This man is the type of person kids need to be idolizing and learning from.

This is the best KZfaq channel out there. No fake mumbo jumbo. No asking to like and subscribe every two minutes. Shawn you are awesome

Wow!! Is there anything this man can't do?? He protects his family and dog. It seems like that is his first priority. As it should be!!! He is a hunter, a fisherman, a builder, a garderer, a plumber and a good cook. And a lot of other things. It's overwhelming to see this great man that God has created.

Does my heart good to see Cali fetching and swimming in the water, I was worried about her after her heat stroke but she seems fine now and probably the most happy dog on the planet.

This mans productivity is unbelievable. What a great dog and friend

This is what Friday is all about.

This is so satisfying to watch someone create something out of nothing. I shouldn’t say nothing because nature is a beautiful canvas.

Shawn you are the perfect example of Actions Speak Louder Than Words, and Don't Talk About It Just Do It, and Just Like Noah Taking On Big Projects And Completing Them That Seem Overwhelming At First But Faith And Perseverance Prevail !!!

Nothing but the songs of birds and snuffling of dog to keep you company. Perfect.

So nice to see all that work being done and not getting tired . Your the type of guy that deserves a knighthood ,not the riff raff that already earn a fortune.

the bit where Cali walks in and Shawn says, ''hey..do you wanna go swimming?'' and Cali is lookin at Shawn as if to say, 'well yeah Shawn, that's what I came to see ya about, I mean, you been workin hard hammerin and diggin all day, it's hot and I know where there is a lake nearby and I think you need some time off too, so yeh, lets take the rest of the day off and go swimming eh. Cali, pure gold!

When Cali is running to the lake and her tail is wagging and then she makes the leap in......rendered a little tear feeling the joy of that dog!!

Shawn great to see you back cooking outside and being able to get your herbs from the greenhouse and Cali supervising both your work and cooking Great to see you both Take care and God Bless 🇨🇮

I'm LITERALLY in love with that dog ! Such a lovely soul !

Shawn has to be one of the hardest workers on u tube,and everything he builds is perfection. The three room basement is coming along quite nicely. Your bear pot roast looked delicious.

In my human mind, I can not imagine if this area is this beautiful, how dying and going to heaven can be more beautiful!! But I know it is! What that kind of beauty must look like!!! May the Lord watch over you as you create your paradise on earth and keep you safe and healthy!

Wow, the building is really coming along. If that is just the basement, the final building is going to be quite a different scale to the original. hugely inspiring.

How can anybody not have utmost respect, one word discribes this man's efforts, indefatigable. Compulsive viewing.

Beautiful place you live in, unbelievable. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. The time and effort you had to put into building the basement all by your self. The size of the beams you drug in, the charring, the heavy walls. Hard to believe all you accomplish alone. I'm watching this on Saturday evening. My back is aching, I have been building a chicken coop using boards I have had covered and stored from other projects since 2019. Blessing that I have them with the price of wood. The coop is so over built but I had to use what I had. I have 4 lower vertebrae fused and 2- 9 inch rods along my spine. I was an RN but all the many years of abuse lifting and moving patients and equipment finally took their tole in 2015, I turned 68 this year. I do what I can but I see what you accomplish and I am so proud of you as I know your wife and children are. Happy Fathers day Shawn my friend and blessings to you and your family.

I was fascinated with the old site builds but this new place is even better. So educational as well as beautifully shot. Thanks!

As hard as he has worked on both the previous homestead and this new place, he definitely deserves a vacation and ALL THE BEST! MANY people can learn a lot just by watching Shawn!

May heaven and earth keep you safe along the sturdy rocks of creation for the rest of your years.

Question: What do you call an aggressive bear? Shawn James: Dinner.

I can not imagine how one man can accomplish all you have in the time in a day. Canadian days have 24 hours as the US? Right? I watch and marvel at the things you do. No power tools, etc. Just to get one log from tree to cabin are hours. Your work is outstanding. I come from a family of builders and always had an interest. Too late in my life to start any building but I enjoy just watching you. With your talents it is wonderful your life was at a point you can use your talents. I watch your cooking. Coming from a much different place I’m not so sure I would enjoy your meals but you are the one that counts. Build on! Oh! I’m a big dog lover so I really enjoy Cali. Glad to see you talking to her and loving her. She is such a good companion.

I had to send my sweet, sweet Bear to the Rainbow Bridge to wait for me last week. She looked like Cali. So when I watch you two it reminds me of her. Great segment!! Take care ,stay safe and stay healthy!!!

To the James family; May the beautiful land you love and care for always be a source of enjoyment. Just please keep your amazing videos coming for we who find ourselves landlocked here in suburbia.

I’m a simple man, when I see the wilderness and a golden retriever, I click, sit back and enjoy.

You will never get old as long as you live in nature

You're a very hard worker and that's why you're able to do all the work at 5 men. I'm very proud of you.😇

Been watching since the beginning, and I know this sounds simple, but I'm just always super impressed by how you just know how to do everything. Like... every single thing is done the RIGHT way.

My escape !! Thankyou … how life is truly meant to be and will be one day 🙏

I am forever astonished with what one man can get accomplished and though your last place was nothing short of impressive.. this new place is really going to blow some minds when you get it all put together. That is just one beautiful piece of property.

Good morning, Mr. James! You're making a ton of progress. The sawmill is probably your best friend nowadays. The bear stew looked good enough to eat. 😃 You've learned a lot from your other builds. The new cabin seems like you've done more entailed planning. Miss Cali always brings a smile for me. Best regards to all!

Watching you build things is like watching an artist paint a picture. It doesn't like much and then like magic it is finished. I love trying to figure out why you are doing things and then seeing the finished project. Thank you for your efforts.

This guy has it all. Tough as hell. Great mind , great drive. I'm inspired by him. He set out on a mission and never gave up. Reminds me of my dad who built a " berm home "upstate NY. He had nothing but a small generator and a circular saw. He built a beautiful home. This guy rocks. Very proud of him.

I love these episodes where I feel like we're making a puzzle without the picture on the box.

You never cease to amaze me Shawn. This homestead is definitely benefiting from your experience with the last one. Everything is more intricate,& efficient. I’m so looking forward to the finished product. Love the way you work hard,& take time to play,& relax with Cali. Stay safe,& healthy.💯❤️👍🏾😀🙋🏽‍♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸

Just curious...do you ever feel overwhelmed? If so, how do you refocus and steady the course? Thanks for today's video!

All I could think of is Sam Elliot saying, "Sometime you ear the Bear, and sometimes the bear, he eats you" A fun and useful idea, is to put down flat rocks on your most common routes and sow as many different kinds of thyme around them. It will keep the pests down on your paths, when you walk on it it smells great, and the stuff that goes out the sides you can pick, if you are feeling bold ;) Love following the journey as always, thanks for sharing.

I honestly can not imagine how over 300 people at this time have down voted this!! Truly one of the best channels out there. Thank you for all of the wonderful content!!

Your workmanship is awesome. Enjoying this build of your cabin.

Everyone: OMG SNAKE! Shawn: Dinner!

I can't wait to see the finished product and Cali has grown old now.

It's very interesting to see the plans and the progress that you make from one video to the next! I know that Cali gets a lot of "fan mail" and I'm a big fan of her myself! The thing I love most about Cali is that almost no matter what she's doing, her tail is wagging. She's a happy soul and she often steals the show with her wanderings and her playfulness as you toil with your project in the videos. I do wonder though if in her wanderings she has ever been threatened by an angry bear or a wolf pack or a venomous serpent? There are some awful videos on KZfaq of wolves attacking domestic dogs. I assume Cali is spayed so that she doesn't attract trouble with her scent. When she suffered recently from heat stroke, my first thought was that she was bitten by something venomous! So glad that you correctly identified and rectified the problem! I love to watch sweet, playful Cali!

Perfect Friday with Cali and co-star Shawn James... Magnificent work Shawn on the new place.

Fixing the logs to finish the basement framework is a spectacular start for the 🏡

The basement will provide a new level of comfort. There is so much stuff you can do with it. Very good decision, Shawn. It good that you had a reason to start over. I think your wife will like the new cabin also much more cause now you know how to build it "female-friendly" :-)

Wow! This is amazing! A lot of people nowadays consider living away from the city and build their own cabin. We will send this video to our customers to get nice ideas.

Shawn, I have so enjoyed watching you over the last few years. It is amazing watching you create ideas and carry them through. The love and devotion you have for your family shows in every project you carry out. Thank you for sharing this part of your life with all of us. This new site is so beautiful and peaceful. I love watching Cali too. May the Lord bless and watch over you and your family.

