Provisional Scout Connections
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Provisional Scout Connections
Lone Voyage
Canoe Trips for Individuals
The Lone Voyage program allows Scouts who are unable to attend Northern Tier with a traditional Scout Unit, experience a wilderness canoe trip. This program is a 7-night experience in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. All Scouts must be at least 14 years of age at the time of the trip, or have completed 8th grade and 13 years old. Scouts are responsible to find their own transportation to and from Northern Tier.
Fee: $850
A 50% deposit is due upon registration, the remaining balance is due 30 days prior to arrival.
Leadership: Northern Tier will provide leadership for each crew that meets or exceeds BSA leadership requirements.
- Session 1: July 1-8 All Female
- Session 2: July 15-22 All Male
A shuttle from Minneapolis airport is available for an additional $275 per person.
Forest Corps
Explore, Understand, Advocate
The first week of Forest Corps is dedicated to giving back to the land through portage trail restoration. Participants camp in the wilderness and spend their days repairing trails so that other visitors can enjoy the Boundary Waters for years to come. Through this conservation project, participants gain hands-on experience in wildland stewardship and build lifelong bonds with crewmates.
The second week of Forest Corps is an individualized canoe trek designed around exploring the natural beauty of this environment, while completing the requirements of the Leave No Trace Trainer course. As a group, the participants and instructors prepare an itinerary based on the goals and experiences of each crew member, leaving time each day to better understand the areas travelled.
Forest Corps is a mobile classroom and is designed to educate participants in all aspects of the Northwoods. The goal is that every participant will gain an understanding and appreciation of nature through real hands-on experiences. Participants can expect to take part in lessons including fire ecology, astronomy, wolf studies, Wildland Ethics, and many more.
Fee: $850
A 50% deposit is due upon registration, the remaining balance is due 30 days prior to arrival.
Leadership: Northern Tier will provide leadership for each crew that meets or exceeds BSA leadership requirements.
Age requirement: 14-20
- Session 1: June 24-July 8
- Session 2: July 15-29
A shuttle from Minneapolis airport is available for an additional $275 per person.
Order of the Arrow
Wilderness Voyage and Canadian Odyssey
Along with your one week trek completely designed by you, each Arrowman will be afforded the opportunity to leave their mark in history by helping maintain the portage trails and campsites in the wilderness areas . Aside from providing a good deed to each of these high adventure bases, every participant will have the opportunity to work closely with other Arrowmen from across the country, who have a similar interest in the future of both the program and the adventure base.
You may be thinking that this is a daunting task, but it is an experience unlike any other afforded to you in Scouting, in that it takes you out of your world and places you with people who want to do something different
Fee: $325
Leadership: Northern Tier will provide leadership for each crew that meets or exceeds BSA leadership requirements.
- Session 1: June 5 – June 19, 2024 (Male Crew)
- Session 2: June 12 – June 26, 2024 (Male Crew)
- Session 3: June 19 – July 3, 2024 (Coed Crew)
- Session 4: June 26 – July 10, 2024 (Male Crew)
- Session 5: July 3 – July 17, 2024 (Male Crew)
- Session 6: July 10 – July 24, 2024 (Coed Crew)
Full information on the OA programs can be found on the Order of the Arrow website.
