Living in Sasquatch Country with Marie-France Roy

Screen Shot 2015-11-24 at 11.17.11 PMMarie-France Roy is a pro snowboarder, that is living the dream… as if being paid to travel the world and snowboard isn’t enough. Marie-France Roy has sculpted her own house out of mud on Vancouver Island’s remote West Coast.

When I crack my eggs they are still warm!

off grid mud house She has a little cob cabin just outside the fishing village of Ucluelet on the western edge of Vancouver Island. It’s a fantasy forest. Sasquatch country. A wild place. She’s got chickens, a greenhouse and enough firewood for the winter.

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The locals call Ucluelet “You-Ki”. If you thought Tofino was small… that’s the big city compared to Uki!

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There are two houses on the land, the one she’s living in now, and the cob house she’s almost finished building. For the uninitiated, a cob house is like a normal house only it’s built with mud. Well, more specifically sand, clay and straw.
off grid mud house

I believe she learned to build her cob house from the MugGirls also on Vancouver island, but don’t quote me on that.

 

MTN Life Design featuring Marie-France Roy

Director / Editor
Liam Gallagher

Co-Director / Producer
Susie Floros

Producer
Kyle Kennedy

Music:
“Smokqueed” by Dr. Dankenstein

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1 Response

  1. Margy Lutz says:

    They must seal the mud on the outside with something to repel all the rain. I see they also take advantage of all the big waves on the West Coast for surfing. – Margy