The Perki-Bay Expedition is designed to be a resource awareness campaign centered on the protection of the Perkiomen Creek.

The Perki-Bay expedition is a 5-day canoe trip where members of our youth conservation program paddle the Perkiomen Creek from the Conservancy headquarters in Schwenksville to the cusp of the Delaware Bay. Our goal for this expedition is to highlight the Perkiomen Creek’s official designation as a new Pennsylvania State Water Trail and to generate increased community support for the protection of the creek.

2024 Expedition Quick Facts:

Dates: Monday, June 24th - Friday, June 28th
Total Mileage: 50 Miles
Expedition Paddlers:
Conservation Corps Members, Conservancy College Interns, Conservancy Staff, and Safety Boaters

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Itinerary:

Day 1 – PWC Headquarters to Lower Perkiomen Park
(11 miles – Perkiomen Creek)
Day 2 – To Conshohocken (9 miles – Perkiomen Creek/Schuylkill River)
Day 3 – To Philadelphia Canoe Club (12 miles – Schuylkill River)
Day 4 – To Bartram's Garden (10 miles – Schuylkill River/Delaware River)
Day 5 – To Fort Mifflin (8 miles – Delaware River)

Provide Learning Opportunities for Youth

• Expedition to serve as a capstone project for the
  PWC Youth Conservation Corps

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

Publish an Expedition Documentary

• Highlight conservation needs and challenges for the Perkiomen Creek

• Showcase the PWC's conservation partners

• Explore the recreational opportunities the Perkiomen Creek affords

• Document the Expedition and use the
  documentary as a teaching tool

• Disseminate the documentary to the local community

Partnership Levels

Contact Ryan Beltz to learn how
you or your business can get involved!

Sponsor - Financial Contributor

• 50 Mile Club - $50 sponsorship includes expedition t-shirt and recognition on the PWC website.

• Flag Sponsor - Flags to be flown on canoes during expedition

  • $1000 - Full Flag with only your logo

  • $500 - Half Flag with two sponsor logos

  • $250 - Quarter Flag with four sponsor logos

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 2023 Expedition Sponsors!

Partners

Academy of Natural Sciences, Montgomery County Parks, & Philadelphia Canoe Club