A Sled Maker's Journal

As the weather warms, it's time to think about storing your sled until next season. By passing on these storage tips from generation to generation,...

Even the best handcrafted wooden toboggans require small modifications and repairs. From refurbishing the finish to replacing tired and loosened ropes, we have proven, centuries-old...

We received an email the other day from one of our winter friends. They posed a question we often hear: “Now that spring is here,...

Folks who’ve been to the Northern Toboggan Co. website are aware of our primary product line of wooden toboggans and wooden sleds. Those who have...

The fire a few weeks back was primarily to clear the hay meadow of the dead grass left from the year before. That meadow didn’t...

In the springtime and early summer there isn’t much going on around the shop as far as building wooden toboggans and freight sleds. It is...

Building wooden toboggans requires a suite of tools. Some powered, and some very basic. Last post I discussed the latest “powered” addition to my spring project...

My introduction to toboggan making and the Traditional Toboggans and Sleds of Northern Canada began nearly two years before I met Milton Chaboyer of Thompson,...

Before the Europeans came to Northern Canada, living on the land was difficult or at least more difficult than today. Many of the people where...