Glamping in Temagami

Glamping—Expanding In All the Right Places
Temagami,Ontario - April ...., 2012

After launching his Canadian glamping adventure - a catered and pampered version of wilderness camping - Kim Cowan’s business venture generated remarkable attention. Interviewed by CBC Radio, CHCH TV,covered in magazine articles (Women’s Adventure and Canoeroots), as well as in newspapers (Waterloo Record and Guelph Mercury), the interest in guide-assisted, glamorous camping was undeniable. 

(Unsure of the definition of glamping? Picture this: a remote wilderness scene is interrupted by a civilized and comfy looking tent. A peek inside reveals, not your typical bedroll, but an actual bed - frame, mattress, and bedding. You are called to dinner with the tempting scent of scrumptious gourmet cooking, and a guide prepares supplies for a family trek or canoe trip to gaze upon ancient Temagami pictographs ,petroglyphs and native spiritual sites. Hike in the last remaining stands of old growth red and white pine left on the planet..
That’s Canadian glamping at its finest!)

CHCH TV video
http://www.chch.com/index.php/home/item/3814-glamping-camping-without-roughing-it

With website interest from around the globe, Cowan knows he has hit a nerve. "There was a time when people hired guides to escort them into the backwoods, and this is a modernized version. While longing for a primitive experience, many Eco-adventurers hesitate at the commitment required to purchase quality equipment or to take the time needed to learn the required skills for wilderness camping.
Glamping makes it easy.

Sensing a trend, Cowan has fine-tuned his vision. 
Billed as Canada’s first "mobile glamping company," Misabi Adventure Company is offering an exclusive Eco vacation experience like no other in the wilderness of Temagami,Ontario.
Misabi Adventure Company has partnered with Alex Mathias and his family on Obabika Lake . This partnership combines traditional native culture /values and the modern "Glamping" experience to the discerning Eco adventurer.

Alex Mathias is one of the last remaining Ojibwa to speak his native dialect and resides on his traditional family lands at the mouth of the Obabika River.He continues to trap, fish and hunt on his unceded family territory.
http://www.ottertooth.com/Temagami/History/Characters/amathias.htm

Expansion plans and negotiations for the 2012/2013 season continue . 

Misabi Adventure Company is in discussion with Temagami First Nations regarding the expansion of permanent glamping facilities in the Temagami Region.
A portion of the profits generated by Misabi Adventure Company will be donated to the local native community for the 2012 season.
Future donations will be allocated to other First Nations Communities in Canada.

Misabi Adventure Company has also been deemed eligible for a tourism grant from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund . This grant will allow Misabi Adventure Company to expand the operation and create employment to residents of the Temagami First Nations.

A Learn to Camp program has been established for the 2012 season.
Cowan believes that this program will appeal to new Canadians and adventurous Eco travellers from around the world . 


Misabi Adventure Company is also seeking equity investors to expand the operation to other locations within Canada,Costa Rica and Belize.. 

For the eager, and the merely curious, details and contact information are available on the website, at www.misabiadventurecompany.ca.

519-716-4727 
kim.cowan@rogers.com