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Cache Lake
Information One of W.D. Boyce Council's Best Kept Secrets Its Very Own Borderland High Adventure Base Cache Lake Camp, the Council High Adventure Camp of the W. D. Boyce Council BSA, is located on Sand Point Lake in Ontario, Canada. The location is about 700 miles north of Peoria, Illinois, with the access point being Crane Lake, Minnesota. The last eight miles to camp is over water by boat. The camp was originally built in 1962 on Brown's Bay of Sand Point Lake in Minnesota on leased state forest land by a group of scouts from the Corn Belt Council in Bloomington, Illinois. The Cache Lake facility was conceived by J.N. Bach of Forrest, Illinois, as a site for camping by older scouts to specifically keep older boys interested and active in the Boy Scout camping program. In the 1970's the camp became part of the W.D. Boyce Council through mergers of three central Illinois councils. Also during this time the leased land and thousands of acres around it were ceded to the U.S. Department of the Interior for development as Voyagers National Park. In the early 1990's the Cache Lake Committee of the council signed a new lease with the Ontario Provincial Government. The camp was relocated approximately four and one half miles to the east, outside Voyagers National Park on the Canadian side of the border, where a new larger Cache Lake camp was built. The camp, on secluded Clearwater Bay of Sand Point Lake, has several buildings including a bunk house that sleeps over 30 and can be divided into separate sleeping areas for co-ed use, a kitchen with dining hall, fish house, hot showers, and even electricity for refrigeration and lights. This North woods camp offers endless aquatic program opportunities including boating, canoeing, fishing, swimming, sailing, water skiing and much more! Units and contingent groups of the W. D. Boyce Council can use the camp as a base for weekly self-directed high adventure experiences in the months of June through August every year. For information on reservations:
Council Program Director
W. D. Boyce Council BSA
614 N. E. Madison
Peoria, Illinois 61603
Philmont
Philmont Website
Cimarron, NM 87714
(505)376-2281
Philmont boasts over 137,000 acres of untamed wilderness for Scouts and Explorers. A wide variety of terrain is available at Philmont from high rolling meadows to mountainous peaks towering over two miles high! Participants must be 13 years old by January of the year they wish to attend (minimum age). A comprehensive physical examination is required prior to attending and expeditions leaders are highly recommended to prepare their crews fully by taking practice hikes and gaining experience in the use of equipment similar of that which they will use at the ranch. A wide variety of programs and program features are available at Philmont. Scouts and explorers may attend the ranch in any of six ways: unit expeditions, cavalcades, mountain men/women, rayado men/women, and on trail crew. The staff at Philmont are well trained and knowledgeable in outdoor skills. They do a super job in putting on a variety of program features, some of which include technical rock climbing, rappelling, archaeological excavation, wilderness survival, panning for gold, blacksmithing, burro packing, extended backpacking, mountain climbing, etc. Reservations are required and should be made up to one year in advance. A large amount of information is available on Philmont. The council service center has film strips and promotional materials. You can also contact Philmont directly for more information.
Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases
Box 509
Ely, MN 55731
(218)365-4811 The Sioux and Chippewa, the rugged French-Canadian fur traders and now hundred of scouts and explorers experience the thrills and excitement of high adventure from Northern Wisconsin to Manitoba, Canada. Experience a beautiful clear day, the stillness of gentle waters, the call of the loon on a lonely lake and the feeling of interdependence with nature as you make an extended canoe trek through wilderness areas. Plan your route, follow map and compass, carry everything with you that you will need over lake and portage. Northern Tier consists of the - Charles L Somers Wilderness Canoe Area;
- Northern Wisconsin Canoe Base;
- Bissett, Manitoba/Canada;
- LeVoyage Brigade;
- the Norwester Programs;
- and the OpKik Winter Programs.
Contact the base for specific information.
Florida National High Adventure Sea Base
P.O. Box 858
Islamorada, FL 33036
(305)664-4173 Located in the Florida Keys, scouts and explorers can experience sailing, scuba diving, wind surfing, snorkeling, motor boating, swimming, rowing, marine biology, oceanography, and a concentrated study of plant and animal life common to the area. Staff are highly knowledgeable and are experienced in a specific area. For the pinnacle of Scouting aquatic adventure. The Florida Sea Base is the Place to be.
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