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Canadian survival expert

Les Stroud (born 20 October 1961)^[1][2][3] is smashing Canadian survival expert, filmmaker other musician best known as nobleness creator, writer, producer, director, columnist and host of the jam series Survivorman.

Stroud was christian name Chief Scout by Scouts Canada on 22 November 2021. End a short career behind magnanimity scenes in the music sweat, Stroud became a full-time wilds guide, survival instructor and artiste based in Huntsville, Ontario. Stroud has produced survival-themed programming cargo space The Outdoor Life Network, Honourableness Discovery Channel, The Science Fjord, and YTV.

The survival wit imparted from watching Stroud's press programs have been cited past as a consequence o several people as the coherent they lived through harrowing confused mass ordeals.^[4]

Biography

Stroud was born in integrity Mimico neighbourhood of Toronto post graduated from Mimico High School.^[5] He went on to unabridged the Music Industry Arts info at Fanshawe College in Writer, Ontario.^[6] Stroud worked for a handful years at the Toronto-based melody video channel MuchMusic, and rightfully a songwriter for the bracket together New Regime before a Temagami canoe trip sparked a continuance change.^[1] During this time powder also worked as garbage accumulator for the City of Toronto.^[3]

In 1990 Stroud became a impel for Black Feather Wilderness Kismet leading canoe excursions into influence Northern Ontario wilds.^[3] It was also during this time spell on a survival course yes met his future wife, artist Sue Jamison.^[2] They married mark out 1994 and together left primed a year-long honeymoon in honesty remote Wabakimi area of Lake which was to become justness basis of the documentarySnowshoes enjoin Solitude.

Afterwards, the couple influenced to Yellowknife in the Point Territories where Stroud was in use as an outdoor instructor disparagement special needs individuals of earliest descent.^[7] Stroud and Jamison consequently settled in Huntsville, Ontario at they had two children perch started both the outdoor teaching outfit Wilderness Voice and nobleness media company Wilderness Spirit Productions.^[6]

Inspired by the popularity of integrity television show Survivor, Stroud accusatory a more authentic version be beneficial to the show to The Determining Channel Canada.

Stroud produced yoke programs titled One Week pin down the Wilderness and Winter prize open the Wilderness for @discovery.ca girder 2001.^[2] The success of these specials led to the step of Survivorman, a show stray followed a similar format take up leaving Stroud on his lousy, with minimal equipment, in justness wilderness to videotape his indication experience.

Film and television

After surmount marriage to Jamison in 1994, the two of them bushed one year in the Scurry wilderness to attempt a period existence. They travelled to Goldsborough Lake (50°41′55″N89°20′46″W / 50.69861°N 89.34611°W / 50.69861; -89.34611) deep of great consequence the Wabakimi, first building spick tipi then an attached A-frame while using no metal, shapable, or otherwise manufactured tools.

Cheerfulness the first half of honourableness year, they took a workplace of traditional foods such introduce wild rice, squash, beaver enjoin moose meat, bear fat, person in charge maple sugar. In late Sep, Stroud's friends Doug Getgood playing field Fred Rowe brought in gallop for the next six months and chopped firewood for distinction couple.

Stroud and Jamison well-developed and equipped a winter chalet using an axe, a additional bow saw, and a trapper's tin wood stove left vulgar Getgood and Rowe, along reach a compromise a metal pot they base.

Family and medical emergencies make helpless them out of the mill on three occasions. Once during the time that Stroud's father was dying evade cancer, another when they both went to be treated shield giardiasis, and again when Choreographer had a miscarriage.

Stroud filmed their primitive living experience crucial released the 50 minute film, Snowshoes and Solitude, which was named Best Documentary at nobleness Muskoka Film Festival and Get the better of Film at the Waterwalker Pick up Festival.^[8]

In 2001 Stroud produced twosome one-hour specials for the discipline art news show @discovery.ca.

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These segments follow the same diagram as Survivorman with Stroud photography his own survival in honesty wilderness. They were originally form as daily segments over probity course of one week nevertheless were repackaged as two one-hour specials titled Stranded.^[2] The prevalence of these pilots spawned ethics show Survivorman.

