Level
1 Program
One
week in length, is intended for the novice outdoors-person.
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10-15 participants: $1,200.00 per person, plus taxes
- 16-25 participants: $1,000.00 per person, plus taxes
We
will live in a lodge near Algonquin Park and the days will be split
between classroom sessions (outdoors whenever possible) and daily
field trips to practise the skills learned. If possible, we will spend
several nights in the wilderness enjoying the Canadian outdoors!
Knowdge
gained in the session will include a variety of topics including starting
fires without matches, compass-and map-reading, building shelters,
hiking skills, survival priorities, food and water, and first aid.
The
emphasis will be on learning while enjoying as much time as possible
in the outdoors and gaining direct hands-on experience.
Dates
This
program is scheduled in 2008 from July 20 to 27.
Other
dates are certainly available! Please contact us to arrange.
Agenda
(flexible):
Sunday
Arrive in Toronto, shuttle to a wilderness lodge site; settle into
cabins.
Orientation: tour lodge facilities, review program itinerary and goals.
Dinner: outdoor barbeque/buffet.
Evening hiking and nature lore; campfire program.
Monday
Breakfast at the lodge.
Nature lore skills: edible and medicinal wild plants; hiking back-country
trails; learn wildlife calling: loon, wolf, moose, goose, owl.
Lunch: prepared over an open fire.
Basic compass skills and map reading; navigating a back-country route;
survival challenge game.
Dinner at the lodge.
Free time: swimming, hiking, canoeing, fishing, campfire.
Tuesday
Breakfast at the lodge.
Introductory Wilderness Survival Skills: fire without matches, shelter
construction.
Lunch at the lodge.
Wilderness camping skills: setting up expedition tents, lightweight
campstoves, water filters, packing a backpack, and basic camp skills;
cooking over a campstove and campfire.
Dinner.
Survival team challenges; free time activities; campfire program.
Wednesday
Breakfast at the lodge.
Canoeing skills and canoeing practice. Primitive survival skills.
Lunch at the lodge.
Advanced survival skills; advanced navigational skills; wilderness
first aid basics.
Dinner: barbeque and campfire.
Low ropes and team challenge; free time activities
Thursday
to Sunday
Thursday- breakfast at the lodge.
Pack gear and canoes; head out for a 3-day WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE.
Canoe to interior campsite; set up base camp.
Prepare meals over camp stoves or open fire.
Skills sessions: canoe shelter, bannock and pemmican, animal calls,
flint & steel fire; advanced canoeing skills and side-trips, bark
baskets, rope-making, traps and snares, hiking skills, edible wildplant
recognition, navigation, survival team challenges, and much more!
Evening campfires and night loring program.
Sunday
Pack up; canoe back to the lodge for lunch.
Presentation of certificates; closing ceremonies.
Pack up for return to Toronto.