Disclaimer

There are significant dangers associated with both Open Water and Moving Water canoe outings.  Units undertaking a Scouting Adventure on either a large body of water or moving water need more than just the basic skills and knowledge required by the BSA to conduct such a trip safely.

Our Troop has several adults with extensive experience and professional training in watercraft use, sailing and whitewater.  If you are planning a Canoe trip and do not have an experienced adult leader able to assess flow rates, wind and "read water", you should reconsider a water outing until you have the proper resources and people to make your trip safe. 

We are happy to talk to you if you have questions. 

Northern Tier Adventure Base

• Paddling in North Americas Canoe Country is a time like no other. With lakes stretching as far as the eye can see, all connected through a large web of waterways, Scouts can travel effortlessly across them in specially designed tripping canoes. Completing short portages between waterways brings scouts from lake to lake as they explore the vast biodiversity of the Northern Boreal Forest unique to Northern Minnesota and Canada

• Ely, Minnesota

• Atikokan, Ontario

• Bissett, Manitoba

Montana - Missouri River

• Go as far as you want to go

• Good part of Lewis and Clark Trail

• Slow moving – good for scouts with less experience/skill

Missouri River

• It goes on forever...

Other Other Places to Canoe

• Salmon River, Idaho

• Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota

• Northern Forest Canoe Trail, New York to Maine

• Noatak River, Alaska

• Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia

• Green River, Utah

• Buffalo National River, Arkansas

• Tuolumne River, California