WORLD'S OLDEST CAMPS
Listing Criteria List Discussion |
Listing Criteria |
Listed on either U.S. Oldest Camps or Canada's Oldest Camps. | ||
Notes |
|
Camp Dudley |
Until 2015 sponsored by YMCA of the USA when it chose to go independent. |
Frost Valley YMCA Camp Wawayanda |
Camp Wawayanda is the twin of Camp Dudley. In 1901, the two camps shared the Camp Dudley property and divided their campers and staff to open an additional program at Wawayanda in New Jersey. See Myth of the Oldest for a full description. |
Camp Keewaydin |
Keewaydin
was founded in Maine in
1894, and moved its program to Temagami, Ontario in 1902 (this is the camp
listed for Ontario).
In 1910, it opened an extended section of the camp in Vermont under the same
name with same program and some staff from Temagami (this is the camp
listed for Vermont). By 1918, the Vermont section had become a standalone camp program,
with management and recruiting and management separate from the Ontario camp.
They continued under one ownership. In 1938, the two camps were spun off
under separate ownership.
As an interesting footnote, in 2000 the Keewaydin Foundation, which by then operated Keewaydin of Vermont, became the owner of Keewaydin of Ontario and the two camps were reunited. |
CAMP PAGES: World's Largest Wood-Canvas Canoe Fleets List Temagami Youth Camps List (historical) |
Lewis Family Collection |
Home Rupert Battle Rupert River Temagami Che-Mun Forum Crees Camps Canoes Keewaydin Way Search About Contact Us Maps and information herein are not intended for navigational use, and are not represented to be correct in every respect. All pages intended for reference use only, and all pages are subject to change with new information and without notice. The author/publisher accepts no responsibility or liability for use of the information on these pages. Wilderness travel and canoeing possess inherent risk. It is the sole responsibility of the paddler and outdoor traveler to determine whether he/she is qualified for these activities. Copyright © 2000-2016 Brian Back. All rights reserved. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content of any linked document on an external site. |