Dear Campers and Families, With school winding down and the void of the summer cancelations, an outlet for Summer Camp is needed more than ever. We all have a stake in the reprieve that camp offers to our camper, families and staff members. Never before has there been...
May is a month when your eyes as well as your ears are engaged. Flowers bloom providing vibrant colour, birds are returning, other animals have woken from slumber and are visiting us once more. It seems too that every animal, insect or bird seems to be talking with...
One of the wonders of Spring is to listen to the melodious strains of an amphibian orchestra, courtesy of your local frogs and toads. Frogs sing for the same reason birds do. The males are trying to attract and mate and they also are fighting for territory. To...
Like so many other places, the Camp is in a holding pattern, and unfortunately, has been since December. The education labour disruption meant that school field trips were cancelled. Then the COVID-19 pandemic began. It is eerily quiet – we miss the excited chatter of...
Although the world is still immersed in 2020 and all that it has brought, we here at the Camp are planning for our hundred year celebrations. There are many wonderful plans in the making and we’ll let you know about them in the coming months. We are busy gathering...
Thanks to generous donations from foundations and individuals – we are that much closer to replacing our aging Health Centre. This will be an innovative zero building meaning zero toxins, zero waste and zero carbon. More than that – the Health Centre will sequester...
In the Summer of 2020 a group of Senior CK Summer Camp Staff came together to bring a little bit of classic Camp Kawartha fun to our community’s summer at home! There were crafts, activities, campfires, and more throughout the summer, to keep the spirit of camp...
You may have heard that in 2021 Camp Kawartha is celebrating their 100th Anniversary. We want to give you, our Alumni, Staff, Campers and Families, the opportunity to design the official Summer Camp Centennial T-shirt! We are looking for a design that best...
Do you know how many types of bees there are in Ontario? We host an amazing 400 different types! Most of us associate bees with honey production, and while honey bees are now essential (they are not native, but imports) here are several native bees that might enter...
Hey Everyone, It’s Bulma (Assistant Director) & Geller (Head Counsellor), here to bring you some summer fun in social isolation! We’re so excited to be back at camp this summer with all of you and we can’t wait to kickstart the summer fun on clear lake with you...
