At Northwoods Survival we provide instruction in: wilderness survival, bushcraft and self-reliant living skills. The items listed below will give you and idea of what the courses consist of. We strive to only teach attainable and practical skills and our guided trips are scheduled to leave time to enjoy your surroundings.
Bushcraft & Wilderness Survival
Learn to thrive with practical wilderness survival techniques.
During these courses we cover the following subjects:
-Survival planning and the survival mindset
-Building and using an effective survival kit
-Firecraft and how to make fire under the most adverse weather conditions
-Navigation with and without a map and compass
-Sheltercraft and how to stay warm and dry
-Signaling and why things are seen
-Locating and purifying water
-Wild edibles and building simple traps and snares
-Useful but simple knots and lashings
Bushcraft & Woodslore
Learn the skills used by the old sourdoughs, trappers and timber cruisers. During this workshop we cover knife, axe and saw use, outdoor gear, knots and their uses, navigation, building a "siwash camp", firecraft and outdoor cooking.
Fly Fishing Basics & Reading a Stream
Learn the basics of fly casting, fly fishing gear and how to read a river so that you can understand what's going on below the water's surface and why.
Basic Canoeing & Canoe Poling
Learn the basic skills required to safely maneuver a canoe with both paddle and pole.
Navigation
This course covers detailed map and compass, GPS and basic barehand navigation. Gain the knowledge and have confidence you will be able to find the correct route home.
Wild Skills: Women's Adventures
A variation of our Bushcraft and Survival Course designed as a women's adventure and learning experience with time for enjoying simple outdoor life. Bring your Mom, your best friend, co-worker or come on your own and take a weekend just for you.
Outdoor Cooking
Forget the wieners and smores this fireside cafe is gourmet. Learn the important skill of fire management, campfire menu planning and cooking, bake delectable desserts in a dutch oven & create yummy biscuits in a reflector oven.
Organic Gardening Workshop Series
A 4-part workshop series; throughout the growing season that covers the basics of organic kitchen gardens, organic soil management and backyard compost, preserving the harvest, seed saving.
Knitting Felted Mittens
Learn to read and knit a basic mitten pattern to felt into a warm durable pair of mittens.
Basket Making
We offer a one-day basic course for those who would like to learn to weave a basic basket from pounded black ash. We also offer multi-day intensive courses (with expert guest instructors) for the hard-core participant who would like to learn the art of pack basket weaving.
Natural Deerhide Tanning
A multi-day workshop with intense hands-on instruction to create beautiful leather.
Moccasin Making
Experience the satisfaction of this timeless art and take home your own handmade moccasins.
Workshop Details
Timings and Meals
Single day workshops are conducted between 0900hrs and 1630hrs. Multiple day workshops begin at 0900hrs on the first day and end at 1600hrs on the last day. During the evenings; we usually do some stargazing and sit by a fire to discuss the day and answer questions.
During our multiple day workshops breakfast, lunch & supper meals are provided. Multiple day workshops will have on-site overnight accommodation options. (additional fees may apply)
Registration
To book a workshop for yourself or your group, contact us for available dates and information. We have a 3-person minimum and an 12 person maximum for all workshops. A participating adult must accompany children under the age of 16.
10 day pre-registration and a non-refundable deposit of 25% of the course fee is required for each workshop/event per participant.
Private workshops are available at a daily minimum of $275. Contact us for details.
Rates
To book Jeff for a speaking engagement the fee is $275/day; plus travel expenses and meals. If you would like to hire Jeff for a multi-day event accommodations are in addition to fees and travel.
To book Shannon for a speaking engagement the fee is $200/day; plus travel expenses and meals.
If you are a non-profit organization or a public school please contact us to discuss rates.
Liability
Because of the nature of the training that we provide and the environment in which we provide it, there is a small but real 
chance of injury. Therefore, before the start of each course all participants are required to sign an Acknowledgement of Risk form.
A reasonable level of physical fitness by our customers is also required and assumed.
Remember that we are providing practical wilderness skills training in a wilderness environment. To remove all risk would be to remove the wilderness experience.
