Sunrise Canoe and Kayak

Outfitting services also available for:

•  St. Croix River
•  Machias River
•  Downeast Lakes Water Trail
•  East Machias River
•  Dennys River
•  Narraguagus River
•  Pleasant River
•  Union River

Shuttles available for:

•  Machias River
•  East Machias River
•  St. Croix River
•  Downeast Lakes Water Trail
•  Bangor Intl. Airport (BGR)

Shuttles include transportation of passengers AS WELL AS rented or personal equipment

Our Guides

With our guides you are not only travelling with seasoned veterans, you are part of an eastern Maine tradition. Our guides are Master Maine Guides with over 20 years of experience leading commercial trips but they also share a common background as pupils trained in the Recreation Management program at UM Machias.

For 30+ years this program steadily produced qaulity outdoor professionals steeped in the traditions of the Maine outdoors including National Park Rangers, US Forest Service Rangers, Search and Rescue Professionals, Maine Game Wardens, and Registered Maine Guides.

Rob Scribner

Rob Scribner is a third generation Maine guide and graduate of the legendary Outdoor Recreation Management program in his home town of Machias. Some of his earliest memories are of being in a canoe but Rob is equally at home navigating thick ocean fog on an ebb tide as poling up a swift rapid.

"Most river guides are not interested in leading trips on the ocean but every rapid I run is in such a rush to find the sea it just seems natural I'd end up there too from time to time."

Our Philosophy

Rejuvenated is the soul set free on a wilderness trip! We all need time away from our every day lives and we all crave a break from civilization at least once in a while.

But there is more to a wilderness trip than simply being away from it all. Wilderness trips are about the challenge of learning and using skills that most of us do not rely on in our every day lives and the reward of having those skills take us to amazing places few will ever see while creating bonds with fellow adventurers that are otherwise unimaginable.

Simply put, the longer the wilderness trip the more reluctant the participant is to re-enter civilization. Of course the lure of a hot shower and a comfy bed helps ease the transition but doesn't that state of mind sound a lot more rewarding than being ready for your vacation to be over?

Eastern Maine, Washington County, & "the Sunrise County" in a Nutshell

Washington county, roughly the size of Rhode Island and Delaware put together with a population that would not fill Fenway park, contains all the territory extending east of the main body of the state and so being the easternmost county in the United States it's official nickname is "the Sunrise county". Washington county is largely undeveloped featuring the states only expansive combination of rivers, lakes, and coastline providing hundreds of miles of canoeing and kayaking amidst unbroken natural scenery.

The Sunrise county lies just beyond Maine's mainstream tourist destinations. If you want room to breathe, stretch, and explore while enjoying pristine waters then canoe the Machias and St. Croix rivers, sea kayak the Bold Coast, paddle the Downeast Lakes Water Trail, or explore the regions many intimate lakes and ponds...you do not have to be an expert to enjoy these wilderness waters and you will return with a story worth telling about!