Video & Photos about the Project

Philosopher of the Forest – Trailer

Sam & Giny’s Island home

We were able to spend a week recently filming at Sam & Giny’s home. I know many of you have longed to actually see what has been created in your minds eye through Sam’s writings. Below are some pictures of the lake, home & island — Enjoy! [Click on any image for a larger view]

The Cabin

The Studio

Cabin on the Mainland

Sam’s Desk

Sam’s Typewriter

The Phonograph

The Fireplace

The Boathouse

Early Morning Canoe Trip

A Peaceful Morning Lake

Wegimind Point

Bench on the North Side of the Island

Loons

Sunrise over the lake

The Cabin at Night

Postcards, posters & advertisements for Sam Campbell’s programs.

Quotable

"One of the inexplicable things in nature, at least to our present limited understanding, is the strange faculty of instinct found in both animals and men. In men instinct has been smothered and lost in self-consciousness and, with questionable benefit at times, compromised with reason."One of the inexplicable

"The biggest compliment is to tell someone that they are perfectly natural." Too Much Salt and Pepper‚ pg. 252The biggest compliment is

"I am often led to speculate on the evidence of Divine design there is even in the small events of our lives." Tippy Canoe and Canada Too‚ pg. 157I am often led

"Sometimes, in the important matters of forgiveness and returning good for evil, our forest brethren are more obedient than we are."Sometimes, in the important

"How values change. A week ago these things (gas rations stamps) were more valuable to me then gold notes. Now they aren't even good wastepaper!" A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too‚ pg. 158How values change

"There are few living things whose purpose in the great scheme cannot be clearly seen if we get rid of our fears and think wisely." Tippy Canoe and Canada Too‚ pg. 71There are few living

"A childhood has another quality which we really should never surrender. It clings to no yesterdays." A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too‚ pg. 166A childhood has another

"One need never be lonely in the great outdoors. There is satisfying companionship to be found among forest folk when we are worthy."One need never be

"When a wealth of heavenly good is wrapped up in that one word, friend. It gets interwoven one way or another with everything that is right and desirable in life."When a wealth of

"The greatest comfort mingled with the greatest volume of natural beauty, to my thought is a night in a sleeping bag in the wilderness area of the north." A Tippy Canoe and Canada Too pg. 180The greatest comfort mingled