Canoemobile is a “floating classroom” that brings students out on local waterways in 10-person canoes to learn about science, history, geography, and culture. Our on-water experiences are often enriched with land-based learning activities developed and facilitated by organizations such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and hundreds of other government and nonprofit partners. Canoemobile brings classroom learning outside, engaging youth in immersive curricula that helps improve school performance, cultivate a stewardship ethic, and create lifelong social-emotional skills needed for personal success.

Canoemobile travels around the country so that students from many backgrounds and communities have the chance to experience the nation’s best outdoor field trip. In addition, Canoemobile offers free and open-to-the-public paddles in communities where it is working. These experiences change waterways into places of recreation, learning, and community-building. From San Francisco to the Bronx, communities welcome Canoemobile to serve more than 30,000 youth and adults of all backgrounds and abilities each year.