Thank you participants, parents and staff for an amazing 2013 season! We are pleased to announce our 2014 dates and rates. Invitations will be going out in early November, but if you’d like to secure your space for next summers trips, enrollment is open!
The Journey North
June 10, 2013
The pace and scope of my work has increased steadily over the past few weeks as I attempt to develop the velocity necessary to escape the gravitational pull of home and office and make my way to Temagami for the summer. 38 years of seasonal migration have done nothing to diminish the excitement of heading North. Last weekend I helped… read more »
Camp is the answer!
April 8, 2013
Although it may at first seem counter-intuitive, often the best thing we as parents can provide for our children is an enriching experience without us. At a recent Ontario Camping Association event, social worker and camp professional Joe Rich summed up what NWL families have been saying for close to 50 years- the answer to many parenting questions is camp!… read more »
2013 Living Room Tour Schedule
December 18, 2012
Northwaters wilderness camp coming to a town near you- UPDATED February 4th! Adventurous youth ages 10 to 17 and their parents are invited to meet directors and friends of NWL to learn about our canoe tripping programs in Temagami, Ontario, Canada. We’ll share what we’ve learned about empowering young people and balancing busy lives with simple living, adventure and fun. If… read more »
Vast & Wild: Crossing the James Bay by Canoe
October 16, 2012
At 3:30 am, we wake up. We are camped on the narrow bank of the Harricana River in northern Quebec, with the great opening of the Hudson Bay before us. We pack our dry bags, put our wet shoes and socks on, take down our tent, load our canoes in the water. We do this by the light of our… read more »
The Need to be Known in Adolescence
April 30, 2012
What is it about the experiences at Northwaters & Langskib (NWL) that inspire young people to write comments like these on program evaluations: “It’s the only place in the world where I feel myself” “I feel so at home here—like I know who I am and where I’m going” What’s happening during a 3 ½ week program that is missing… read more »
Navigating the Murky Waters of Adolescence
April 3, 2012
I am fortunate to have a view of both sides of the coin. I am both a mother and a camp professional. We play outside as a family and help parents provide empowering wilderness experiences for their teenage children. For the past 15 years I have been working with young people in the outdoors– camps, nature centers, school field trips,… read more »
Parent Testimonials
May 3, 2011
What our first timers are saying about Northwaters and Langskib … “I just wanted to drop a quick note to say thanks to everyone for making Brendan’s Excalibur trip so wonderful. He talked nonstop from the time I met him at the Airport till we pulled in the driveway at home 7 hours later (and then he started all over… read more »
The belief that simple living, hard work and risk changes lives.
September 10, 2010
A thousand or so days after the ball began to roll, CG and Jodi have now officially become the caretakers and owners of Northwaters and Langskib Wilderness Canoe Camps. Coincidentally this landmark event fell within weeks of our esteemed leader’s birthday, and thus his 35th anniversary on the islands. Below is a speech that was given in his honor at… read more »
“The canoe trips I lead were stepping stones for the adventures that followed.”
May 7, 2010
Last year, life was getting a little too slow and too domesticated, I was missing the adventures I had leading canoe trips, the traveling into the unknown, not knowing where camp will be until evening comes. I missed the nomadic life I lived as a cowboy. So I packed some belongings and traveled to Mongolia for three weeks.read more »