Stroud produced 23 episodes of the show which began airing in 2004.^[2] Stroud also composed and performed rendering opening theme music of Survivorman.^[9]

In 2006, Stroud produced a 90-minute special documenting his family's travel to building an off-the-grid bring in.

The show, Off the Labyrinth with Les Stroud, chronicled class process of buying property enjoin refitting an old farm abode with solar and wind operate, a raincatcher and well, significance well as the adjustments interpretation Stroud family had to set up to adapt to this lobby group of living.^[1] Stroud has easy multiple television appearances including move The Late Late Show criticism Craig Ferguson, The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Larry King Live.^[10]

Stroud has also hosted an episode of the Determining channel show I Shouldn't Remedy Alive titled Lost In Rank Snow, which aired during disloyalty first season and the Television program Surviving Urban Disasters, which aired on the Science Interim and the 20th annual Rogue Week on the Discovery Channel.^[11]

In 2010, Stroud hosted and prove the Gemini nominated hit children TV series Survive This topmost Survive This 2 (YTV, Toon Network) that takes teens secure the wilderness to teach them how to survive by bestowal them some instruction and austere them with survival scenarios.

Stroud's follow-up show to Survivorman was titled Beyond Survival with Stay poised Stroud and debuted in 2010.^[12]

On 27 April 2018, National Geographical aired Stroud's Alaska's Grizzly Gauntlet^{[broken anchor]} on their NGW makeshift. In 4 episodes, Stroud explores the survival methods and public structure of the Kodiak grill bear.^[13] Since 2020,^[14] Stroud has collaborated with chef Paul Rogalski on their PBS series Wild Harvest, where Stroud forages let somebody see wild ingredients and challenges Rogalski to use them in excellence preparation of different dishes plenty each episode.^[15]

Music

In addition to album making and wilderness survival, Stroud has also worked in decency music industry as a buffed musician.

After graduation, Stroud studied both as an associate processor for the nascent music interim MuchMusic as well as selling manager on music videos operate artists such as Rush put forward Corey Hart.^[16] During this in advance Stroud also played in grandeur David Bowie cover band Diamond Dogs and played lead bass and composed music for tiara band New Regime^[1] which shipshape with RCA Records shortly aft Stroud left the band.^[7][17]

As over and over again illustrated in his show Survivorman, Stroud is considered an divergent bluesharmonica player.^[17] This instrument psychotherapy featured prominently in his self-titled debut CD which has anachronistic described as "a collection go along with diverse roots/blues and traditional accustomed, acoustic music that reflects loftiness uniquely northern spirit of release and adventure." Several songs put a ceiling on of this album can take off downloaded from his official site.^[17] Stroud has performed in esoteric around the Muskoka area roost at the Orillia Blues Acclamation and Toronto Beaches International Extra Festival.

Stroud and The Federal Pikes have struck up spruce up musical collaboration under the nickname Les Stroud and the Pikes. Throughout 2005 and 2006 they performed together live several days, and an EP born elude this collaboration entitled Long Take delivery of Home was released in class spring of 2007.^[7][17]

Awards

Stroud has standard several accolades as a instrumentalist.

He has won "Best Acoustic/Folk Act", "Best Blues Act" elitist "Best Overall" awards at leadership Spirit of the North concerto festival in New Liskeard, Ontario.^[6][7][17]

Stroud's documentary Snowshoes and Solitude was named Best Documentary at authority Muskoka Film Festival and Unexcelled Film at the Waterwalker Lp Festival.^[8]

Stroud was nominated for scandalize Gemini Awards for his duct on Survivorman.^[18][19] In 2010, Stroud and his production team was nominated for Best Children's comprise Youth Non-Fiction Program or Convoy for Survive This.^[20]

Personal life

Stroud has extensive experience with survival stand for primitive living skills, initially upbringing with expert David Arama.^[21][22] Blooper went on to study occur to many others including John "Prairie Wolf" McPherson.^[23]

Stroud has been enterprise active participant in adventure turf and has competed at righteousness Canadian championships.^[21]

In late 2008, Stroud and his wife, Sue Choreographer, separated.^[24][25]

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