Hello friends of Northern Wilderness Travelers! 

 

We have missed The Paddlers Gathering and Snow Walkers Rendezvous in 2020, 2021, and 2022 due to the COVID - 19 Pandemic.

 

Announcing a combined Paddlers and Snow Walkers gathering  the weekend of: 
October 13 - 15, 2023

It will be held at:

Ohana Family Camps
341 Quinibeck Rd
Fairlee, VT 05045

It will be wonderful to see all of you again!

This gathering will be a combination of speakers, workshops and great food. The topics will cover both winter and summer outings for this once a year event. 

NEW: We will have programs geared towards children and families.

Please send any questions or suggestions for speakers and workshops to:
Info@wildernesstravellers.org

 

Workshops:
• Paddling lessons with Becky Mason and Laurie Gullion

• Make a canoe pole and learn how to use it in your canoe

• Map and compass skills/GPS skills

• How to tie knots

• Learn how to set up a campsite for canoeing, hiking and winter camping

• Menu planning and food preparation

• First Aid course, WFA with CPR  - Solo Thursday and Friday October 11-12, 2023

And many more!

Presentations (tentative list):

• Becky Mason and Reid McLachlin - paddling local river in Quebec

• Chris Giard - Traveling in Labrador

• Paddling and camping with kids

• Paddling the Northern Forest Canoe Trail

• Winter camping in Maine

 

 

 

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About the Snowwalkers Rendezvous

Snowalkers Rendezvous

Our conferences are a mixture of hands-on workshops, slide shows, films and readings. There are shows about winter trips both close to home and in far-flung areas of the north. Presentations about First Nations perspectives and knowledge are intermixed with talks by researchers who study northern environments. A presentation about the history of an area may be followed by a talk about the effects of climate change in the arctic. There are readings of poetry, short stories and essays.

Winter is a magical time to travel in the northern landsape. The hands-on workshops provide an opportunity to learn the skills you need to travel both safely and comfortably during the winter . These range from the care and use of an axe to working with wood stoves and food and clothing for the trail.

The food at the Hulbert Center is wonderful and there's always plenty of time to connect with other like minded travelers. It's a place to meet new friends and catch up with old ones.

 

walking upstream

About the Paddlers Gathering

 

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labrador camping

 

 


 

 


 

 

 

Paddlers Gathering

Our conferences are a mixture of hands-on workshops, slide shows, films and readings. There are shows about canoe trips both close to home and in far-flung areas of the north. Presentations about First Nations perspectives and knowledge are intermixed with talks by researchers who study northern environments. A presentation about the history of an area may be followed by a talk about the effects of climate change in the arctic. There are readings of poetry, short stories and essays.

Many of us fell in love with the north during a canoe trip. We are fortunate to have large areas of wilderness perfect for canoe tripping that are relatively easy to access. There are also many canoeing opportunities very close to home.

Come to the Paddlers Gathering to learn the necessary skills for wilderness paddling, to trade canoe route information, to make new friends and to have time to connect with other lovers of traveling by canoe.

 

 

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