AdVENTURES
Following his university studies in history, Billy Rioux founded a practice directed towards exploration, nature and history. This approach is in line with ancestral techniques, such as cooking over a fire or using period tools. Moreover, he is one of the few in Quebec to practice Bushcraft, the art of using nature’s resources to shelter and improve one’s comfort in all seasons, with the least amount of material possible.
It is his adventures, for over twenty years Billy Rioux combine ancestral practices, survival methods and exploration. A true adventurer, he took on the challenge of going to the end of his curiosity, as he continues to do in his books and his current researches. Whether through writing or teaching, he has passed on his passion to more than 60,000 young people across Canada at conferences, to listeners of more than 100 major Canadian media outlets, as host of a television series or as a consultant for award-winning television series.
Here are some of his most notable expeditions, shared through his books, videos and medias :
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Klondike 2006
Crossing the famous Chilkoot Trail (Alaska), building a raft on which he sailed for a month on the Yukon River to recreate the journey of the adventurers of the Klondike Gold Rush (1897)
Log Cabin 2012
Construction of a replica log cabin with hand tools. He lives there for 1 year without water or electricity to reconstitute the way of life of the Quebec pioneers in a rural area (1850)
Wooden Boat 2011
Construction of a replica of a the “Batteau plat” of New France on which he sailed for two weeks on the St. Lawrence River to recreate the voyage of the botanist Pehr Kalm (1749)
Bark Canoe 2013
Construction of a replica of a spruce bark canoe on which he sailed for 2 weeks on the rivers of James Bay to re-enact the voyage of the Hudson’s Bay Company agents (1870)