View of Koshlong Lake and YMCA Wanakita Waterfront View of Koshlong Lake and YMCA Wanakita Waterfront

Are you looking for a destination for your next workplace retreat or team getaway?

We would be thrilled to host you!

YMCA Wanakita is the ideal location for groups who are looking to have a unique group building, bonding, or fun, recreational retreat. With picturesque views of Koshlong Lake, a beautiful 1000 acre property, a variety of indoor meeting or program spaces, and offering many traditional camp activities, Wanakita can provide your group with a customized experience.  

Whether you are looking for a relaxing weekend away, or a week-long leadership retreat for your business team, we can work with you to create a retreat that will be a fun, relaxing, and rewarding adventure for your group.  

Our Outdoor Centre Directors will work with you to plan a successful trip, right from the booking stage through to departure. Our trained Wanakita instructors will provide fun and enjoyable programming for you and your group, hosting a range of activities to choose from. 

Wanakita Outdoor Centre Experience Planning Guide

All Seasons

  • Action Auction
  • Big Group Games
  • Campfire
  • Cosmic Zoom
  • Crafts
  • Drum Circle
  • Eco-Games
  • Environmental Jeopardy
  • Food Origins & Food Waste
  • High Ropes
  • Initiatives
  • Iron Chef
  • Low Ropes
  • Mystery Passenger Hunt
  • Night Hike
  • Orienteering - Compass
  • Orienteering - Discovery
  • Performing Arts-Dance / Theatre
  • Scavination
  • Survival
  • The Incredible Machine
  • WALO
  • WEP (Fire & Shelter Building)
  • Where's Waldo?

Winter

  • Broomball
  • Lunch Cookout
  • Night Skill Across Koshlong Lake
  • Orienteering: Map & Compass / Snowshoe
  • Quinzhee Sleepout
  • Ski 1
  • Ski 2 / Trek
  • Snowshoeing & Trek
  • Tobogganing
  • Winter Ecology

Spring | Fall

  • Archery
  • Beaver Dam Hike
  • Canoeing 1 & 2
  • Traditional Games
  • Kayaking
  • Lunch Cookout / Canoe
  • Overnight Campout
  • Tree Identificaton
  • Voyageur Canoeing
  • Wetland Study

To book your group's retreat or site rental, please contact:

Sandra Dabrowski
Director, Outdoor Centre
P: 1-800-387-5081 x. 2236

 sandra.dabrowski@ymcahbb.ca