Hello Shawn. It was great to see the basement structure coming together... Take care. Paul,,

Je suis française et vous regarder,suivre vos projets est un moment de pure détente. Très admirative de ce que vous réalisez ,vous êtes Si juste dans cette démarche Bravo. Caresse à Cali

The only thing more hardcore than the guys on Discovery Channel doing crazy stuff, is the guy right behind him doing the same thing but also operating a television grade camera. Then there's Shawn James, filling both roles, while also being the star of his own show! (just kidding Kali is clearly the star)

I love your channel. I enjoy watching you transform raw land into a functional and efficient homestead. I also appreciate all the Cali footage.

Awesome video man I’m only 16 but you’re inspiring me so much this is my dream to own my own land and build a house on it just wanted to say keep up the great work man

All i see is a Man at Peace ,Living Life, building Things with his own 2 hands, depending on himself, NOT WORRIED ABOUT COVID. How i desire such a life.

One of the first things I taught my dog as a puppy was to swim, and all his life, he loved coming with me on canoe and fishing trips. Thank you so much for your hard work and bringing these images from the beautiful wilderness to us.

I just love how you give us beautiful, peaceful, nature video at the end of the video.

I can see we are well on our way to getting the homestead up and running. Looking absolutely fantastic already, shawn. I couldn't be more excited for you, to see the progress you've already made. I'm truly very pleased. The old cabin, sauna, forest kitchen, etc, is only a memory already. God bless all your effort and hard work. UK.

Your videos are so wholesome, like chicken soup to the soul. Your hard hard work, Cali and that beautiful place you call home is wonderful to watch. Just thought I'd thank you for that, Shawn

You deserve every one of the 1.82m subscribers. Gorgeous rocky shores and land with the wispy clouds on a blue sky in the background. Amazing work, as always. Thank you for sharing your life with us.

You never fail to amaze me with all the things you achieve single handed! And such a beautiful place to live. Thanks again for all the videos 👏😁🇬🇧

Just amazingly awesome building everything by yourself, and the beautiful landscape that mother nature provides for us. Shanw thanks for sharing your lifes journey, take are my friend stay safe god bless.

Even after watching your blog from the beginning, I am still amazed at what you can do. Bear stew looked VERY inviting, Cali's leap into the lake made my day!!!! Project looks great, please protect your back. Give Cali a BIG SMOOCH from Mike & Ronnie. GOD BLESS

This has probably been said before, but you have the best soundtracks to your videos of just nature and the tasks at hand! Hope the new build is going great for you!

Thank Got its My Self Reliance Day I always watch this to see how God richly blesses and gives me hope to stay in His good will.

Good Friday Shawn & Cali 🐕! That manual water pump bringing back my childhood memories. Which was our main source of the drinking water and other things. 👍🏞🏡🌅

My shot of tranquility during my stressful job.

Love how quickly your vegetarian life has evolved. Your video’s have given me a tremendous amount of peace; God bless you my Canadian friend.

I sure love the beautiful pictures you show of nature.

Just what I needed. Love the atmospheric scenic shots.

The deer sleeping, the yucky snake, the turtle! I love that! It looked like a duck family in the clouds at the end. The scenery is beautiful. Im glad you took care of the bear before it hurt someone. I wish we knew what had happened. Thats some hot dirty work you did. The plants are taking off and it looks like the marigolds are doing there job as well as they are pretty. The meal looked great, but I couldn’t eat bear! My granddaughter is patiently waiting saying wheres Cali? Then screams there he is! Theres Cali, he’s a dog! That water was so clear I bet its nice to enjoy. Thank you Shawn for another wonderful video. Your new home will be amazing.

I love these videos. I find serenity, peace, and solace by watching them...The nature sounds are relaxing. Cali is the lovely touch.

A another great video in the wilderness thank you One of the most incredible videos that I have Watched🐕🇺🇸

Nice work that cabin is going to be something else !

I have never seen a work ethic as solid as yours Shawn. I am mesmerized by your pace, skill, energy, creativity and survival seems like just another day for you. I wish I had seen your videos 10 or so years ago when my spouse and I went off grid. We did it, it appears, the hard way when as hard as you work, your way would have been much easier in terms of progress, solidity, satisfaction and I imagine, financially. You are amazing. Your wife must be a happy person knowing what strong, good hands she and the children are in with you. God bless. thanks so much, for every video.

Awe inspiring Silence is Golden and the Majesty of your surroundings gives us all who view pause. Thank you Shawn for sharing. God bless be safe. Jim

You scope it out, chop it down, drag it, mill it, drag it again, dig a hole, build the fire to partially burn it, fix your meals, drag it again, hammer and nail. Crossfit has nothing on you. You could make money and have free labor labeling it as exercise lol You're family must be so proud of you.

