Alexandra Conover is a legend in Maine. She has 30 years of experience in leading professional canoe and snowshoeing trips in Maine & Canada, including Labrador. Recently she was in Japan leading a canoeing experience and teaching the specific paddling technique for which she has become well known. As if that wasn't enough she also hand carves and finishes canoe paddles in the Native American design and tradition

Alexandra doesn't just lead people into the wilderness, she LIVES in the wilderness. She has lived on the Big Wilson Stream for over 20 years, with a majority of that time having been spent in a year-round tent.

Dory first heard about Alexandra when she viewed an airing of Bill Green's Maine in which Alexandra and her former husband, Garrett, were featured in their month-long snowshoeing expedition across Northern Maine.

It is not uncommon to find Alexandra in a tent in the dead of winter on her own Vision Quest.

She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the coveted Maine Conservation Award from the Natural Resources Council. She is an Honorary Director of the Friends of Baxter State Park and Governors and Legislators have sought her counsel on environmental impact issues in Maine.

Alexandra has been taught by Native American elders in the art of unique woodwork, including hand crafting canoe paddles which she teaches on a worldwide basis.  Also, she hand crafts shamanic drums, steaming the rims from local cedar and other woods.  The hides are her own and  have been harvested in an honorable and respectful manner using ceremony with each step.   She also makes hide rattles, medicine bags and other sacred objects, adorning them with feathers, bones and other energies that have been (again) personally gathered here in Maine and have been treated with respect and ceremony.   

Go to the Marketplace on this website to see some of her unique objects and place your order for a custom made special object!

Spending time with Alexandra is like being immersed in natural culture and the simplicity of life. There is no rushing and no stress around her! She is a delight, brilliant, and truly humble. It is our honor to have her on our Faculty.

Your can read more about her at www.northwoodsways.com