Featured Upcoming Events at Cole Canoe Base
Cole Canoe Base | Alger, MI
Cole Canoe Base offers both year-round and summer camp opportunities for groups seeking a fantastic place to participate in outdoor activities. All campsites and White Pines cabin are available throughout the year outside of the summer camping season to any interested units. Scouts can practice their shooting sports skills in camp, go hiking on our many miles of trails, and participate in other unit led scouting activities. Your group holding a weekend campout here at Cole Canoe Base will enable your scouts to have the opportunity to complete requirements towards advancing in rank or completing merit badges.
Cole Canoe Base
1356 E. Greenwood Rd | Alger, MI 48610
Phone: 989-873-1516 | Fax: 989-873-1517
Camp Director: Dan Hill
Cell: 517-940-4125
Ranger: David Gray
Ranger: Mike Gray
Camp Chair: David Kautz
Properties Chair: Kent Klitzke
Program Chair: Vacant
Weekend Program
Weekend Programs: We offer a weekend camping program for units seeking a fantastic place to participate in weekend Scouting activities. All campsites and White Pines cabin are available throughout the year outside of the summer camping season to any interested units. Scouts can practice their shooting sports skills in camp, go hiking on our many miles of trails, and participate in other unit led scouting activities. Your unit holding a weekend campout here at Cole Canoe Base will enable your scouts to have the opportunity to complete requirements towards advancing in rank or completing merit badges.
Our beautiful campsites are available for unit’s seeking a fun weekend campout for their unit. We have campsites of varying sizes to accommodate any size pack, troop, or crew. Some campsites even have their own pavillion which can be used for many purposes including holding a Court of Honor or any other type of meeting or ceremony.
We have a beautiful cabin complete with bunk beds, full kitchen, and indoor restrooms and showers. White Pines Cabin is the perfect place to stay and warm up after enjoying those fun winter time activities.
Open from April 1 until the end of October, Cole Canoe Base Family Camp is a new addition to our camp for those who prefer the comfort of their motorhomes while enjoying the great outdoors. There are 16 sites available. (12 have full hook-up, water, electric, and sewer. 4 have water and electric only.)
Canoeing on the Rifle River outside of summer enables Scouts to experience the rush of the rapids from Spring thaw and witness the beauty of the changing of the leaves in Autumn. Unit’s who sign-up to experience this one-of-a-kind experience must remember that any time of the year outside of summer camp, we will help haul the canoes to your requested drop off point but you must provide transportation for the participants. Only canoes are offered; no kayaks.
With an advanced reservation, any of our three shooting sports ranges (archery, rifle, and shotgun) can be open for scouts to sharpen their shooting sports skills, complete merit badge requirements, and have a little shooting sports fun.
*** An advanced reservation for shooting sports activites is required to ensure we have adequate, qualified staffing for each range. Please place your reservation at least 2 weeks before your units scheduled weekend campout to guarantee adequate staffing. ***
*** The shooting ranges will not be open during the Winter. ***
For every person that dreads the wrath of winter, there is someone who embraces winter and all the beauty it holds. The those who appreciate winter, we have trails throughout camp that are perfect for going snowshoeing and cross-country skiing; we also have hills that are perfect for sledding skiing and snowboarding.
Our camp trading post “The River Store” will be open on the weekend while your unit is in camp. We have a plethora of camping supplies, snacks, drinks, and camp souvenirs available for purchase.
For any questions you may have or for inquiries placing reservations for weekend camping at Cole Canoe Base, feel free to send a message to our Camp Director Gregg Zdan
Scout BSA Summer Camp Info
Kickoff Webinar
January 16, 2024
Recording | Slide Deck
Office Hours
April 3, 2024 4-8pm
Upcoming Events at Cole Canoe Base