Great to see the cellar coming on nicely. Mrs James will be happy with the storage for food for the winters.

@14:14 The capture/picture of a young buck sleeping deserves some awards! Awesome job on that.

I love the section were you asked Cali if she wanted to go swimming then continued to dig so she stepped in the way. Trusting you to stop. Beautiful moment!😍

The best notification one can receive. Thank you so much. Cali living the dream! :)

What a treat every time I see your videos! You are an inspiration! I've bought the land, all I need now, is the build! I hope I can get it done THIS year!! Truly inspiring! Beautiful...

I love watching you build your homestead, beautiful scenery, can't wait to see, what it will look like! Anyone else wondering if his wrist hurt after all that hammering? Would love to see a live Q/A video 💕💖this channel 🏚🐕

I love the sound of a good hammer strike on a nail head ... what a pleasure watching your craftsmanship ... I 👍👍👍

Respect, envious, amazing. I would love to live that life.

Now THIS is what I've been hungering for! Wow, just love seeing it come into shape. It looks hot there, Shawn. Hope all is well with you, Cali and the family. Pace yourself!

Callie is having wat too much fun..never really noticed before, but your fly overs show how the glaciers have scraped the rock..amazing power..thanks for these updates,

I remember stumbling onto this channel shortly after the pandemic started. The episode was Alone With My Dog In an Ice storm. I watched for a few minutes and listening to the silence and thought to myself this doesn't seem very interesting...Just this guy building stuff silently with his dog. I watched a few more minutes and then my inner voice told me to keep watching, so I did. To date I have gone back and watched every video Shawn has done and some of them 3 times. I now count the days for the new videos, short or long I watch them with much enjoyment. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say this guy is a gift and these videos heal the soul and I feel I am a better person from them. I now pay very close attention to what my inner voice tells me.....Thanks Shawn

I guess we witness the making of the first off grid highrise in the world💪 (Yeah!! 😊)

Finally, it seems as if I had been waiting for an upload, forever. I was getting withdrawal symptoms, constantly checking for an update... So pleased. I hope it had rain much liquid blessing for you, and you have water in abundance now. Thank you Shawn, for my Friday fix👍UK. SNAKE... YIKES!!

You know i sometimes forget how much thinki g about the shot and position ing. Of the camera goes into all this perfection for us. Then it suddenly occurs to me. Aww perfect shot thanks Shawn for all the extras. Thank You!

The pay off from a day of Hard work is a great meal ❤️❤️

Coming along nicely.

I really enjoy watching both your channel’s. Thank you for being authentic and motivating. You’re an inspiration to me... for sure!

Sometimes, one gets lucky and stumbles onto greatness. That's what it's like to have discovered this channel. Every single week . Simply wonderful. Thank you.

So peaceful. I live hearing those birds, no need for background audio.

I love Cali!! ❣

I can't express how much I love your videos Shawn. I.. Yeah, they're great!

Why does everyone mostly just talk about the dog? Meanwhile this giant of men is making legendary stuff. Less than 5 percent of men out there are capable of doing what Shawn is doing. His talent stack is nothing less than incredible.

I've said it before and I'll say it again... this is the best channel I have ever seen. I live in rural Minnesota. My family has been blessed by finding a beatiful little 35 acres between two lakes with fish, waterfowl, deer, turkeys, maples that have produced delicious syrup, oaks and so much more. I bought a canvas tent and did some winter camping (even during the polar vortex) this year. We can't afford it yet, but hopefully in the near future we will be able to build a small, rustic, off-grid cabin in the woods close to the lakes. We have apple trees and want to do a garden eventually, and wildlife food plots too. It's been a ton of work, but I've never done anything that feels more rewarding. We plan on planting at least a few hundred more trees to improve the habitat even further. Your videos have inspired so many ideas that I have shared with my family and I have to give you a lot of the credit, Shawn. We have always been an avid outdoor sports family, but with me and my brothers all growing our own families I have become even more driven to create something even a little similar to what you have done. I can't wait to watch this new homestead continue to grow and inspire. Also, your videos bring me peace I sometimes need after working in this crazy world we live in now. I work with incredible men and women in law enforcement and many of us cannot handle watching the lies and false narratives on tv anymore. Thank you for giving us something beatiful to watch when so much of our time is spent in some of the ugliest parts of this world. No politics, no crime, no riots, just a beatiful view into a beatiful life. You are an amazing artist in so many different ways! Thank you for sharing this with us.