A Sled Maker's Journal

We received the following note and these photos last week from a couple of happy customers who gave a toboggan as a gift this Christmas... Here are some photos of ‎my son, his wife and my granddau...

Our Sled Maker is busy this time of year. Extra busy. With orders for our Traditional Toboggans from the Canadian North, Freight Sled and Hand Toboggan enthusiasts reaching out as they begin to pla...

"This is a drawing about Grandpa going down on his toboggan he just made. My cousins and I are throwing snowballs at him while he is flying down Harren Mountain. Grandma is at the top, along with m...

My introduction to handcrafted toboggans and sleds came in about 1985, when my uncle, Fr. Raymond DesChenes of the Oblate Fathers of Winnipeg, Manitoba encouraged me to build toboggans for the Cana...

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 get cut and bailed due to wet weather throughout the haying season, a...

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 a nice break and time for outdoor projects. Like burning of...

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 of stocking wood for next winter’s h...

I guess I should eat a little crow. Hydraulic log splitters have been around for years and years I was pretty negative on them. I thought the expense of purchasing one was a waste of money. Just an...

This year a friend of Northern Toboggan & Sled purchased a downhill toboggan and donated it to The Sanneh Foundation's annual gala. The proceeds from the silent auction raised over $450,000 for...