Camping and Outdoors Links
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Camping Recipes: If you didn't find something to tempt you in my own online recipes book, you might want to check here.
The Camp Site: This site, written by a UK Guider, has tons of neat ideas to help you plan your next Guide camp.
Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association (CRCA): Information on canoeing and kayaking, as well as courses and canoeing certification.
Coleman Camping Products Home Page
Create your own backpacking stove! Here are a variety of websites to help you out:
- Backpack Stove
- Alcohol Burning Stove
- Convex Top Coke Stove
- Cat Stove (from a tuna can)
- Pepsi-G Stove
Geocaching: If you've got a GPS unit, this is an awesome game to play!
Giant Gadgets (Pioneering): Here are a couple of great sites where you can download plans for giant gadgets.
- PioneeringProjects.org
- Scouting Resources Pioneering Page
How To Use a Compass: A great web site with a series of tutorials (in several languages) on how to use a compass!
Insane Scouter's Knots and Lashing Page: A great website full of information on knots, gadgets, and everything else to do with ropes.
First Treks.Com: A website full of camping gear designed especially for kids! Also lots of GREAT links for camping and outdoors, first aid, wilderness survival, and more.
Letterboxing: Here's another fun international wide game that you can play with your girls!
Mountain Equipment Co-op: If you are Canadian and you love working and playing in the outdoors, you should be buying your gear from this company.
Obnoxious Plants: a great info page on poison ivy.
Ontario Camping Association (OCA): This is the official licensing body for summer camps (both residential and daycamps) in Ontario. If you are planning on sending a child to summer camp in Ontario, you should check here to see if the camp you're interested in is certified. The OCA has lots of useful information available on all its affiliated camps. This is also a great site to check out if you're interested in working at a summer camp this year.
Ontario Camp Leadership Workshop (OCLW): This is a great organization which is dedicated to supporting the directors and other leaders at summer camps right across Ontario. Their annual workshop/conference each May is an absolute blast!
Ontario Recreational Canoeing Association (ORCA): This organization offers certification in canoeing skills as well as lots of useful canoeing and boating information.
Outdoor Action Guide to Winter Camping
Provincial Parks: The official pages of the Provincial Parks in all the Provinces of Canada.
- BC Provincial Parks
- Alberta Provincial Parks
- Saskatchewan Provincial Parks
- Manitoba Provincial Parks
- Ontario Provincial Parks
- Quebec Provincial Parks
- New Brunswick Provincial Parks (courtesy of Tourism NB)
- Nova Scotia Provincial Parks
- Prince Edward Island Provincial Parks
- Newfoundland Provincial Parks
Parks Canada Home Page (National Parks in Canada)
Rosegarden's Scouting Resources - Pioneering Projects Page: A great resource for giant gadget construction.
The 42nd Brighton Scout Troop Home Page: Cool! All sorts of tips on camping and hiking, as well as a great Scouting trivia quiz and a whole page of animated knots! Check it out!
Ultimate Camp Resource: A neat site with large compilations of games, songs and other camp activities.
WAGGGS-L Cyber Cookbook: This site is a compilation of all the great camp recipes which have been posted to the WAGGSG-L Mailing List by its members.
Where to Stay in Europe (WTSIE): This page was put together by the World Scout Movement. It is a guide to over 260 selected Scout and Guide Campsites and Centers throughout Europe. These places will be able to host you and your group, either in homes or in tents (usually both), and will also provide you with the necessary infrastructure, assistance (and usually material too) to help you organize your camp activities. Many of these centers also welcome volunteers to help out as staff members!
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