Camp Voyageur

Camp Voyageur Camp Voyageur for boys 10-18 offers a rustic overnight summer camp experience, camping and canoeing through the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and Canada.

Challenge yields real growth. Good things happen when you leave home for a few weeks camping in the wilderness. You gain independence and find your voice. Camp Voyageur fills a summer with sports, fun, and adventure exploring the Boundary Waters with wilderness experts and new friends. Two weeks at camp - test the waters:
Two-week sessions abbreviate the Camp Voyageur experience. Kids practice can

oeing and camping skills before heading out on the trail. Many campers stay six or eight weeks by combining the four-week and two-week sessions. Four weeks at camp:
Over four weeks kids bite into the full Voyageur experience. Campers perform in the Gong Show, Clue, Casino, the cardboard boat regatta, the WELK radio show, and CV’s Olympic games. Take day trips to fish, explore iron mines that built America and visit the International Wolf Center and the North American Bear Center. Recreational sports work boys into shape as they prepare for two, progressively longer canoe or hiking trips. Fish for walleye, small and largemouth bass, northern pike, rainbow, brown, and lake trout on adventures into the BWCAW and Quetico. Eight weeks at Voyageur:
The best value in every sense of the word, eight weeks away from home rejuvenates the soul. Physical fitness becomes fun, wilderness trips unleash self-discovery. Ma Nature awakens a primal sense from within. As confidence grows, boys value responsibility to the group and seek opportunities to lead. This simple, physical life whittles one down to the essence of their character. Kids get fit, learn valuable life-long skills and confidence soars as they overcome new challenges. Experienced campers can spend nearly half their time on the trail. Over 70 years of experience. In 1951 Charlie and Mim Erdmann founded Camp Voyageur on a secluded peninsula at the edge of the Boundary Waters in Ely, Minnesota. Our camp mission remains the same: To foster personal growth through group interaction in a wilderness setting. For over 30 years siblings Deb and John Erdmann continue their family’s tradition of summers filled with fun and adventure for boys of all ages. Camp Voyageur meets the professional standards established by the American Camp Association.

07/21/2026

Thank you Growing Futures for assisting in fire mitigating our grounds!

Unfortunately, this season’s Session 2 was cut WAY too short due to the tough decision to evacuate Tuesday morning upon ...
07/15/2026

Unfortunately, this season’s Session 2 was cut WAY too short due to the tough decision to evacuate Tuesday morning upon returning from the North Shore for a Day Trip to escape the record breaking heat 🥵upon arrival 😆. This was the site driving back into camp. WELY radio had an emergency interruption that the “Camp Fire” was within 5 miles of our beloved camp and fire evacuations procedures of READY, SET, GO were already in progress leaving us Monday afternoon in READY status. Admin worked into the night Monday night/Tuesday morning after prepping staff, counselors, & campers on evacuation procedures that evening ahead of the mandated evacuations knowing the fires were going to continuously affect the planning of trips this season with the Boundary Waters closing….
Spirits have remained high and have proven the resiliency of Camp Voyageur’s legendary campers. The Camp Voyageur family did AMAZING in supporting each other in these developments and are already looking ahead to next season😎.

07/14/2026

W E L K Radio Success for Summer of 2026📻

07/11/2026

Smitty’s Ella Hall Trip (Fishing Trip) 1st Session

07/10/2026

2026 First Session Tie Dye Success. Campers got the opportunity to tie dye a t-shirt as part of the week’s & sessions’s festivities.

07/10/2026

Olympic Interviews 😉🙃⛹️‍♂️🏐🛶🏕️😆😂

07/09/2026
07/04/2026

Camp Voyageur

07/02/2026

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709 Voyageur Road
Ely, MN
55731

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