Open to Keewaydin and Songadeewin alumni, parents, Ojibway guests, and anyone who is ready to experience a Keewaydin canoe trip. Keewaydin Club Adult Trips are run out of Keewaydin Temagami in Ontario, Canada.
2027 offerings listed below. Please be sure to read our participation expectations before registering.
For men and women, offerings may include local destinations, seeking out prime fishing spots, secret lakes, and cooling waterfalls. We also plan to navigate some kilometers of historic and beautiful rivers Keewaydin has traveled over the last 128 years.
For Temagami area trips, most trippers begin their adventure by arriving in the early evening, with two nights at Devil’s Island, providing time to acclimate, and jump into learning or remembering tripping skills, paddling, and portaging gear. On the second morning, trip staff will ready the crew for their canoe trip, paddling away from the main dock after a belly-filling Keewaydin breakfast. Following your trip, upon your return, and a hearty Keewaydin cheer, trippers can take a hot shower, and enjoy cocktails and dinner.
Keewaydin Club adult trips provide the opportunity to hit the reset button by immersing oneself in the beautiful paddling of the Temagami region, cooking over an open fire, taking in the beauty of the tall pines and clean water, and SLOWING down. Trippers embrace the Keewaydin Way and feel the support and guidance of our veteran Keewaydin staff as you learn new or regain old skills, form connections, unplug, grow stronger, face challenges, build resilience and adapt and learn. Most trips are open to all abilities and will be strenuous at times.
Being in good health, being physically able to be a contributing member of the section, and providing us with your up-to-date medical history. The Director of Keewaydin may, if necessary, decline a tripper’s participation if there is a concern for their health and physical ability to participate fully. Once registered for a trip, you will be sent a tripping and health questionnaire.
These trips are open to all abilities but will be strenuous at times. Participants should be able to lift 30-50 pounds, be prepared for physical work, carry things over uneven ground and challenging terrain and be comfortable spending long periods of time on the water. The group will paddle and portage according to the section’s abilities.
This summer we have scheduled the men’s and women’s trip to overlap with our basecamp campers. This is an awesome time to experience the lively spirit of camp and enjoy a bustling dining hall and trip preparations. We hope you will enjoy the energy and connection to Keewaydin’s tripping program.
July 21- July 29
July 21- July 29
A $500 non-refundable deposit is due upon registration. If the Director cannot accept your registration or has concerns for your physical ability to participate in the trip, then the deposit will be returned. Reach out to the camp director ([email protected]) to learn more about the experience.
6 days / 5 nights exploring the beauty of Lake Temagami and surrounding waterways, and three nights at the Keewaydin basecamp. Arrive two days before the trip starts (with one day of in-camp preparations and training) and depart the day after the trip returns.
July 21, 5:00 p.m. pick up from Lake Temagami Access Road, Lake Temagami, ON
July 29, 8:00 a.m. departure from Devil’s Island to the Lake Temagami Access Road and parking area at Manitou Landing
$1,700 USD per participant (plus 13% HST)
Open to all skill levels. Maximum of 8 participants. More information below.
This local excursion into the beautiful neighboring lakes off Temagami provides trippers a chance to immerse themselves in a Keewaydin canoe trip. Disconnect from the busy day-to-day life and connect with fellow trippers while tackling the challenges of paddling, portaging, making camp, and cooking over an open fire.
July 21: Pick up at 5 pm. Arrive at Keewaydin, via motor boat pick up, for dinner and settling into camp
for the night. Tour of the island and opportunity for a cleansing swim in the lake after a
day of travel.
July 22: One full day in camp, learning Keewaydin tripping skills, reviewing clothing with
your trip leaders, paddling, and exploring Devil’s Island. Stow away extra gear you won’t
need and keep your valuables safe, stored in the Keewaydin office.
July 23-28: Travel for six days and five nights, with time to fish, swim, hike, and explore
quiet bays and wide open lakes. You’ll see old growth white pines, July blueberries, and
enjoy the sweet call of the majestic Loon.
July 28: upon returning from your trip with a traditional Keewaydin paddle-in, trippers will help unpack trip gear, dry out tents, settle in a platform tent, take a hot shower, and
enjoy a low-key afternoon before our evening events. Keewaydin will host a cocktail
hour for trippers, followed by dinner and a campfire. Trippers will be invited to share
stories from their trip and sing a few Keewaydin camp songs.
