Kayaking 
      in Minnesota  
      Kayak 
      Minnesota  find a great paddling route. Find a kayak outfitter or 
      store. Find a kayaking school, rental shop or tour guide. We have listed 
      a little bit of what Minnesota has to offer the kayaker. 
      
       Andersons 
        Canoe Outfitters  
        Offers tours.  
 
	Clear Waters Outfitting Company 
	Clearwater, based outfitter offers fully outfitted day trips and overnight kayak and canoe trips on the Mississippi River in central Minnesota. They also have a retail store with kayaks, canoes and paddling accessories. 
 
      Explore 
        Canoe Country 
        Offers a list of local tour operators. 
      Gunflint 
        Trail Outfitters  
        Offers tours.  
         
        Hi Tempo SnowSports and WaterSports 
	White Bear Lake shop stocks all kinds of Hobie kayaks. They have an online store as well.   
 
        Midwest Mountaineering 
        Long-time Twin Cities retail shop stocks tons of equipment and offers plenty of good advice. 
      Minnesota 
        Canoe Association 
        Paddling and boat building club.  
         
        Minnewaska Kayaks  
        Rentals and sales — they deliver and pick-up in the Alexandria area.  
         
        Monticello Shuttles 
Offers a shuttle service on the Mississippi River in the Monticello, MN area.
         
 
	Nighthawk Canoes 
	Builds and sells the lightest weight composite canoes and kayaks.  Their boats are handmade, user-friendly and can be custom-built to fit individual paddler preferences.  Available online, or in person in Saint Paul and surrounding areas. 
 
North Shore Expeditions 
Guided kayak tours, kayak instruction and kayak camping trips on Lake Superior. Based in Grand Marais, MN.
 
      Northwest 
        Canoe Company 
        Offers classes and information on boat building. 
      Piragis 
        Northwoods Company 
        Canoe and kayak trips in the Boundary Waters Area. They also sell used kayaks.  
         
        Rapids Riders  
        Whitewater canoe and kayak club.  
      Red 
        Rock Wilderness Store 
        Offers outfitting services and a retail store with paddling gear and more, 
        including a list of people selling used canoes.  
      
Sawtooth Outfitters 
Rents and sells new and used boats, provides guided tours and instruction courses on the North Shore.   
 
Snake River Outfitters 
Canoe and kayak rental and shuttle services on the Snake River for day or overnight guided tours or fishing adventures.
 
 
Spirit of the Wilderness 
A full service outfitter in Ely, that offers complete or partial outfitting, canoe and kayak rentals. 
 
Superior 
        Kayak and Outdoor Adventure Club  
        Paddling Club.
 
         
        Team Midwest Mountaineering 
      Blog from this Minnesota paddling group.  
      Voyagers 
        North Canoe Outfitters 
        Offers tours. 
      Wild 
        River Adventure 
         
        Offers a variety of preplanned canoe trips and kayaking trips on the Big 
        Fork River. 
         
        Wind, Water & Wheels 
Rents and sells kayaks and provides shuttle services on the Pine River and other area lakes and streams near Crosslake, MN.  
 
Wintermoon Summersun Adventures 
        Kayaking and dog sledding center about 50 miles north of Duluth. 
         
        Zumbro River Ratz 
	An outfitter located on the Zumbro River in Millville. They have rentals for sit-on-top kayaks, canoes and inner tubes. Kayak sales also. 
         
         
        
 
 
         
         
          
         
          
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