User:LPBrennan/Northern Wisconsin National Canoe Base

The Northern Wisconsin National Canoe Base, located at the eastern end of White Sand lake near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, was a national operation of the Boy Scouts of America. It was begun in the summer of 1940 by Ernest F. Schmidt, using a former CCC camp, and named MIWI, for the four states that comprised the BSA's Region Seven: Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois. It was later re-named Region Seven Explorer Canoe base. Around 1970 the Explorer was dropped, as it was available to non-Explorers as well. When the BSA re-organized the national regions from twelve to six, the name was once again changed to Northern Wisconsin National Canoe Base. By 1984, attendance had dropped to the point that a permanent staff was no longer needed, and the operation was run as a satellite of the Charles L. Sommers Canoe Base in Ely, Minnesota. This operation ceased after the 1985 season and the land reverted to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Most of the buildings were demolished. Former members of the staff met for a reunion at he site in 1988 and again in the summer of 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder_Junction,_Wisconsin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_L._Sommers_Canoe_Base