Explore true stories of Canadian hermits, homesteaders, and a Cree-led wilderness camp who found meaning, healing, and resilience through off-grid living.

0:00 - Prologue - Wendell Beckwith: The Hermit of Whitewater Lake

14:47 - Story #1 - James "Jimmy" Alexander McCouat and His Castle on White Otter Lake

35:35 - Story #2 - Gilean Douglas and Finding Poetic Inspiration in the BC Wilderness

64:20 - Story #3 - Chief Robert Smallboy and the Mountain Creek Cree Camp

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