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August 2014 – Senior Girl Cabin Photos
The Curve Cabin 38B Cabin 38A Cabin 36
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August 2014 – LIT Cabin Photo
Continue2nd day of full program for 2nd session
Another great day – new campers learned sailing and canoeing and windsurfing and more… After an extravaganza play break yesterday at breakfast, Juniors auditioned yesterday for he Junior play – Matilda – and this morning at breakfast the cast list was posted and rehearsals started. I spent 4th period teaching canoeing. Patrick, the head canoeing […]
ContinueLITs left on trip today
Our LITs (Leaders-in-Training) left for their four-day canoe trip this morning. On this trip they rotate being “leader of the day” and learn and practice a variety of wilderness leadership skills. The LIT summer is a time of enormous transition for 16-year-olds. From camper to counsellor, from cared of to caregiver, from being a responsibility […]
ContinueGame on!
Day One was warm and sunny and fun…. Swim tests went well, instructors did great welcome skits for the new 2nd session campers… Trippers did funny skits to promote the long trips and lots of Inters and Seniors signed up for long trips. There was a great pirate skit at dinner for Inter Boys evening […]
ContinueThey’re here!! 2nd session has begun with a bang.
Such an exciting dinner. All the campers are here and the jubilation in the dining hall (which translates as shouting and cheering and madcap energy) was palpable at dinner… We had our usual Night One dinner of spaghetti with tomato and veg sauce, Caesar salad with garlic bread and chocolate brownies for dessert. I checked […]
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The New Main Lodge at Night
Isn’t it spectacular!
ContinueLast night of 1st session
Bittersweet…. super high spirits at camp all day, lots of fun in the sun after we packed. At dinner there were fabulous speeches about camper 1st and 2nd class awards… Right now all six sections plus LITs are doing sectional closing events.. lots sectional bracelets to commemorate July. At 8:30 we’ll ring the bell and […]
ContinueThe Green Leach Canoe Race
took place at Rest Hour today. Well, it’s not really a canoe race. Although some canoes do race, this race is really more a fun race. We (I say we because of course I paddle in it every year) paddle from the canoe dock, around Green Leach Island and back to the canoe dock (a […]
ContinueCotillion and Rustic Lounge
Wow! We had a great day today. It doesn’t hurt that it was warm and sunny. The inter long trips (7 days to Killarney Park) got back to camp today and the kids reported loving their trips. Then tonight dinner was the annual Cotillion banquet with the Main Lodge turned into a space ship thanks […]
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