The Perki-Bay Expedition: Headwaters Trip is designed showcase the skills of PWCC members while raising awareness for the protection of the Perkiomen Creek!

New and improved for 2026!! The Perki-Bay Expedition: Headwaters Trip is a 4-day canoe trip where members of our youth Conservation Corps members paddle 60 miles of the scenic Upper Delaware River. Our goal for this Expedition is to provide our youth Conservation Corps members with firsthand experience in an intact watershed while generating increased community support for the protection of the Perkiomen Creek.

2026 Expedition Quick Facts:

Dates: Monday, June 22nd - Thursday, June 25th
Trip Route: Hancock, NY - Lackawaxen Park, PA
Total Mileage: 60 Miles
Expedition Paddlers:
Conservation Corps Members, Conservancy College Interns, Conservancy Staff, and Safety Boaters

Expedition Itinerary:

Day 1 – Expedition Team and gear transported from PWC Headquarters to Soaring Eagle Campground
Day 2 – Hancock, NY to Soaring Eagle Campground (20 miles)
Day 3 – Soaring Eagle Campground to Skinner’s Falls Campground (20 miles)
Day 4 – Skinner’s Falls Campground to Lackawaxen Park (20 miles)
Expedition Team transported back to PWC Headquarters!

 

Expedition Objectives:

Create Community Awareness and Engagement

  • Increase protection for the Perkiomen Creek

  • Highlight the Perkiomen Creek officially becoming a new PA State Water Trail!

Provide Learning Opportunities for Youth

  • Provide experiential learning opportunities for local high school and college students

  • Provide students with a firsthand experience of an intact watershed

Support the Expedition!

Sponsors - Financial Contributor

  • E-Sponsor - $250
    Support a great cause and show off your business! Get your company's logo on our webpage, Perki-Bay email newsletter, and on Facebook!

  • T-shirt Sponsor - $500
    Get your company's logo on our webpage, Perki-Bay email newsletter, on Facebook, AND on the back of the PWCC t-shirt.

  • Flag Sponsor - $1,000
    Get your company’s logo on our webpage, Perki-Bay email newsletter, on Facebook, and the back of the PWCC t-shirt. PLUS get your company's logo on a Perki-Bay Expedition Flag. Flags will be awarded to sponsors after the Expedition!

    Please reach out to Beth Myers to learn more about Sponsorship.

Partner - In-Kind Good or Service Provider

  • Partners support the expedition by providing speakers, lodging, expertise,
    other in-kind good or services or the waiving of fees that would otherwise
    by incurred by the Expedition.

 

Advocate - Expedition Promoter

  • Parties who actively engage in the promotion of the Perki-Bay Expedition via email or
    social media, handing expedition flyers or passing out expedition literature or
    by providing time or space for the Conservancy to advertise the Expedition.

Thank you to our 2025 PWCC Sponsors & Supporters!