Alumni Essays and Articles

Through the years alumni and friends have composed essays of their adventures and memories of their times at Northern Tier and beyond. Essays recalls the impact of the program, past gatherings, influencers of the program such as Joe Seliga, and celebrations of life including the late Clyde "Sandy" Bridges.

Essay/Article Title	Author
A Charlie Guide Can Make the Difference	John LeBlanc
Bissett: Boom and Bust in the Manitoba Bush	Chuck Rose
Book report on the book "Last Child In The Woods"	David Hyink
Canoe base leader ...Outdoorsman Sandy Bridges	Duluth News Tribune
Clyde "Sandy" Bridges: 1939 - 1997
Good Memories and Gridlock	John Thurston
Joe Seliga's Canoe	Dave Greenlee
More Things I learned in the Woods	Mike Bingley
Night Paddling	Dave Greenlee
Okpik: An Advisor's Story	Dave Greenlee
Real Berard: The Map Maker	Chuck Rose
Reflections of Rendezvous '98	Toni Nemanick
Remembrances of Red Renner	Butch Diesslin, Dave Greenlee, and Larry Whitmore
Rendezvous 2000 - Part I: The Reunion	Dave Greenlee
Rendezvous 2000 - Part II: Sandy's Mission	Dave Greenlee
Sandy's Last Portage	Cherie Bridges Sawinski and friends
Sandy's Mission: A Letter from John to Dave	John Thurston
Staff Training Pictorial - 1997	Dave Greenlee
The Home of the Northern Woodsmen	Sandy Bridges
The Life of Chris Breen	Chris Breen's parents
Third Day in Minnesota, First Day on the Trail	Chris Thurman
To my Dad on Father's Day	Dave Greenlee
What I've learned in the Woods	Mike Bingley
Wilderness Castle	Chuck Rose