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Winterers' Gathering & Arctic Film Fest

Celebrate the crafts, customs, landscape, history and stories of winter travel and traditional life ways in the North.

Celebrate the crafts, customs, landscape, history and stories of winter travel and traditional life ways in the North. Featuring winter-centric coursework, a winter tent camp, gear swap, film festival, speakers, this is a classic event to welcome the season of white. We welcome Featured Speaker Jon Turk back to campus with new stories of adventure and reflections on the healing power of nature.

The Winterers' Gathering & Arctic Film Festival is a multi-day educational event that celebrates the crafts, customs, landscape, history and stories of winter travel and traditional life ways in the north. Winter travel enthusiasts and northern culture admirers merge on the North House campus for four days of winter travel seminars, courses and workshops complemented by multiple evenings of inspiring thought-provoking international films about arctic life. Additional online webinars take place November 2-16. See our website for the complete event schedule and details. 

The Winterers—or Les Hivernants as the early North American Voyageurs referred to them– were brave, experienced individuals who signed on after the summer’s end to work at winter outposts scattered throughout the ‘interior’ of North America. In respect for the skills, traditions and spirit of this devoted group, the annual Winterers' Gathering happens each year at the North House Folk School campus on the shore of Lake Superior.

Date & Time

Weekly on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Nov 19, 2021 through Nov 21, 2021

3:00PM - 3:00PM

Location

North House Folk School - Grand Marais, MN - 500 W Highway 61, PO Box 759, Grand Marais, MN, 55604 500 W Highway 61, PO Box 759 Grand Marais 55604 MN US

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Event Website

218-387-9762

Free!

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