We have had the busiest summer since we started our guide service in 1990. The pandemic seems to have helped us, as people are really enjoying nature and being in the outdoors with family and friends!
There are a few more trips this fall with room on them. Click here to see our canoeing schedule:
September 7-12 – Allagash River “After the Bugs”
September 16- 19 – Way of the Wabanaki Canoe & Cultural Trip
September 25-30 – Allagsh River “Fall Foliage”
October 16 – Canoeing Day trip to Umbagog Lake area
We will be hosting another Wilderness First Aid course October 22-23rd and Open Recertification Course October 22-24th taught by Jon Tierney from the Wilderness Medical Associates. Contact us if interested for more details.
Kevin has been building a couple of wood canvas canoes with Jarrod and Dom, photographers from Little Outdoor Giants, in between guiding canoe trips. They are looking real nice!
Polly has been chosen as one of the “women to watch” in 2021 with Maine Biz. This is an honor! Here is the article about it and interview with Polly and the other women chosen.
We had a photographer from National Geographic out with us this summer on our West Branch of the Penobscot River trip. The article will be out next summer and we look forward to reading it!
People are already booking dog sledding trips for this winter. Click here to see our dog sledding schedule.
This video was produced a year ago for our “30th” anniversary and caps off who we are together and our business. Thanks Little Outdoor Giants for producing it!
Time to get back to the dogs!
Happy trails! Polly, Kevin & all the doggies
I have been guiding on the Allagash river since 1974 and over the years I’ve seen a distinct pattern in terms of usage. Canoeists must use designated campsites on the waterway and there is no reservation system. In peak periods if paddlers don’t secure a campsite by mid-day or shortly thereafter, they may end up […]
We were able to do our canoe trips later this year as the weather has been unusually warm and beautiful! Here in the Bear River Valley our fall colors are past peak and the leaves are starting to fall. Temperatures remain very comfortable to do outside projects. There is a chill in the air at […]
Siobhan went to doggy heaven today. She was one of Kevin’s dogs and always up for anything. She loved people and children and whenever anyone came to visit the kennel she always thought they came to see her! She ran in any position in the team and was versatile sometimes going with Polly’s teams if […]
Thank you so much for guiding our Allagash experience. It was a time I never will forget, so many joyful and peaceful and beautiful images I carry with me now. Thank you for your wise decisions with our itinerary given the low water. And thank you for choosing such a fabulous crew. How hard you all worked, so competent and so nice! Everyone brought so much to our experience. It is a joy to have had that time with you.
