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Surreal Treetop Bubble Shelters

by Joe Mobley
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Published on Nov 21, 2015

In this video, we take a tour of the colourful and inspiring bubble shelters at the Canopée Lit eco-resort in Sacré Coeur, Québec. The bubbles are inflated with a fan system and are designed with a separate vestibule so that you can get in and out without deflating the structure.

The bubbles are placed on elevated wooden platforms to create the impression that you're in a treehouse. During the day, the clear domes offer panoramic views of the forest and wildlife, and at night, a view of the moon and stars.

This might not be a good long-term tiny house / housing solution but it's a very unique type of accommodation that we haven't seen anywhere else.

Each bubble has it's own dry toilet-style outhouse, a sink, and water jug for washing your hands. The main cabin, a 15 minute trail walk away, has wifi, board games, a patio and a cafe that serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and more!

Check out the Canopée Lit website if you're interested in learning more: www.canopee-lit.com

Thanks for watching!

Mat & Danielle

Very interesting.


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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Not a bad way to "camp" but I'm wondering how exactly "away" from anything you would be since there would always be others wandering around there, too. Beats the run of mill hotel, though - and more comfortable than camping.
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    • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Not a bad way to "camp" but I'm wondering how exactly "away" from anything you would be since there would always be others wandering around there, too. Beats the run of mill hotel, though - and more comfortable than camping.
      Yeah, whole buncha these bubbles up high in the trees gonna be a people-attractin' condominium.
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      • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
        Yes, rampant kids with knives, and the dream will be over!

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        • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
          Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

          Yes, rampant kids with knives, and the dream will be over!
          They said that about shopping malls, but the dream lives on...
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          • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
            Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

            They said that about shopping malls, but the dream lives on...
            Well, you know what they say about the three little pigs, and bubble houses!

            The big bad wolf, only needs to sink in one tooth and the three little pigs are skewed and roasted!

            Burst a bubble, and poke a pig!

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            • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
              Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

              Well, you know what they say about the three little pigs, and bubble houses!

              The big bad wolf, only needs to sink in one tooth and the three little pigs are skewed and roasted!

              Burst a bubble, and poke a pig!
              Hey, an' don't forget Little Red Ridin' Hood.

              I figure these bubbles gonna score higher than those dangly clifftop pods from a while back when it comes to red hoods an' ridin'.

              Meantime, wolves are so cool.

              They had a bad press down the years, but they are real good at what they do.

              Hyenas are similar, but they look weird, like hunchback clowns.

              Wolves have noble faces, an' I understand they are the ancestral/genetic blueprint for all dogs, even the stoopid ones.
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              • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
                Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

                Hey, an' don't forget Little Red Ridin' Hood.

                I figure these bubbles gonna score higher than those dangly clifftop pods from a while back when it comes to red hoods an' ridin'.

                Meantime, wolves are so cool.

                They had a bad press down the years, but they are real good at what they do.

                Hyenas are similar, but they look weird, like hunchback clowns.

                Wolves have noble faces, an' I understand they are the ancestral/genetic blueprint for all dogs, even the stoopid ones.
                I didn't want to mention ridin hood, since there is a 30 metre restraining order between her and the wolf.

                As the wolf has filed charges against ridin hood, saying that she gave inflammatory and racist remarks, (with all of that, big teeth, stuff).

                I won't even mention Grandma, but let's just say that she is in a safe house, and new identity!


                As for the three pigs, l can't discuss that, but they, (lawyers) are trying to get the Wolf off with third degree murder instead of manslaughter.

                Or plead temporary insanity, (you know, l bit the bubble house, because of a whopping cough, and skewed the three pigs and put them over an open fire, because l thought that they were pink elephants, usual stuff).

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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

          Yes, rampant kids with knives, and the dream will be over!
          Thank goodness they didn't mail the brochures to the "rampant kids with knives" list.
          They should also watch out for the "Ninja killers on crack, with swords and throwing stars" list.

          I'm glad we are here to straighten them out.

          Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

          Yes, good point, and more so, would you leave your kids in one of those things in summer?
          Probably not. I assume that Summer is three months long. From what I read, children would starve in that time. So, I wouldn't leave them there.

          In fact, if I were the one renting these Bubbles out..I think I would insist that the renters take their kids with them, when they leave.

