My First Boundary Waters Canoe Trip

By John Erdmann
March 06, 2019 (comments)

Your first overnight adventure is guaranteed to be a stretch. One astute camper captured his first Boundary Waters trip for posterity in the 2018 Paddle Post newspaper. My First Boundary Waters Canoe Trip I have been to multiple national parks and forests, but I didn't know what to expect here at Camp Voyageur. The first few days at base camp we practiced canoeing and fishing nearby, then we headed out for six days with counselors Alex and Evan bound for the Canadian border and the Crooked Lake fishing grounds. I felt this trip would be difficult, but I was excited...

A True Well-Rounded Education

By Alex Kvanli
February 28, 2019 (comments)

Don’t trust the gradebooks.

2018 Paddle Post

By John Erdmann
February 20, 2019 (comments)

Have you read the latest Camp Voyageur Paddle Post? Be sure to catch up with the latest summer happenings with the 2018 digital edition!

2019 Trip Options

By Alex Kvanli
January 26, 2019 (comments)

Register for trips by emailing the Camp Voyageur Trip Director, Alex at

Nature's Effect on Our Brains and Well-being

By Alex Kvanli
January 21, 2019 (comments)

Why are we drawn to nature? What makes the great outdoors so great?

The 2nd Annual Youth Woodsmen Competition Begins

By Alex Kvanli
June 14, 2018 (comments)

The 2nd Annual Youth Woodsmen Competition kicked off today and hearts were racin’, muscles were pumpin’, and legs were stretchin’. The Woodsmen is a competition that dates back to the early 1950’s, when President John F. Kennedy said that “physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” President Kennedy’s famous words resonated with the whole nation, and as a result many of today’s mainstay fitness competitions emerged from this Golden Era of physical fitness. The Youth Woodsmen is a fitness competition between the...

Wise Words From Our Past

By Peter Grunawalt
June 05, 2018 (comments)

In the 1980’s Camp Voyageur’s founder and director Charlie Erdmann wrote an article in the local Ely Echo. We believe his words are as relevant now as they were back then, and would like to share them with you. Here is the word-for-word article:

In-Depth Gear Guide

By CV Staff
May 29, 2018 (comments)

This page no longer exists. Please contact tripdirector@campvoyageur.com for all your gear-related questions! Thanks.

2017 Paddle Post

By Peter Grunawalt
January 08, 2018 (comments)

Have you read the latest Camp Voyageur Paddle Post? Be sure to catch up with the latest summer happenings with the 2017 digital edition. As always, we've collected stories from both our campers and counselors. I bet there's a few in here you haven't heard of yet! Click here to check it out!

"7 Ways to Maximize Misery" (WARNING: Sarcasm)

By Peter Grunawalt
January 02, 2018 (comments)

Uhhh, so what is this about? I’ll stop with the click-baiting. The purpose of this post is to share a video which I feel speaks to some tendencies in not just teens, but in many of my own peers, that can become reinforced as habits that ultimately undermine our own happiness. It follows closely the work of psychologist Randy J. Paterson, who wrote the book “How to be miserable: 40 strategies you already use”. By necessity, summer camps intervene Many of the points addressed in the video are simply impossible at camp. You live and eat with your peers everyday,...