Staff Wanderings and Ponderings
Voyaging in the Les Chenaux Islands of Lake Huron
Recently, I took a four day Voyageur Canoe camping trip with the senior class from the Leelanau School where I work. In many ways it ...
First Paddle of the season, Canoe Camp director escapes the office
For the past few weeks I’ve been watching the snow disappear from the High Peaks and the river rise at the Falls in Wadhams, ...
The Bay Trip: 34 years of Canoeing the Harricana River to the James Bay
By: Chris Wolfe I remember being thirteen, standing on the dock at Langskib as darkness fell. There in the distance we saw the lights of ...
Reaching Out From Within; A Journey to Africa
By: Deshka Foster, NWL Staff Upon returning home from leading trips at Northwaters a few summers ago, instead of commencing my junior year of college, ...
Exploring the Present on a Portage Trail
By Jodi Browning, NWL Staff I’m coming to the end of the portage trail. I’ve been catching glimpses of the lake for about 200 ...
Dumoine River Reflections
By: Tyler Hargreaves, NWL Staff and Alumni We left the campsite on the last set of the river and paddled through a light rain to ...
Rekindling the Fires of Life; in Canyons, Dessert and the Red Sea
By: Shane Levine, NWL Staff I had long been pondering the possibility of taking a year off from school. When CG called to offer me ...
