“Outdoor Access for All” reads the side of the Canoemobile van pulling into the boathouse at Lake Merced in San Francisco. Wilderness Inquiry’s mission to connect people from all walks of life to the natural world is being fulfilled throughout California this spring. Anyone, anywhere, anytime–and we mean it!
Explore the Bay Area from Voyageur Canoes [Read more]
Wilderness Inquiry’s Voyageur canoes made the pioneering journey west to San Francisco with the Canoemobile program. Upon arrival to the Bay Area, the Canoemobile hosted a featured workshop for the City Parks Alliance Greater and Greener Conference—a convening of hundreds of city parks leaders from across the country. Conference participants from all over North America joined Wilderness Inquiry… [Read more] Park leaders from across the country paddle the San Francisco Bay with Canoemobile
Written by Peter MacMillan Typically when Canoemobile rolls into a portage, we are, at least in the paddle category, the big boys on the block. Often times, we are working to reconnect individuals with their local waterways and introduce them to water-based education and recreation. San Francisco, with its historic bays and bridges, is a… [Read more] Paddling San Francisco’s Urban Wilderness
This article originally appeared on the National League of Cities blog CitiesSpeak. Wilderness Inquiry teamed up with San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee and SF Recreation & Park to bring the Canoemobile to the Bay Area. Coming in direct contact with the mighty Mississippi River provided one indelible memory for many of the 700 participants in the recent International… [Read more] How we worked with a Mayor and a parks department to connect SF youth with nature
Celebrate the urban wilderness of the Bay Area [Read more]
For three weeks, Canoemobile made its home in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing introductory outdoor experiences for hundreds of people representing a broad cross-section of Bay Area residents. From elementary to high school, after-school programs to special education, and disability service groups and life-skills support organizations, Canoemobile connected people of diverse backgrounds to local… [Read more] Access for all: Three weeks in the Bay Area
Paddle through the Bay Area with Canoemobile [Read more]
Paddle on San Francisco’s Lake Merced with Canoemobile [Read more]
Our Fifth Record Breaking Year in a Row Wilderness Inquiry connected more than 37,000 people to nature, including more than 18,500 people of color and 3,600 people with disabilities, through 571 adventures and events– a new record! Highlights of our year include: Canoemobile reached 32,000 people in more than 50 communities from coast to coast:… [Read more] 2017 Year in Review
