Toggle Menu history It is believed that the Canoe Trails program began in Beaver County, PA around 1947. The older Boy Scouts of Troop 406 wanted a challenge to test their outdoor skills. And so, under the direction of Dr. Everett Partridge, an annual Canadian canoe trip was started. In 1951, the annual canoe trip became a district wide program officially named Canoe Trails. Many local Scout troops followed Dr. Partridge’s lead, creating what has evolved into today’s coordinated training and tripping progra
In 1965, Mr. George S. Wildman and his wife Margaret, began the Co-Ed Canoe Trails program. This change to the program enabled the Girl Scouts to have the same Canadian canoe trip opportunity as the Boy Scouts. For many years, Canoe Trails organized multiple trips per summer. Some trips were boy-only trips and others were coed trips. Today we only organize one trip per summer and it is always a coed trip. It is estimated that approximately 7,500 men and women of all ages have participated in the Canoe Trail
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