NORTHERN TIER NATIONAL HIGH ADVENTURE 2009 CANOE TRIP DATES AVAILABLE

Northern Tier is the BSA’s premiere wilderness canoe camping high adventure program. We feature canoe trips in the north woods of Minnesota, northwest Ontario, and northeast Manitoba.

Opportunity for a wilderness canoeing trek is still available for the 2009 summer season. Although summer is still months away, time to plan your summer activities is now! You too can have an adventure this year.

Northern Tier offers 6 to 10 day canoe trips with a full outfitting package that includes canoes, paddles, pfd, tents, food, emergency radio/satellite phone and other camping gear. A trained staff member also accompanies the crew for the entire trek to advise crew members on canoe skills, use of the gear, wilderness safety, and Leave No Trace principals. According to Andre Nguyen, who attended in 2008, “You finish the trip a lot stronger than how you started it, and that’s one of the best feelings in the world.”

In 2008, our crews reported a great summer of fishing. The lakes are teaming with walleye, pike, small mouth bass, and lake trout. Many of our crews schedule a day to explore a remote lake and devote it to catching the trophy fish of the summer. You may also encounter moose, bear, deer, beaver, fox, otter, and bald eagles in this pristine wilderness. Curtis Swisher says it best, “The natural beauty of the north woods lake country cannot be described. It must be experienced.”

Register today for this summer’s adventure by calling: (218) 365-4811

For more information about Northern Tier visit our website at www.ntier.org.

We will see you this summer in the north woods.

After ten successful years in Minnesota, the OA Wilderness Voyage is expanding its area
of operation with the introduction of the Canadian Odyssey. Adjacent to the Boundary
Waters of Minnesota rests the Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. Together they make
up the wilderness portion of the greater Quetico-Superior area. For nearly 100 years, the
Quetico has remained largely untouched by conservation efforts even though it is traveled
by a quarter of a million people each year, many of whom are from the United States.
Both the Order of the Arrow and Canadian authorities are eager to act on this opportunity
for service.
The Quetico Provincial Park is a vast wilderness with over 600 lakes set inside more than
a million acres. The Canadian Odyssey allows Arrowmen—returning and new
participants alike—to see and explore entirely new territory while at the same time
providing crucial service. Odyssey crews will labor to repair and maintain portage trails
in Ontario during the first week. The second week they will paddle back to the United
States on a route of their choosing.
Cost for the program is $200. All participants must also have a passport. Applications and
more information available at www.adventure.oa-bsa.org.

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