“Tall Ship Expeditions Canada is an inclusive youth-focused organization that provides people from diverse backgrounds and communities with an opportunity to explore their own capabilities and learn transferable life skills, through a hands-on outdoor adventure program, while sailing aboard Canada’s original tall ship, St. Lawrence II.
Our programs are designed to foster teamwork, build community, and encourage cooperative effort between participants from diverse backgrounds.
Participants' exposure to personal challenges, new experiences, and rugged geography inspires them to build their resilience, increase their self-value, toughen their grit, and push through self limits, while creating lasting friendships and memories.
By connecting people with the natural world through tactile experiences, we are growing a better understanding of both the power and fragility of nature, and humanity.
Brigantine Incorporated is also committed to exploring & preserving maritime skills and heritage, promoting respect for our natural environment, and providing the training and experience required to become an outstanding professional mariner.”
We offer an immersive, experiential outdoor adventure program, focused on providing an engaging, fun, and positive expedition, through which youth are empowered to become stronger people, develop new perspectives, and form lasting connections to new friends and the environment.
A Tall Ship expedition for youth looking for adventure, fun, friendship, and to explore their world.
“The Program really helped me to build mt skills as a leader. I was able to grow as a leader while improving my work ethic. I met tons of awesome new people each year!”
“ This experience was fun, I became more self-confident and more independent.”
- 2016 Trainee
Make new friends while having amazing experiences in scenic and interesting places.
EXPERIENCE THE FREEDOM
Taking part in a Tall Ship expedition is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience. The sense of freedom, community, exploration, discovery, and the spirit of friendship are unforgettable, and will provide meaningful memories for years to come.
Take part in the expedition of a lifetime aboard the Tall Ship St. Lawrence II!
The Expedition
Your adventure begins…
Your adventure begins when you arrive at the ship & are introduced to the ship’s crew. The leaders will put you in one of three groups, each under the supervision of experienced peer leaders.
Our youth leaders are all past participants, who have the experience and training required to be leaders aboard. They are there to lead your group, to ensure that you learn everything you need to, and to help facilitate your group. Following the orientation covering parts of the ship, safety procedures, and how the ship is run, you will stow your gear and help prepare for departure.
Once everyone is aboard and is familiarized with the ship and the program, we will depart for your first day of voyaging under sail! You will learn the names of all the lines (ropes) and how to use them to control, raise and lower the sails, how to raise and lower the anchor, how to safely climb the rigging to furl sails on the yards, how to launch and row the ship’s boats (dories), and how steer the ship.
From time to time the ship will anchor in a safe cove or moor alongside a pier, allowing some time for relaxing, swimming, rowing the dories, exploring the shoreline, or simply pondering and reflecting on your voyage.
All courses begin at 9:00 and end at 11:00 and will depart and return to Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, 53 Yonge St, Kingston, Ontario, unless otherwise noted in the Schedule (a course which starts in another port/ city ,eg. Quebec City, will of course board and end in the specified port(s)/ cit(y)ies.
