Only at Camp Birchwood for Boys are you able to paddle from one of the Camp docks into what many come from around the Country to experience:  the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.  In fact, camps from all over the midwest drive for hours by van just to start their camping adventures at our doorstep, and we do not blame them one bit.  

Each camper gets to select the trips they wish to travel with.  All trips have two qualified Birchwood counselors and four to seven boys of similar age or experience.  Campers also get to choose the length of each adventure ranging from three to nine days. 

A few examples of trips we normally offer at Camp Birchwood for Boys include (This is just a sampling of the awesome trips we'd offer in any given week at Camp): 

• Canoeing or kayaking trip to any of the hundreds of nearby islands
• Rock climbing in the Boundary Waters or on Lake Superior's North Shore
• Fishing the world famous Lake Saganaga or one of our nearby sweet spots (known only by local fishing guides, Birchwood counselors included)
• Hiking the Porcupine Mountains or Isle Royale
• Mountain biking at Pincushion Mountain
• Sailing the great Lake Superior

DON'T WORRY, experience is NOT NECESSARY to have the time of your life at Birchwood.  Throughout each camper's first day of camp, he will participate in Gunflint School.  During Gunflint School, boys will learn and practice outdoor skills such as campsite set-up, tent pitching, trail safety, campfire cooking, canoeing, kayaking and packing dos and don'ts.  Gunflint School is conducted in a safe and supportive environment to assure that at the end of the day, each camper feels accomplished and ready for a new adventure.

Between adventures, campers live in cabins of six boys and two counselors.  Each day campers sign up for the in-camp activities they want to do.  This is done individually (not as a cabin) so that boys have a chance to socialize with campers of all ages outside their cabin.

Once again, experience is not necessary to participate in any of the in-camp activity options.  Examples of in-camp options include:

• Tubing and Kneeboarding
• Sailing
• Windsurfing
• Archery
• Target Shooting
• Rock-Climbing and bouldering
• Guitar Lessons
• Arts and Crafts
• Outdoor Cooking
• Fishing
• Horseback Riding
• Wilderness Skills
• Mountain Biking
• Swimming 
• Kayaking
• Hiking and Geocaching Adventures
• Team and Wilderness Sports