Wilderness Challenge Manitoba was established in 2002 as a replacement for Eastwinn which brings groups together in the fall to do a series of activites over a day. Thought of as a great opportunity to promote Scouting and sustain membership Wilderness Challenge was created from the beginning keeping new members of scouting in mind, and trying to show them what Scouting is all about while providing a great time for long time and returning members.

How, 7 years later Wilderness Challenge has grown into a camp with over 300 Cubs, Scouts, Pathfinders and leaders every year. We have grown in size significantly, and the extra attendence has allowed us to create activities that are truly unique that no one has done before. While growing in size we have also sustained our particpant fees, and over a steady incline over the past 5 years kept the fees per participant still below $10. This allows accessibility for almost every group at the start of the year, when they may not have funding yet to attend a camp.

We have also grown our staff by 6 people, including the additon of Subcamp Chiefs and an Offer of Service Subcamp Chief.

Our mission still remains the same after these years, to make sure that youth started thir year off with fun and work with OOS to create some exciting new activites!