Camp Kawartha is delighted to be able to work with TRACKS (TRent Aboriginal Cultural Knowledge and Science) Program to create a space where campers and students can learn about Indigenous ways of knowing and strengthen their connection to the land. TRACKS is an...
A walk down to the newly installed docks revealed beautifully clear water. That’s typical for spring. I could easily see the bottom, but on that bottom was evidence an ongoing problem – an invasive species commonly known as the Zebra Mussel. They were everywhere!...
To ensure that the Health Centre is accessible, a ramp and deck are being added as we write! This is another accessibility project to add to all the others that have been installed around the Camp in the last few years. We have accessible washrooms and showers, an...
The Evening Examiner, Peterborough Monday, July 17, 1922 C.S.E.T. BOYS HAVING TIME OF THEIR LIVES Something Doing Every Minute at Rotary Camp According to Walter Smaill, who returned from the Rotary Camp at Clear Lake yesterday. The C.S.E.T. boys there are having...
Douro-Dummer Township Council has done us the honour of declaring Sunday, July 4th, 2021 as CAMP KAWARTHA DAY in recognition of our 100th Birthday! We are very gratified that the Township has made such a declaration. July 4th is the first day summer campers arrive...
Hi Camp Families, We hope you are doing well and wish you the best moving forward. It was a year ago on Thurs. Mar 12 that I was driving home from school, looking forward to March Break when I heard the government announce that the Break was to be extended an...
I hope you are getting excited for summer camp 2021! Yes, CAMP! You and your family deserve the right and privilege to get excited for camp! We may not have control of the timeline to this pandemic, but we do have control over our attitudes. It’s good for our...
When you think of an ‘earthen’ floor, you might very well think ‘dirt’ floor! You would be correct in a way, but here is what the new Health Centre floors are really made of. The floor has a wood base, then a radiant heating system was installed, mudded into place...
Brian Hunt had what you might call ‘a life well lived’. And his lifetime legacy of hard work, leadership, and his sense of community will continue even though he is no longer here. His wife Cindy contacted Camp Kawartha to share the family’s wish that those who wanted...
Outstanding Organization from EECOM (Canadian Network of Environmental Education & Communication) This excellence award is give to an organization (governmental, NGO, non-profit, or private) that has significantly contributed to an environmental education or...
