See the St. Lawrence in a new way
Floating Classroom Camps with Save The River offer students the opportunity to observe the St. Lawrence and learn about the River’s ecology during summer.
The 2025 Camp dates are below. The cost is $10 per student, and registration is required. All camps are 9AM to 3:30PM and are limited to 34 students. Students must bring their own lunch. Drop-off and pick-up locations vary and check-in begins at 8:30AM.
Please stop by our storefront, call (315) 686-2010, or email education@savetheriver.org with any questions.
Registration is below
Camp Dates & Activities
Grade 1-5 Camps
Departing from the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center on Wellesley Island, students will launch into Eel Bay aboard a field trip boat and spend the morning observing the St. Lawrence River.
Students will eat their lunch onboard the field trip boat, and afternoon programing will continue at the Nature Center with ROV demonstrations with the US Coast Guard.
Check-in is at 9AM at Clayton Island Tours. Pick-up is at the MACNC on Wellesley Island at 3:30PM.
Join STR at the Antique Boat Museum for a day of boat and fishing activities. Students will have the opportunity to ride Zipper, and rotate through games design for students in 1st – 5th Grade.
Check-in and pick-up is at the ABM in Clayton.
Middle & High School Camps
Join Save The River on a visit to the Thousand Islands Biological Station (TIBS)! Departing from Clayton Island Tours (CIT), students will participate in rotating lessons and presentations with Dr. John Farrell and his students on Governors Island.
After students eat their lunch on a guided boat tour, we will return to Frink Park for more afternoon activities.
Check-in is at Clayton Island Tours at 8:30AM and pick-up is at STR’s office in downtown Clayton at 3:30PM.
This Floating Classroom camp is geared towards older students. At the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center on Wellesley Island, Save The River and SLELO PRISM will host activities and presentations about the ecology of the Upper St. Lawrence River and the challenges it faces.
Check-in is at 8:30AM at Clayton Island Tours. Pick-up is at the MACNC on Wellesley Island at 3:30PM.