Camping Adventures | Sportsman's Guide

Voyageurs National Park: Great Island Camping

Voyageurs National Park is along Minnesota’s border with Canada. It is truly paddling paradise.

Canoe-Camping Wisconsin’s Turtle-Flambeau Flowage

The Turtle-Flambeau Flowage in Wisconsin rivals the BWCAW in pristine beauty and canoeing opportunities.

Destination: Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands

The Apostles, as the cluster of 21 islands in Wisconsin are referred to, offer a lot of outdoor activities!

The BWCAW Has A Lot To Offer

The first fingers of sunlight stretch out from behind the pines that marked the far shoreline as my canoe glided effortlessly across this huge polished sapphire of a lake. The lake, the trees, the water, the air — all are coming alive as yet another day is born in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Camping 101: Coolers Handy In Winter, Too

Consider using a cooler to keep things from freezing in colder weather. End of story! It can just as easily keep things from getting too cold as it does during the summer when it keeps things from getting too hot.

The BWCAW: No Place For Emergencies

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness sprawls over 1,090,000 acres of northeastern Minnesota, contiguous with Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park’s 1,180,000-acre and 46,000-acre La Verendrye Provincial Park. It gives a canoeist plenty of room to get in trouble.

Camping 101: Camp Repair: All Sewn Up!

While a good bolt or a stout glob of glue goes a long way in fixing what’s
broken, there comes a time when strong stitching can bring a failed piece of
camp gear back into service again. However, a good camp sewing kit goes beyond
a few spools of cotton thread, a few buttons and a needle.

Camping 101: Stay In The Loop

Like most knots (bends), there are loop knots for specific purposes — all
created to be the most efficient and strongest application of that knot for its
intended use. Let’s take a look at four popular loops used in the field.

Camping 101: Tips For Helping Lost Kids Become Found

Based on the effective guidelines of the well-known “Hug-A-Tree” program, here are critical steps a prudent parent can take to prepare a child who is lost to being self-reliant in the woods — or anywhere for that matter. Share theses precautions and preparations with your children to help them become more savvy about this aspect of being in the outdoors.