Celebrate National Canoe & Kayak Day with a group paddle from Little Millers Bay to Paddler’s Path and Wilderness Way!

Meet at 9:00 am in Little Millers Bay by the north dock in front of Lakeside Lab, then:

🛶 Paddle the calm, sheltered waters of Little Millers Bay while taking in the native flora and fauna along its natural shoreline (West Lake Okoboji’s most extensive).

🛶 Then paddle along Millers Bay’s western shoreline past the venerable Iowa Lakeside Lab and the historic Presbyterian Camp, former site of the Floete Mansion and The Okoboji Club, which Babe Ruth visited!

🛶 Continue along the southern shoreline and look for white wooden Century Cottages sprinkled among other Wahpeton residences.

🛶 Paddle under the small bridge where Millers Bay meets Paddler’s Path, the canal winding through Gull Point State Park to Turtle Lake. Spy the canal fairies hiding along the shore!

🛶 Meander through the quiet waterways of Wilderness Way, a circular offshoot of Paddler’s Path.

Protect Millers Bay!

🌿 Please clean off aquatic vegetation from all water recreation equipment and gear before coming to Millers Bay and before leaving. Millers Bay is particularly susceptible to Eurasian watermilfoil, which creates dense surface mats - a recreation killer! Fragments of Eurasian watermilfoil hitchhike on water equipment from one area of the Okoboji lakes to others, unless equipment is thoroughly cleaned of all weeds first.

♻ Please collect trash floating on the water or along the shoreline (as long as you can do so safely).

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Assumption of Risk: Paddlers joining the group paddle must be experienced and must come in their own kayak, canoe, or SUP, with their own paddles and proper personal flotation device. Children must be accompanied by an adult. The Millers Bay Conservancy will not be responsible for any injury.