Northern Tier utilizes Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Canada’s adjacent Quetico Park. It is a unique north woods preserve and is considered the greatest wilderness canoeing and fishing area in the world. With more than a thousand shimmering lakes and streams, canoeists travel from all over the world to experience unspoiled beauty and solitude. It offers a rare chance to see nature at it's finest. Many come to fish, others come to experience nature without the sights and sounds of civilization.

Nearly 1,000 crews (about 10,000 Scouts and leaders) attend Northern Tier each year. They’re treated to beautiful sunsets, the wailing call of the loon, secluded campsites, rivers and waterfalls, and abundant wildlife including eagle, deer, otter, beaver, wolf, bear and moose. Eat-what-you-catch fishing for lake trout, smallmouth bass, walleye and northern pike. Then there’s Indian pictographs, ancient pine forests and a chance to see the fabled Northern Lights.

Paddle on all kinds of water: mostly smooth water (sometimes so still you'll swear you're skating on ice or skimming across glass), some fast water, a little whitewater, and the occasional backwater where the mighty moose graze and a playful otter plays.

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