Shamineau Ministries is the umbrella organization for Camp Shamineau at Motley, Minnesota and Rock Ridge Camp at  Ely, Minnesota, and has a close working relationship with Shamineau International Inc.

Historically, Shamineau Ministries found its beginning in 1914 as the Minnesota Young People’s Society which started Buffalo Lake Bible Camp on the shores of Buffalo Lake in Buffalo, Minnesota. In 1957 that property was sold to purchase the current property on Lake Shamineau, becoming Camp Shamineau, with its first summer of ministry in 1958. Camp Shamineau includes the Shamineau Ranch and Shamineau Adventures ministries, both of which provide specialized programming and trips off-site of Camp Shamineau.

In 1993, a 22 acre island on the east end of Lake Shamineau was purchased and soon after became the site for “Shamineau Island” camps. In the same summer Camp Shamineau provided the leadership for the first English Language camp in Austria. In the years since, this ministry grew into what is known as Shamineau International and has expanded to Poland, Brazil and China. Shamineau International has since been incorporated and established as a separate and independent non-profit ministry under the Evangelical Free Church of America.

In 1999, through the gift of a generous family, Rock Ridge Camp was purchased.  It began operating in the summer of 2000 providing resident camps for children and families as well as outfitting for trips into the Superior National Forest and Boundary Canoe Waters Area Wilderness (BWCAW).