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Our 2024 Season in Pictures

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The 2024 season was a busy one with twenty outings and over 175 guests in attendance. We were back in Quebec Canada again with 2 whitewater trips, in June on the Bonaventure River and in July on the NE Mistissibi River. We had six outings on the St Croix River, eleven Allagash trips and a wildlife photography workshop at a remote Maine lake. Generous grant funding sources  enabled over 40 teens to connect with nature while on the Allagash and St Croix Rivers. These outings were made possible by the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation (AWWF)  and the Maine Outdoor Learning Initiative Grant. Our 2025 schedule has been up for sometime now with some trips already full. We’ll be back on the Bonaventure and NE Mistissibi Rivers this 2025 season. Our wildlife and moose photography workshop is happening again in late June. You can check out all our 2025 outings by clicking on our 2025 schedule. Why don’t you join us this season? you can sign up as an individual, with friends or as a family. Keep in mind, we do custom trips for private groups as well.

7 Day Allagash Canoe Trip, August 20-26, 2024

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Another Canoe the Wild trip on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in the books, 7 days and 6 nights with 10 canoe guests and 2 guides. We saw moose, river otters, eagles, beaver and more. We eat meals cooked over the open fire and desserts baked in a Dutch style oven. This is a great trip for first timers or seasoned paddler’s alike. Read about what others have to say on Trip Advisor and check out our 2025 schedule here.

St Croix River Day Trip with East Grand School, May 17, 2024

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Day trip on the St Croix River with 8th graders from East Grand School, 4 outdoor education high school student leaders, teachers and adult volunteers. The trip was made possible by the Maine Outdoor Learning Initiative grant. The outing also included a visit to an off grid home in Vanceboro were students learned about how to live off grid including raised beds gardening, capturing water for domestic and use in gardens, the process of making organic soil and a peak at an in progress, in ground green house for growing vegetables year around. We do have room on 3 day and 2 night trips on the St Croix River this summer. See our summer schedule here 

St John River, One of Maine’s Best Canoe Trips

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Here is a trip that has a small window of opportunity to paddle, typically early to late May (sometimes earlier) then the water is gone. One of Maine’s finest remote canoe trips, our trip begins at the outlet of Baker Lake. Later in the trip, we’ll take on Big Black Rapids (class III)  and on the last day Big Rapids (class III). No previous experience is required just good camping skills and being teachable on how to handle a canoe in moving water. We’ll be sure to help those that need it, brush up on canoeing skills and commands on the calmer parts of the trip to get you ready for these rapids. The trip from Baker Lake to the Town of Dickey is 105 miles and can be done in six days. Pictures of our 2021 trip

For more information and to sign up online for this trip. See our 2024 Schedule.

 

We’ll be sure to stop and visit the old Steam Shovel (BELOW) at 9 Mile. The steam shovel was instrumental in building Churchill Dam and the road into the Allagash Region from Quebec. It was over this road, then across frozen Churchill and Eagle Lakes, trains (in parts) and rails were hauled in along with supplies to erect a working village on the shores of Eagle Lake to build the Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad for the purpose of moving logs from the Allagash watershed to the West Branch of the Penobscot River watershed to feed the hungry mills in Millinocket.

Canoe Trip Picture Highlights, 2023

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Below are highlights of guided canoe trips with Canoe the Wild last season. We offer fully outfitted and guided canoe trips on the St Croix River (1-5 days), the Allagash (5-7 days) St John River (scheduled for early May 2024), the Bonaventure River (scheduled for June 2024) and the NE Mistassibi River which is scheduled for July of 2024. Canoe trips make for a great summer adventure vacation for individuals, groups and families. All the mentioned trips are a go for the 24 season and we are at about 70% capacity as of January 2024. Be sure to check out of 2024 schedule here for openings. signing up and making payments can all be done online. Please let Canoe the Wild owner Dave Conley know if you have any questions and we hope you can join us this upcoming season!