The Canadian canoe trip is probably the best and most popular trip at Camp Timberlane. The ten day excursion for boys 13 and over starts at Ely, Minnesota after a six hour, 300-mile drive.

After the embarkation at Ely, the “pathfinder” Mark Faiwell leads the trip through the Canadian customers ten miles down the river from Ely. The trip goes through twelve lakes to the Northwest of Ely with one stop in Duluth, Minnesota to “let the boys see a big city.” The whole paddle is about 60 miles, with four portages, the longest being one mile.

Two trips went out on July 21, consisting of 12 people each. They return to Timberlane on July 30.

Faiwell started the trip nine years ago to “have an exciting trip for the older guys and to teach the boys how to live in wilderness for ten days.” The Canadian goes through a region called the Quetico-Superior National Forest, which pathfinder Faiwell says in absolute wilderness.

The most exciting part of the trip is at Sunday Lake, which has a magnificent view from a cliff of 80 feet--which some of the braver trippers dive off of.

Faiwell has had no major complications on the trip except for the numerous black bears that attack the food.