Keewaydin Canoe Camp is one of the oldest remaining boys camps in North America. Keewaydin completed it's first season in 1893 in the backwoods of northern Maine, under the alias Camp Kakou. The camp's first basecamp was on Lac Cacaumagomoc near the headwaters of the Allagash River. In 1901, the camp's owners changed the name to "Keewaydin" and opened two separate camps in Vermont and Ontario. Founder A.S. Gregg Clarke moved Keewaydin to Devil's Island on Lake Temagami in the Canadian Province of Ontario. Another camp was created on the shores of Lake Dunmore in the State of Vermont. Keewaydin Dunmore emphasized basecamp activities, while Temagami continued to outfit exploratory expeditions throughout the Eastern Provinces.

Recently, Keewaydin Temagami and Keewaydin Dunmore joined forces and both are now goverend by a non-proft organization, also known as the Keewaydin Foundation.

Each summer, Keewaydin Temagami sends canoe trips throughout the Temagami Region and La Verendrye Provincial Park and the Kipawa Region in north-central Quebec. Keewaydin also sends two sections into Wabakimi Provincial Park and two sections into northwestern Ontario and northern Quebec (one of which paddles to Hudson Bay).

"Keewaydin" means "Northwest Wind" in Ojibway.

External Links

• Keewaydin Temagami
• Keewaydin Foundation
• The Keewaydin Way @ Ottertooth.com