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You are Judged by the Company you Keep
Over the past third of a century we have outfitted more than 100,000 people and organizations for trips into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Quetico Provincial Park. We have accumulated a stack of testimonial letters thicker than all of the Chicago telephone directories combined.
We have been the official canoe outfitters / suppliers for such prestigious organizations as:- Air Canada
- American Forestry Association
- Baptist General Conference
- Boy Scouts of America
- Chicago Athletic Association
- Chicago Boys Clubs
- Christian Service Brigade
- E. I. DuPont De Nemours
- George Clayton College
- Girl Scouts of America
- J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University - Evanston, Illinois
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- National Audubon Society
- National Geographic Society
- Outdoor Writers Association of America
- Plano Moulding Company
- Royal Air Force - England
- Royal Rangers
- Saint Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company
- Sierra Club
- State of Minnesota
- Stearns Manufacturing Company
- Union League Club of Chicago
- United Airlines
- United Methodist Conference
- United States Forest Service
- Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
Some of our individual customers include:- Peter Canning - Managing Editor, Reader's Digest
- Arne H. Carlson - Past Governor, State of Minnesota
- Soc Clay - Poet Laureate, Outdoor Writer's Association of America (OWAA)
- Trammell Crowe - Real Estate Developer
- Gerry Cunningham - Founder, Colorado Outdoor Sports (GERRY)
- David Elmore - President, Banker's United Life Insurance Company
- Eric Engberg - CBS Television News, Washington DC
- Jack Ford - Son of then President of the United States, Gerald Ford
- Donald M. Fraser - Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives; Mayor of Minneapolis
- Gerald A. Gettelfinger - Bishop, Archdiocese of the Catholic Church, Evansville, Indiana
- Sir Edmund Hillary - The first person to climb Mount Everest
- Kevin Hoeschen - Principal Violist, Duluth/Superior Symphony Orchestra
- Linda Bird Johnson - Daughter of then President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson
- Joyce M. Kelly - President, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington DC
- "The Amazing Kreskin"
- Sven Lindblad - President, Lindblad Special Expeditions
- Franklin S. Markle III - Head, Booster Systems Section, Guidance & Propulsion Branch, NASA
- John F. McDonnell - Chairman & CEO, McDonnell Douglas Corporation
- Jack Miller - President, Quill (Office Products) Corporation
- Martha Nause - Professional Golfer, Member of L.P.G.A.
- Richard Nolan - Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives
- Brian B. O'Neill - Lead Plaintiff Attorney who won the $5 Billion Judgement against Exxon (Exxon / Valdez)
- August U. Pabst - President and Chairman of the Board, Pabst Farms, Inc.
- John Pluenneke - Manager, Business Week Magazine
- Nicholas J. Pritzker - President, Hyatt (Hotels) Development Corporation
- Mitchell Sheinkop, MD - World-Renown Orthopedic Surgeon
- Michal Sobieski - Renown Violinist, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- "Big Jim" Whittaker - First American to Climb Mount Everest and K-2
- Wiliam Wilsen - Conductor, Peoria Symphony Orchestra
We believe it is worth noting that we are the only outfitter that has ever been privileged to outfit the immediate family of a sitting President of the United States - in fact, the families of two presidents.
In addition to our "Platinum Plated" customer list, we have also been fortunate to have been featured in many publications, some of which include:- Business Week Magazine
- Chevy Outdoors
- Field & Stream
- Men of Action
- National Geographic Magazine
- Outdoor Life
- Sports Afield
- Torch & Oval
- Home and Away
- The Ultimate Adventure Source Book
- The Wall Street Journal (two different front page stories)!
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"On the map, Ely appears to be at the end of the road. For people who love wilderness and beauty and solitude, on the contrary, it's at the center of the world."
Charles Kuralt, CBS News
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