SOMEWHERE IN THE BADLANDS, N.D. -- The canoe had lurched to a halt with an unceremonious "scrok!" on top of a boulder hidden just below the currents that now swirled around us. We were, quite ...

Everyone should spend a week paddling in a canoe, if not every year, at least once in their life. There’s no better way to get to know someone than being stuck in the same boat for days on end, and it ...

Eighth graders in the region will embark on a three-night canoe expedition through the Allagash Wilderness Waterway as part ...

Crescent Lake is inside the Superior National Forest, but outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It offers a boat landing, camping sites and access to other lakes via canoe portages. No ...

This story, “Old Fashioned Trout Trip,” appeared in the June 1964 issue of Outdoor Life. Experience has taught me that guides know what they’re doing. The silly set-up we were in, however, made me ...

There is a rhythm to canoeing that is connected to the natural cycles of the river. You reach forward to dig a paddle into the water and then pull that paddle along the hull of the canoe, propelling ...

Join us on an overnight canoe-camping trip in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, known for its abundant wildlife. We spotted our first alligator within 30 minutes and encountered a ...

Our Labor Day canoe trip went a day long, and almost a boat short. With our daughter traveling with teammates for a high school cross-country meet, my wife, Kristen, and I had a long weekend together.

What budget adventure has the primitive solitude of backpacking without having to carry everything on your back? It’s a spot where you can camp somewhere new every night, bask in the glory of ...

Thirty-three years ago this week I was living in the Canadian bush and was the camp manager at Chimo Lodge and Outposts, which is a fly-in fishing camp. It was my second season and I had made an ...