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Trek Planning Guide Last Updated: 2/10/2021 Page 1 WELCOME TO MA-KA-JA-WAN ..................................... 3 Alcohol and Illegal Substances ................................ 23 Aquatics Qualifications ........................................... 23 CONTACT INFORMATION ............................................. 4 Bicycles.................................................................... 23 MA-KA-JA-WAN HIGH ADVENTURE BASE ..................... 5 Camp Closures ........................................................ 23 Campsite Requirements for Male & Female Units .. 24 HIGH ADVENTURE OPTIONS ................................................. 5 Check-in and Check-out .......................................... 24 Trek Program ............................................................ 5 Clothing and Swimwear Requirements ................... 24 Coureur des Bois ....................................................... 5 Damage to Camp Property ..................................... 24 High Adventure Award .............................................. 5 Discipline in Camp ................................................... 24 TREK PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS ............................. 6 Dogs & Other Animals ............................................ 25 TREKKER’S CODE OF CONDUCT ............................................. 6 Types of Animals Permitted in Camp ...................... 25 YOUTH REQUIREMENTS ....................................................... 6 Fireworks ................................................................ 25 ADULT SUPERVISION AND REQUIREMENTS .............................. 6 First Aid ................................................................... 25 Alcohol and Illegal Substances ................................ 25 TREK PROGRAMS AND DESCRIPTIONS .......................... 7 Liquid & Propane Fuel ............................................. 25 APOSTLE ISLAND KAYAKING TREK .......................................... 8 Non-discrimination ................................................. 25 BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS TREK .............. 9 Quiet Hours ............................................................. 26 FLAMBEAU RIVER FLOWAGE CANOEING TREK........................ 10 Shower Facility Requirements ................................. 26 WISCONSIN RIVER HEADWATERS CANOEING ......................... 11 Vehicles in Camp ..................................................... 26 ICE AGE TRAIL BACKPACKING TREK ...................................... 12 Uniforms ................................................................. 26 ISLE ROYALE BACKPACKING ................................................ 13 Weapons and Ammunition ..................................... 26 PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA HIKING TREK ...... 14 APPENDIX 2 – USEFUL DOCUMENTS & FORMS ........... 27 LAKE SUPERIOR SAILING TREK ............................................ 15 Sailing Specific Considerations ................................ 16 2021 MSR HIGH ADVENTURE QUICK INFORMATION GUIDE ... 28 2021 UNIT HIGH ADVENTURE REQUEST FORM ..................... 29 TREK REGISTRATION DATES AND DEADLINES ............. 17 MSR TREK ROSTER .......................................................... 30 HOW TO REGISTER ........................................................... 17 MSR TREK TRAVEL FORM ................................................. 31 HIGH ADVENTURE RISK AGREEMENT ................................... 32 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ..................................... 18 GROUP GEAR FOR ALL TREKS ............................................. 33 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ........................................ 18 PERSONAL EQUIPMENT LIST FOR BACKPACKING TREKS ............ 34 SPECIAL DIET REQUESTS .................................................... 19 PERSONAL EQUIPMENT LIST FOR CANOEING & KAYAKING TREKS CAMPERSHIPS ................................................................. 19 .................................................................................... 36 TECHNOLOGY .................................................................. 20 MAIL-IN AND IN-PERSON PAYMENT FORM ........................... 37 OTHER DATES AND DEADLINES ........................................... 20 TROOP ________ SUMMER CAMP DUTY ROSTER ................ 38 PRE-TREK CHECK LIST ....................................................... 20 UNIT SWIM CLASSIFICATION RECORD .................................. 40 APPENDIX 1 – GENERAL CAMP POLICIES ..................... 21 APPENDIX 3 – TIPS & TRICKS ...................................... 42 COUNCIL CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY ...................... 21 TIPS ON PERSONAL GEAR .................................................. 42 MEDICAL POLICIES - HEALTH AND SAFETY ............................. 22 LEAVE NO TRACE ............................................................ 44 BSA Health Form ..................................................... 22 WILDLIFE CONSIDERATIONS ............................................... 47 GENERAL CAMP POLICIES .................................................. 23 SAFETY AND SANITATION ................................................... 49 Adult Supervision .................................................... 23 Please Note: Pages 1 – 20 contain the most common information required to plan your trek, you can save paper while printing by printing only those pages to bring to a troop or crew meeting. Trek Planning Guide Last Updated: 2/10/2021 Page 2 Two Scout Camps and a High Adventure Base in the Northwoods Dear Scout Leader, We are excited to have you join us this summer! Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan’s goal is to provide a safe, fun environment for your youth to test their Scouting mettle in the beautiful outdoor setting that is Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation. Whether you are in East Camp, West Camp, or out on a Trek, we know that you will find the experience you are seeking. At Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan, we promise your Scouts will find fun, adventurous activities to do. A Scout’s experience at camp helps independence, self-reliance, and develop Leadership skills and values that are key for good citizenship and service to others. This Camp Guide and the Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan website, www.makajawan.com, are resources for you and your Unit to prepare for camp. CAMP FORMS: All Camp forms are now available in Appendix 2 – Useful Documents & Forms on page 27 . Please feel free to duplicate any materials for distribution to your fellow leaders, parents, and Scouts. Explore our social media pages for regular updates. We invite you to share your favorite photos and experiences on all of them as well. https://www.facebook.com/makajawan https://www.instagram.com/makajawan/ We firmly believe that you and your Scouts will leave with valuable new skills, abilities, and memories. Expand your summer camp experience by taking advantage of all our council properties as part of your year-round camping program. We look forward to seeing you at camp! “The camp world is not a world of make-believe. It is a normal world where there are JOBS TO BE DONE, cabins to be swept, bunks to be made, tables to be cleared. Where there is HELP AND GUIDANCE, the other showing the younger how to handle a canoe, make bows, shoot with skill. Where there is FELLOWSHIP AND FUN in working together with saw and twine and paint in handicraft lodge. Where there is BEAUTY AND INSPIRATION in singing voices and the leaping campfire reflected at the water’s edge. Camp is not a world of tearing down, of fighting and hating and mass conflict, which for the present we adults must endure and finally vanquish. Camp is, as always, a normal world of change and progress, of challenge and security, of effort and reward, of beauty, and meaning, and peace”. – From a 1945 camp brochure – Rory Fencl, Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Reservation Director Adam Hoeflich, NEIC Camping Committee Chairman Tom Macfadden, NEIC Vice President of Program Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation W6500 Spring Lake Road, Pearson, WI 54462 Proudly Serving Northeast Illinois Council, Boy Scouts of America since 1929 Trek Planning Guide Last Updated: 2/10/2021 Page 3 Year-Round - Council Office Contact Information Kasperson Center for Scouting at Morrison Park Northeast Illinois Council, BSA 850 Forest Edge Drive Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Main Phone: 847-433-1813 / Main Fax: 847-433-2036 Council Website: https://neic.ihubapp.org / Camp Website: https://makajawan.com NEW: Mail-in and In-Person Payments Form: Mail or bring this form to the council office. You can find it in Appendix 2. Council Program Director – Rory Fencl Direct: 847-748-9154 / Email: [email protected] Council Program Assistant – Debi Geiger Direct: 847-748-9161 / Email: [email protected] Contact for all online registration, payment, and merit badge sign-up questions. Summer Only - Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation Information (Camp is open from June 9 through August 8, 2021) Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation W6500 Spring Lake Road Pearson, WI 54462 Welcome Center (Main) Phone: 715-484-2346 / Fax: 715-484-3019 Health Lodge: 715-484-8187 Key Staff Reservation Director Rory Fencl [email protected] Reservation