          Personally, I think leaving your kids in a tree for the summer, is wrong....

          Especially rampant kids with knives.

          That's right, I'm taking a stand on this issue.
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          • Profile picture of the author Kurt
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            Thank goodness they didn't mail the brochures to the "rampant kids with knives" list.
            They should also watch out for the "Ninja killers on crack, with swords and throwing stars" list.

            I'm glad we are here to straighten them out.
            What about flying Martian porcupines?
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

              What about flying Martian porcupines?
              That's a trick question. Martian porcupines cannot fly.
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              • Profile picture of the author Kurt
                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                That's a trick question. Martian porcupines cannot fly.
                That's why they buy drones.
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                • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
                  I think you are confusing Martian Porcupines with their native Echidna, a spiny anteater that looks like a Porcupine. More appropriate as they are Mars-upials
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                  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
                    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                    I think you are confusing Martian Porcupines with their native Echidna, a spiny anteater that looks like a Porcupine. More appropriate as they are Mars-supials
                    I like echidnas. Top them with lots of cheese and sour cream, with some refrieds on the side. Nothing like good old Mexican food. Give Claude a few and he'll keep the bubbles inflated without needing to use an air pump.
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                  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
                    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                    I think you are confusing Martian Porcupines with their native Echidna, a spiny anteater that looks like a Porcupine. More appropriate as they are Mars-supials
                    Mark, a quiet word in your ear. There are no echidnas in Quebec. Not unless they're hopelessly lost anyway.
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          • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            Thank goodness they didn't mail the brochures to the "rampant kids with knives" list.
            Rampant kids with knives?!?!?!?

            What happened to traditional kids past-times like blowing stuff up all the time?
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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Looks cool, however my concern would be how prone to fires that bit of forest is.
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    • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      Looks cool, however my concern would be how prone to fires that bit of forest is.
      Gotta figure the bubble authorities would ban BBQs up there in inflato-land, but yeah, the more people you got in a forest, the more likely the trees gonna be incinerated.

      Force of nature got nuthin' on force of dumbo.
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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      Looks cool, however my concern would be how prone to fires that bit of forest is.
      And in summer time, you go from stinkin hot room to another stinkin hot room!

      Unless you came from the organic toilet then it would just be stinkin!

      I will pass!

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    • Profile picture of the author perryny
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      Looks cool, however my concern would be how prone to fires that bit of forest is.
      That's actually a pretty interesting observation.

      Remember a thread a little while back where we were talking about fresnel lenses - and that curved building that was melting parked cars on the street? (http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...l#post10428073)

      I wonder if it's possible for one of these bubbles to start a blaze if the sun hits it just right...
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      • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
        Originally Posted by perryny View Post

        That's actually a pretty interesting observation.

        Remember a thread a little while back where we were talking about fresnel lenses - and that curved building that was melting parked cars on the street? (http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...l#post10428073)

        I wonder if it's possible for one of these bubbles to start a blaze if the sun hits it just right...
        Yes, good point, and more so, would you leave your kids in one of those things in summer?

        If the blower is an air con, then it will probably be ok, but l guess unless there are Teslar wires up all of the trees, having multiple air con's going negates, the one with nature bit!

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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          You can bet your life that Claude's next feature will be called: "Surreal Stocking Top Bubblewrap SheMales"

          He gets a lot of ideas from the OT
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by perryny View Post

        That's actually a pretty interesting observation.

        Remember a thread a little while back where we were talking about fresnel lenses - and that curved building that was melting parked cars on the street? (http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...l#post10428073)

        I wonder if it's possible for one of these bubbles to start a blaze if the sun hits it just right...
        My guess is No. If they were filled with water, Yes. To create a lensing effect, the bubble would have to be solid, and transparent....or have the exact concentric ridges to create the lensing effect. I am basing this opinion on my years as a Super Ninja with sharp swords and Ninja stars....with rampant kids with knives.
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    Just don't tell anyone living in a bubble it was the Moops...


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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Quebec isn't a dry area.