July 29: Trippers will depart after our 7:30 a.m. breakfast.
Essential Gear – Packing for a Keewaydin canoe trip guide for detailed recommendations
Booking and Cancellation Policies
Before you register, please ensure each participant for whom you will be submitting a
deposit payment (including yourself) has carefully reviewed our Safety & Awareness
information and our Terms and Conditions before submitting payment.
Lake Temagami is approximately 5 hours north of Toronto and 1.5 hours north of North Bay, Ontario. There are rental car services from Toronto—taxi services in North Bay. Or you can drive yourself from your initial starting location.
If you have questions, we are happy to answer them!
You can get in touch with Emily Schoelzel, Director at [email protected] or 802-352-4709.
6 days / 5 nights exploring the beauty of Lake Temagami and surrounding waterways, and three nights at the Keewaydin basecamp. Arrive on July 21 and depart on July 29, with one day of in-camp preparations and training.
July 21, 5:00 p.m. pick up from Lake Temagami Access Road, Lake Temagami, ON
July 29, 8:00 a.m. from Devil’s Island back to the Lake Temagami Access Road and Parking Area at Manitou Landing
$1700 per participant (plus 13% HST)
Open to all skill levels. Maximum of 8 participants. More information below
This local excursion into the beautiful neighboring lakes off Temagami provides trippers a chance to immerse themselves in a Keewaydin canoe trip. Disconnect from the busy day-to-day life and connect with fellow trippers while tackling the challenges of paddling, portaging, making camp, and cooking over an open fire.
July 21: Pick up at 5 pm. Arrive at Keewaydin, via motor boat pick up, for dinner and settling into camp
for the night. Tour of the island and opportunity for a cleansing swim in the lake after a
day of travel.
July 22: One full day in camp, learning Keewaydin tripping skills, reviewing clothing with
your trip leaders, paddling, and exploring Devil’s Island. Stow away extra gear you won’t
need and keep your valuables safe, stored in the Keewaydin office.
July 23-28: Travel for six days and five nights, with time to fish, swim, hike, and explore
quiet bays and wide open lakes. You’ll see old growth white pines, July blueberries, and
enjoy the sweet call of the majestic Loon.
July 28: upon returning from your trip with a traditional Keewaydin paddle-in, trippers will help unpack trip gear, dry out tents, settle in a platform tent, take a hot shower, and
enjoy a low-key afternoon before our evening events. Keewaydin will host a cocktail
hour for trippers, followed by dinner and a campfire. Trippers will be invited to share
stories from their trip and sing a few Keewaydin camp songs.
July 29: Trippers will depart after our 7:30 a.m. breakfast.
Essential Gear – Packing for a Keewaydin canoe trip guide for detailed recommendations
Booking and Cancellation Policies
Before you register, please ensure each participant for whom you will be submitting a
deposit payment (including yourself) has carefully reviewed our Safety & Awareness
information and our Terms and Conditions before submitting payment.
Lake Temagami is approximately 5 hours north of Toronto and 1.5 hours north of North Bay, Ontario. There are rental car services from Toronto—taxi services in North Bay. Or you can drive yourself from your initial starting location.
If you have questions, we are happy to answer them!
You can get in touch with Emily Schoelzel, Director at [email protected] or 802-352-4709.
Our philosophy is to offer trips for men and trips for women in the Keewaydin Way while acknowledging that adults travel differently than teenagers within the “way.”
The trips are one to two weeks in length, often beginning and ending on Devil’s Island in Lake Temagami for orientation and organization. The shorter trips are for the less experienced canoe tripper who wants to see the Temagami area and experience a canoe trip the way their family and friends have. The longer trips are for experienced canoe trippers and can include river travel; these trips will be more physically challenging. Women are led by women and men are led by men.
The goal of any Adult Trip is for participants to connect with a Keewaydin they do not know personally or reconnect with the camp they attended. The group will become a team, where each member is essential to the group’s success. Through teamwork, a section grows into a cohesive unit, setting and achieving goals together, rather than surviving solely on the strengths of individuals. We hope the trips will foster further growth in self-confidence, strength, leadership, and self-reliance.
In order to achieve the goals mentioned above, the staff strives to help each participant learn:
