Who We Are

• FAMILY CANOE CAMPING: We provide services that other guides and outfitters may not offer. We enjoy camping and canoeing with families. Our adventure vacations allow families to access remote areas with children without the worry of inexperience. We know how to camp with kids. Imagine lugging all that extra gear that you need for the little ones, go ahead, bring the port-a-crib and sassy seat, we will make sure you have time to enjoy nature and take in those beautiful sunsets too. The shared adventure of camping with small children, experiencing wilderness, and gaining outdoor skills will provide paddling and hiking adventures that will be cherished family memories. We have experienced many of the challenges, know what the limits are, and have learned from our experience. You will be surprised how much fun kids of all ages have on wilderness camping trips! Kids these days can benefit enormously from all outdoor experience, we strive to leave no child inside!
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• SENIOR CANOE CAMPING: Another goal of MPPG is to provide seniors with an outdoor wilderness adventure that they can be assured is geared to their abilities and interests. Paddle along at a pace that you are comfortable with. Our trips are planned with plenty of time to relax and explore around amp each day. Trips can even be set up to stay in the same camp for multiple days. This provides the maximum rest and relaxation. We are getting more and more clients in their seventies doing trips, many with their grand and great grand kids.

Tim Emery - Recreation Guide Native Mainer, raised in Industry, Maine. Fished and hunted in western Maine as a boy. Grew up camping with friends. Now lives and works in the greater Portland area. He is a carpenter by trade. Lives in Windham with his wife, Charlotte, and children, Megan and Eli. Tim's hobbies include woodworking, furniture making, canoe building, fly fishing, ice fishing, and of course canoe camping.

David Butler - Master Recreation Guide David has lived in Maine for over 23 years. He has a Forestry degree from West Virginia University. He now lives in Windham, Maine with his wife, Tracey, a 5th grade school teacher. He and Tracey have raised two children, Amanda and Doug, who are both attending college. As a boy, David learned his outdoor skills in the Boy Scouts with canoeing and camping trips that included special trips to Maine. Throughout college and as a young adult, David continued to explore the outdoors, camping, canoeing, and willing to experience almost any outdoor activity. Arriving in Maine in 1986 to start a professional career in the computer industry, he was eager to get outdoors. Maine is a big state, with almost an endless list of places to paddle camp and explore. Around the campfire he is sure to tell stories of the highlights of those early trips with family and friends. David's many interests include mountain biking, sea kayaking, rafting, fly fishing, ice fishing, and anything to do with canoeing and camping.