Programs and Bases
Northern Tier consists of the following bases:
- Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base in Ely, Minnesota which offers canoe trips to BWCAW and Quetico. Sommers offers the Okpik cold weather camping program in the winter months, which covers such activities as cross-country skiing, dog sledding, snow shoeing, ice fishing, expedition travel, and shelter building, and more.
- Don Rogert Canoe Base in Atikokan, Ontario, Canada which offers canoe trips in Quetico and areas north.
- Northern Expeditions Base in Bissett, Manitoba, which offers fly-in canoeing in Manitoba east of Lake Winnipeg.
The National Cold-Weather Camping Development Center is located at the Northern Tier Base at Ely, Minnesota. The center provides materials for, and specializes in problems associated with, cold-weather camping for councils and other organizations.
There is also the OA Wilderness Voyage, organized by the Order of the Arrow to do work on the portage trails in the Boundary Waters area.
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