Custom programs: Call to design a one day program for 24 or multi-day programs for up to 12 in twenty-nine foot canoes.

Teacher Scholarships available:
Learning Vacations for Educators, 4.5 CEU credits for Five Day Canoe Expeditions
The Dirigo Institue for Natural Learning leads environmental education immersion weeks in twenty-nine foot canoes on Maine Lakes and Coastal waters. You paddle and practice minimum impact travel while developing curriculum in “Place Based Education” that is aligned with the Learning Results. Educators work independently therefore the programs cut across all grade levels. Guides and informal educators, Jo Eaton and Gudrun Keszocze, have been leading outdoor programs for over ten years.
Schedule and Features:
We use these topics as examples for aligning with the Learning Results while using your local environment, history, resources and culture in your personalized curriculum.
Dates Location: Features
Jun 17-21 Coastal Islands, Stonington: Lobster Boat tour, Granite quarries, Islands
Jun 24-28 Coastal Islands, Stonington: Lobster Boat tour, Granite quarries, Islands
Jul l5-19 North Haven: Eric Hopkins art workshop, Geology, Intertidal
Jul 22-26 Moosehead Lake: Climb Kineo, Sporting Camp visit, Wetlands, Thoreau
Jul 29-Aug 2 Onawa Lake: Lake, Wetlands, Old Forest, Geology, Climb two mountains
Aug 5-9 Millinocket area: Ambajejus Boom House, Logging History, Lake study
Aug 12-16 Moosehead Lake: Sporting Camp visit, Kineo Mountain, Wetlands,
Aug 19-23 Millinocket area: Ambajejus Boom House, North Twin Lake, Logging

For more information: [email protected] www.dirigoinstitute.org
207-474-5507 Toll Free – 866-888-2506

For Additional Information, Please Contact:

Jo Eaton
Dirigo Institute For Natural Learning
www.dirigoinstitute.org
207-474-5507
[email protected]

Programs are conducted in twenty-nine foot “North” canoes. The fourteen person (seven when camping) canoes facilitate the group development process, equalize skill development allowing students, educators, families, corporate groups and individuals to experience canoeing in a relatively stress free atmosphere. Our Maine Water Studies programs are conducted on rivers, lakes and inshore coastal areas. The programs incorporate outdoor education, environmental and experiential education with local resources to involve educators in connecting students with their environment and community. Programs include: teacher workshops for recertification, one or multi-day programs for school groups, custom camping programs.