Laketrails Base Camp
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Laketrails Base Camp is a wilderness canoe trip camp for teenagers with a base camp located on Laketrails Island, an eighteen-acre (73,000 m²) island at the southwest tip of Oak Island, Minnesota, on the Minnesota/Ontario border in Lake of the Woods.
Laketrails has a winter headquarters in Little Falls, Minnesota.
Laketrails was founded in 1952 by two Catholic priests from the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota: Father Bill Mehrkens and Father Jerry Noesen. The camp was owned for several years by the Diocese of Crookston, but when a later bishop of Crookston decided he did not want a diocesan camp, the camp went independent, but retaining much of its Catholic character.
Teenagers come up to the base camp by bus, car, boat, or plane; plan and pack for a canoe trip, and take out across Lake of the Woods on canoe trips lasting from five to twelve days. There are occasionally special trips for adults, and sailing trips.
External link
- Laketrails Web site (http://www.laketrails.org)