Water Trail Principles ... Who Should Be Involved
Getting Established ... Maintaining the Trail ... 
Organizations Supporting Water Trails ... Some Water Trail Home Pages

A water trail is a network of access points, resting places and attractions for users of water craft on lakes and rivers. 

A water trail is a "schoolhouse without walls"  which involves the recreational boater and general public in shoreland preservation and stewardship programs. 

Water trails afford an opportunity for people to personally explore our natural and cultural heritage from a distinctly unique perspective - "sitting on" the water.  

Water trails bring the user into contact with the whole ecology of the trail corridor, and in the process the user learns and grows physically, mentally and emotionally; while the community grows in spirit, economic health and vitality. 

Water trails continue an important traditional mode of travel that has been practiced for thousands of years - first by Native Americans, then by the explorers and traders who followed - and now by people who wish to rediscover the joy and adventure of small boat travel.

A few basic concepts for getting organized.