Where Is William Larkham Jr. Now? Life After Winning Alone Season 11

Spoiler note: this post covers who won Alone season 11 and how his run ended.

William Larkham Jr. is the commercial fisherman from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador who won season 11 by lasting 84 days in the Mackenzie River Delta, roughly 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle near Inuvik. It's one of the more grounded winner stories in the franchise, and the record on what he's doing now is unusually solid for a recent season.

What actually won him the season

Where most contestants lean on a bow, Larkham's whole strategy was built around his background as a commercial fisherman. Instead of prioritizing archery, he used a homemade gill net alongside a standard fishing kit to lock down a steady food source in a delta environment that was genuinely fish-rich. It's a good example of a contestant playing to a real occupational skill rather than the generic bushcraft toolkit, and you can see his full ten items on his contestant page, including a Pajak sleeping bag rated to -100°F, one of the most extreme cold ratings documented anywhere in the gear database.

He outlasted runner-up Timber Cleghorn, who made it 83 days before voluntarily withdrawing after saying he'd made peace with not winning, and third-place finisher Dub Paetz, who left at 80 days citing the cumulative effects of starvation, isolation, and missing his family. Larkham didn't tap out at all; he was declared the winner as the last remaining participant in the field.

Life since the win

This is one of the better-documented "after the show" cases in the franchise, mostly because Larkham has stayed publicly visible on his own terms rather than fading out. He's continued working as a commercial fisherman, hunter, and trapper based in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, the same community he was from before filming. He's married to his wife Jill, and the couple have two children.

He also runs a YouTube channel called Big Land Trapper, where he posts updates from his outdoor life, effectively turning the same skill set that won him the season into ongoing content. In interviews since the show, he's talked about coming away from the experience valuing time with family more, and making more of a deliberate effort to stay present and connected with the people around him rather than letting work pull him away.

A quick note on the numbers

You'll sometimes see his age listed slightly differently across outlets (low-to-mid 50s in some places versus his official cast age of 49), which is a common enough quirk when a season is filmed a year or more before it airs. I'm going with the age documented at time of filming here, but it's worth knowing that discrepancy exists if you're cross-referencing sources yourself.

Why his run matters beyond the win

Larkham's season is a useful data point for anyone trying to figure out what actually separates winners from everyone else on this show. It wasn't raw toughness alone, plenty of contestants who tap out early are plenty tough. It was matching a real, practiced skill (commercial fishing) to the specific environment he landed in. A river delta thick with fish rewards net and line work in a way it doesn't reward someone whose best skill is tracking big game on dry land.

If you want to see how his 84 days stacks up against the rest of the franchise's longest stays, check our full records breakdown, and the season 11 guide has the complete placement table for everyone who was out there with him.