Michael Downie
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About
Whether it's sending postcards from Newfoundland, spending 82 hours on Amtrak's California Zephyr train, or tracking polar bears in northern Canada, this Vancouver, British Columbia-based adventure traveler has plenty of fans: 290,000 followers on TikTok, 310,000 followers on Instagram, 1,000 on Twitter, and 750,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Before Fame
He worked as a transportation specialist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and then as a program coordinator at the Hearing Foundation of Canada before eventually putting his British Columbia Institute of Technology marketing degree to use at his DownieLive Media company in 2017.
Trivia
He's an ultimate frisbee player and coach.
Family Life
He watched a lot of Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs as a kid. And he's not to be confused for Michael Downie the other Canadian movie guy, who's a documentary filmmaker.
Associated With
He's gotten a lot of inspiration from YouTubers Peter McKinnon and Christian LeBlanc
