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Each week a new form of housing is explored through the reconstruction using original tools, technology, etc. by parties in origional dress. Did the house go up with a "bee" or was it the result of the work of the settlers of the land: husband and wife. What were the challenges; the dangers; the advantages.
Exploration of why a particular style was chosen would go to the materials available, the climate, the country of origin of the settlers, the skills requirted.
What did they live in while they were erecting their home? How long did the wood have to season; the ice to freeze; the sod to reach an acceptable length. For instance, families often dug out the basement and lived there until the wood was ready (perhaps a year or two) or to be able to afford the work of the sawmill's owner.
There were stone masons, plaster masons, skilled tradesmen who travelled, offering their services; when did that happen and how?
The program would look, coast to coast, at the accommodation erected by the origional settlers, inhabitants, of Canada.
For example...
Aboriginals: Igloos, tepees, etc.
Europeans: log cabins, sod shacks, stone houses
Alastair
Exploration of why a particular style was chosen would go to the materials available, the climate, the country of origin of the settlers, the skills requirted.
What did they live in while they were erecting their home? How long did the wood have to season; the ice to freeze; the sod to reach an acceptable length. For instance, families often dug out the basement and lived there until the wood was ready (perhaps a year or two) or to be able to afford the work of the sawmill's owner.
There were stone masons, plaster masons, skilled tradesmen who travelled, offering their services; when did that happen and how?
The program would look, coast to coast, at the accommodation erected by the origional settlers, inhabitants, of Canada.
For example...
Aboriginals: Igloos, tepees, etc.
Europeans: log cabins, sod shacks, stone houses
Alastair
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