    As I mentioned - how far away from everything, yadda yadda? Well - you can bet that there will be built paths that people aren't supposed to go off in their "forest experience" - and in dry conditions there will also be fire and smoking laws in effect. This is a "nature experience" -- not nature. It's corporately run land, and being that extreme dryness will ruin the forestry, and subsequently, the profit margin, you can bet that they have capability to water that whole area.
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    • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      This is a "nature experience" -- not nature.
      Yeah -- bet you can get pizza delivered.
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    Unzip the door on the bubble at night & they'll wake up in morning with a deflated pile of plastic, lmao.
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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Thank goodness they didn't mail the brochures to the "rampant kids with knives" list.
      They should also watch out for the "Ninja killers on crack, with swords and throwing stars" list.

      I'm glad we are here to straighten them out.
      Ninja killers on crack, is a short list!

      Probably not. I assume that Summer is three months long. From what I read, children would starve in that time. So, I wouldn't leave them there.

      In fact, if I were the one renting these Bubbles out..I think I would insist that the renters take their kids with them, when they leave.

      Personally, I think leaving your kids in a tree for the summer, is wrong....

      Especially rampant kids with knives.

      That's right, I'm taking a stand on this issue.
      What fun is rampant kids, unless they have knives?


      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      That's a trick question. Martian porcupines cannot fly.
      Hmmmm!

      Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

      I think you are confusing Martian Porcupines with their native Echidna, a spiny anteater that looks like a Porcupine. More appropriate as they are Mars-supials
      Thanks Lanfear, that was terrible!

      No, you are both wrong, Martian porcupines, can fly, but they have to science the s*** out of it, to do it!

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      • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Thank goodness they didn't mail the brochures to the "rampant kids with knives" list.
        They should also watch out for the "Ninja killers on crack, with swords and throwing stars" list.

        I'm glad we are here to straighten them out.
        Intuition tells me I am not gonna vacation here.

        No way am I bookin' a chillout fortnight in the leafy cloudscape if I gotta share it with a party of rampant kids with knives, Ninja killers on crack, flyin' marsupials of a spiny nature, Claude tryin' to asphyxiate himself with a noose of Mexican cuisine, drone-powered pizza delivery warfare, an' mebbe a posse of Silicon Valley's most dedicated serial gangbangers lookin' for a safer place to make with the action than a trio of pods hangin' offa a snake-infested clifftop.
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        • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
          Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

          Intuition tells me I am not gonna vacation here.

          No way am I bookin' a chillout fortnight in the leafy cloudscape if I gotta share it with a party of rampant kids with knives, Ninja killers on crack, flyin' marsupials of a spiny nature, Claude tryin' to asphyxiate himself with a noose of Mexican cuisine, drone-powered pizza delivery warfare, an' mebbe a posse of Silicon Valley's most dedicated serial gangbangers lookin' for a safer place to make with the action than a trio of pods hangin' offa a snake-infested clifftop.
          Not to mention the clowns in combi vans!

          They would be getting drunk and falling on it all night trying to see how far they fly?

          Send in the clowns, and the flyin' marsupials, and pizza, huggin drones may have to get out of the way?

          We may have to turn this into a novel?

          Well, childrens novel?

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          • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
            Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post


            Well, childrens novel?
            Ha!

            Kids're gonna love that sh*t.

            Too bad about the parents...
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            • Profile picture of the author Kay King
              Just got around to watching this video - and my reaction was totally different than it was for the "rooms" hanging on a cliff.

              My first reaction was positive and I do think it would be a beautiful view. But then I realized that much of what I like about wilderness camping or renting secluded homes or cabins for vacation is the view combined with the sounds of nature and the fresh air coming in through the windows.

              Interesting concept though.
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              • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
                Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

                My first reaction was positive and I do think it would be a beautiful view. But then I realized that much of what I like about wilderness camping or renting secluded homes or cabins for vacation is the view combined with the sounds of nature and the fresh air coming in through the windows.
                I hear muffled birdsong.

                Also, that kinda plastic smells weird when it heats up.
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                • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                  Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

                  I hear muffled birdsong.

                  Also, that kinda plastic smells weird when it heats up.
                  Note to self; The next inflatable sex doll I buy does not come with a heater.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
                    Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                    Note to self; The next inflatable sex doll I buy does not come with a heater.
                    What are you doin' buyin' sex dolls on your birthday?

                    You should be inundated with inflatables.

                    An' I figure you deserve one with propellors an' some kinda barbecue feature so you can grill steaks while ur lettin' the air out.
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