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There's an old quotation that says "the
job isn't done until the paperwork is complete." When it comes to
taking Scouts on a High Adventure Canoe Trip, the paperwork comes first.
North Country Canoe Outfitters will take care of the required entry permits
for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and/or Quetico Provincial Park. We
have been designated as an agent for the Department of Natural Resources,
and maintain a license terminal for the automated issuing of Minnesota
fishing Licenses.
Beyond these forms handled by us, we can
guide the trip co-ordinator with the forms and paperwork to insure
everything is complete and submitted on a timely basis. A listing of
the required and optional forms is supplied on the links below. These
forms are all contained in our
Leader's Guide To High Adventure Canoe Trips.
Two items that you can begin co-ordinating immediately are Risk
acknowledgements and sales tax exemptions.
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Permission, and Liability Release As
with all Scouting trips, parental permission should be secured prior to any
scout signing-up for the trip. Parents / Guardians must be appraised of the
differences between a wilderness High Adventure trip and the more familiar
summer camp/ weekend overnight camping trip. In addition, the risk factor
involved with this type of activity should be contrasted. A page of this
website titled "Risks Associated with Wilderness Travel"
can help the committee discuss risk and lay a foundation for informed
parental consent.
In our
Leader's Guide To High Adventure Canoe Trips
we have included North Country Canoe Outfitters’ parental
risk acknowledgment, consent, and liability waiver form which MUST be
initialed and signed by the parents /guardians of minor children
participating in this experience. These agreements are considered part of
your payment for our services. (Several trips have been delayed as we have
tried to find parents so as to have them fax their signed and witnessed
liability waivers to us when their child arrived at our base without it.)
ONLY
NORTH COUNTRY’S ADULT AND YOUTH FORMS
MAY BE USED
SUBSTITUTE FORMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
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One other thing you should do well before
the trip is to secure a Sales Tax Exemption Number from your state, or a
copy of your state's Sales Tax Exemption Letter, whichever applies. This
will save your unit a great deal of money (6.5% on everything). Without it
we must, by law, add Minnesota Sales Tax to your bill: no exceptions. Tax
exemptions do not, however, apply to, or eliminate, (1) sales & lodging tax
on accommodations, (2) US Forest Service User Fees, or (3) Canadian Camping
or Fishing Permit Fees or Remote Area Border Crossing Permit fees |
