the roof for now. When I put the metal roofing on I will leave the tarps down. They help kill some of the rain noise on a metal roof.

By nightfall the cabin was closed in and tight.












We put in 18 hours of total building time or 72 hours total with four guys. Man those boys are hard workers and really know how to put things together. I forgot to mention the air tools froze up day one even under a heated tarp so everything was old school hand nailed.

Great pictures! I like like it!

Nice job,and fast too.

Pretty impressive Brian. You guys do it right! You dont have enough snow for those moose to give you problems! Once it gets 5 to 6 feet though look out! You can bring that crew north just anytime you want Any idea of total cost sans labour??

Here's the cabin site, looking back down river. I had a fire sweep through a few years ago. Picked a few horse pack boxes full of morels afterwards.

Is that your "Willmore" line? Looks like prime marten country! What kind of leases do you need to put up a cabin?

Hey Brian I just noticed the stove......where did you get that? Is it for sale ?

Not quite in Willmore Yukon but within 10km of border. It's on my RFMA so cabins are allowed for trapline use. I took 15 years to pick this location, it's a hub. Should have good marten numbers but hasn't to date. A bit of a mystery but the population is slowly increasing.

I've keep material from construction jobs and so do the boys but I have a couple grand into it. The stove is sweet for sure. I bought it at a trapping rendevouzs silent auction years ago and have been saving it for the right spot. heavy little cast iron job with a nice oven. I love cooking on wood

Of course we couldn't get all that work done without our support staff. My wife and a few of the grandkids hung out at the lodge and kept the cabins warm and the supper hot. They even made me some outside artwork

Nice job, looks good! Looks like a nice playground you have for yourself there, bushman. How long is your line?

Not sure about the playground part, lot of work so far. But like us all I wouldn't trade it for the world. 350 square miles

Pretty nice set-up Brian. It's nice to see you getting the entire clan involved, you are teaching those boys & your grandkids more than you will ever realize. I see stories like this and it gives me hope for the future.

It's kind of ironic though Yukon as I trap to be alone. I prefer to go solo and work at my own pace and do my own thing. I find it very peaceful to know I'm the only guy for miles around. But it's great to bring the odd guest along and experience the trapline through their eyes, plus the usual buddies who'll come for their "annual" trip.

I never dragged my kids onto the trapline as my Pa forced me to be a hockey kid, his passion, until I was 7 and refused to skate anymore. I figured they'd come to it if they had the passion. But we have always spent significant time in the bush as a family and they snowmobiled and tobboganed while I ran traps. It worked as they're all into bringing their families out to the line and the grandson seems quite taken with trapping





plus my 16 year old granddaughter skins martens!