Furnishings are restrained in nature but functional. A slightly modified retired oak library table acts as table,desk, workbench and elbow rest, it can also be a pillow, but one should take care to avoid the cow's skull, several sets of deer antlers and some interestingly shaped peeled branches (for a future project), before resting one's eyes.
Three metal and wood stacking chairs serve as seating, coffee tables, stepstools and coat racks. They were rescued, along with a dozen of their companions, from an overeager camp cleanup in the area. I also got a working "Pong" game and old wooden skis.
Wooden sliding- door cupboards from an old truck camper (courtesy the local recycling station, when it was called "the dump") are used for storage. A two burner propane camp stove gives heat for cooking. Candles and a kerosene lamp, along with the sun, provide what light is needed.
Steel army bunk beds, war surplus (from God knows what war, since they've been in my family for at least 45 years) against the south wall help add that certain neo-Stalag ambience so beloved of Unabombers and flakes of that ilk. Several strategically placed 3" nails partly pounded into the studs provide storage for clothing (or brooms, or canoe paddles , or saws).
Access to the loft is via a ladder of 2x4's nailed to the studs leading to a hole in the ceiling. Floor area is the same as the main floor and there is a large screened window at each gable end. Roof height is about four feet in the middle, (no late night basketball allowed).
A few steps to the south will take you to the new (July, 1999) Cookshack.
A short and pleasant stroll to the south-east leads to the "facilities", a 4'x4'
building (OSB comes in 4'x8' sheets remember) with a one hole bench installed opposite the entry
(and exit) door. It is well ventilated and airy (one of the boards was a bit short) but is as
comfortable in one season as in another. Full provisions are made for the business at hand. A toilet roll in an old coffee can, (squirrels), and a sufficient supply of matured newspapers for perusal (or emergencies). The door can be left open for nature contemplation should this be desired as the nearest neighbour in that direction lives about two miles away through dense bush (and probably wouldn't give a damn anyway).
Bufflehead Manor is located next to an open pit coal mine once operated by Transalta Utilities. The half mile of its southern edge borders on land which was strip mined in the 1960's and has been restored to farmable or recreational land. It has been granted reclaim status by the government and is no longer considered to be within the mining licence area. (East Pit Lake)