Pioneer Or Squatter Youtuber S Cabin Sparks Fight Over Canada S Wilderness Canada

“Get a gold mine,” he told viewers on his YouTube channel. “Everyone has heard of all this gold up there. You must be curious – what is really going on up there? Can I show up with all these things and end up having a gold mine? I think so.” For the past two years, Clarke has struggled with the bitter cold and ruthless mosquitoes of the northern forests as he built a new home in northern Canada, recording his survival on regular YouTube updates. But now he is facing a new enemy: a frustrated government trying to oust him from his home in Ensley Creek, south of Dawson City. Map of Yukon Canada Yukon’s most famous poet once described the area as “unpopular and immovable”, but despite its enormous scale, the local government says people can not just show up on a forest glade and build houses without permits. Since last year, officials have been trying to persuade Clarke and another self-proclaimed champion, Simon Tourigny, to leave. The area says they are illegally occupying public land and have defied orders to evacuate. They are now asking the court to intervene. Hailing from Newfoundland, Clarke runs a popular YouTube channel called “Skote outdoors”, which recorded his 2020 voyage on the Yukon River to bet on a mining claim and a real seminar on a log cabin. The videos show him cutting trees and cutting notches in the trunks. “This is the real dream for me here right now,” he says in a video as he speeds along a snowy landscape in a snowmobile. “It’s a good life out here. Everyone told me it would be a real fight. And it… But the difficult moments are largely offset by the good moments “. His videos often receive nearly 10,000 views – and the government has used his social media post as evidence against him. Wind River, Yukon Territory. Photo: Peter Mather / Peter Mather; www.petermather.com The site claims Clarke had errors in his claim and mining license – and says officials saw no evidence of mining from YouTuber. “Even if Mr Clarke had honestly and correctly bet on the claim, it would not have given Mr Clarke power under [Placer Mining Act] “or any other Yukon law to build a cabin on the Site for his permanent residence,” the government said in a statement. In an email to a land administrator, Clarke says the fight involves more than one wooden hut. “I do not consider myself an offender, but a guardian or administrator of the land,” he wrote. Clarke did not respond to a request for comment. While his videos highlight Clarke’s isolation – the second season of his show is called Alone in the Yukon – his cabin is less than a mile from Simon Tourigny’s cabin, as well as those of two other squatters. Tourigny, who sees himself as learning the “old skills” of descent, arrived in the area in 2016 and admits he does not have valid licenses to occupy the land. But like Clark, he has no intention of leaving. Instead of dealing with regulations and building codes, Tourigny used a more abstract defense, arguing in an article last year that his values ​​were under attack. “What part of what we do is ‘unauthorized’?” Our cabins or our way of life? “They will not say, either because they do not know or because the truth can not be admitted,” Tourigny wrote in the Yukon News. “Are we not allowed to be in the forest?” Eye Clark. Photo: YouTube Tourigny, whom the Guardian has been unable to reach, says he and others “just took responsibility for our lives” and “are literally living the dream of millions”. The letter sparked a heated debate in the Yukon, with a subsequent letter from a resident calling Tourigny’s allegations “crying, quarrelsome, self-righteous.” Both Tourigny and Clarke have built their cabins on the land of the First Nation Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. While Tourigny claimed that “Every native I have met seems to really appreciate what I do”, the band has not made any public comment about its presence on earth. No case has been heard in court yet, but the territorial government is asking both Tourigny and Clarke to leave the land – and not be able to settle anywhere else in the territory without prior permission. In his editorial, Tourigny suggests that he is not willing to back down. “We are waiting to be arrested and forcibly taken to court to be brought before a judge, the last person in the long line of people who refuses to listen to us where they are waiting for fines or imprisonment.”

title: “Pioneer Or Squatter Youtuber S Cabin Sparks Fight Over Canada S Wilderness Canada " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-04” author: “Debra Perry”

“Get a gold mine,” he told viewers on his YouTube channel. “Everyone has heard of all this gold up there. You must be curious – what is really going on up there? Can I show up with all these things and end up having a gold mine? I think so.” For the past two years, Clarke has struggled with the bitter cold and ruthless mosquitoes of the northern forests as he built a new home in northern Canada, recording his survival on regular YouTube updates. But now he is facing a new enemy: a frustrated government trying to oust him from his home in Ensley Creek, south of Dawson City. Map of Yukon Canada Yukon’s most famous poet once described the area as “unpopular and immovable”, but despite its enormous scale, the local government says people can not just show up on a forest glade and build houses without permits. Since last year, officials have been trying to persuade Clarke and another self-proclaimed champion, Simon Tourigny, to leave. The area says they are illegally occupying public land and have defied orders to evacuate. They are now asking the court to intervene. Hailing from Newfoundland, Clarke runs a popular YouTube channel called “Skote outdoors”, which recorded his 2020 voyage on the Yukon River to bet on a mining claim and a real seminar on a log cabin. The videos show him cutting trees and cutting notches in the trunks. “This is the real dream for me here right now,” he says in a video as he speeds along a snowy landscape in a snowmobile. “It’s a good life out here. Everyone told me it would be a real fight. And it… But the difficult moments are largely offset by the good moments “. His videos often receive nearly 10,000 views – and the government has used his social media post as evidence against him. Wind River, Yukon Territory. Photo: Peter Mather / Peter Mather; www.petermather.com The site claims Clarke had errors in his claim and mining license – and says officials saw no evidence of mining from YouTuber. “Even if Mr Clarke had honestly and correctly bet on the claim, it would not have given Mr Clarke power under [Placer Mining Act] “or any other Yukon law to build a cabin on the Site for his permanent residence,” the government said in a statement. In an email to a land administrator, Clarke says the fight involves more than one wooden hut. “I do not consider myself an offender, but a guardian or administrator of the land,” he wrote. Clarke did not respond to a request for comment. While his videos highlight Clarke’s isolation – the second season of his show is called Alone in the Yukon – his cabin is less than a mile from Simon Tourigny’s cabin, as well as those of two other squatters. Tourigny, who sees himself as learning the “old skills” of descent, arrived in the area in 2016 and admits he does not have valid licenses to occupy the land. But like Clark, he has no intention of leaving. Instead of dealing with regulations and building codes, Tourigny used a more abstract defense, arguing in an article last year that his values ​​were under attack. “What part of what we do is ‘unauthorized’?” Our cabins or our way of life? “They will not say, either because they do not know or because the truth can not be admitted,” Tourigny wrote in the Yukon News. “Are we not allowed to be in the forest?” Eye Clark. Photo: YouTube Tourigny, whom the Guardian has been unable to reach, says he and others “just took responsibility for our lives” and “are literally living the dream of millions”. The letter sparked a heated debate in the Yukon, with a subsequent letter from a resident calling Tourigny’s allegations “crying, quarrelsome, self-righteous.” Both Tourigny and Clarke have built their cabins on the land of the First Nation Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. While Tourigny claimed that “Every native I have met seems to really appreciate what I do”, the band has not made any public comment about its presence on earth. No case has been heard in court yet, but the territorial government is asking both Tourigny and Clarke to leave the land – and not be able to settle anywhere else in the territory without prior permission. In his editorial, Tourigny suggests that he is not willing to back down. “We are waiting to be arrested and forcibly taken to court to be brought before a judge, the last person in the long line of people who refuses to listen to us where they are waiting for fines or imprisonment.”