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Most of northwestern Wisconsin is under a winter storm warning until early Monday morning, and up to 10 inches of snow could fall in some counties, according to the National Weather Service.
This beautiful cabin is located on 10 private wooded acres. From the cabin, you can access 2,000 acres of public land that includes snowmobile trails as well as shopping, restaurants, and the ...
The camp buildings dates to the 1920s when the modest resort was built and operated as a brothel and speakeasy. After many run-ins with the law, the madam, Annie Peck, was finally convicted of running "a bawdy house of ill fame", and sent to the women's prison in Taycheedah, WI in 1942. Her husband Gordon Peck was also convicted and served time.
During a period of drought, the northwest corner of Chambers Island burned in a forest and bush fire on July 10, 1963. Nearly 40 acres were burned, which was thought to be caused by the careless use of a campfire. It took seven hours to put out, using green boughs to beat the fire, back pack tanks, and a water pump based in the bay.
Camp Lake was named after a lake noted on the first township surveys. [5] When the Wisconsin Central/Soo railroad came through the area, there was a depot stop created as Camp Lake. Prior to that, James McVey had a hotel called the Camp Lake Hotel and Gardens. The earliest visitors to Camp Lake were children and their mothers from Chicago.
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The complex also includes a pumphouse/storage cabin built in 1912, [8] a 1920 garage, [9] a 1922 playhouse which was a gift for Mary Griggs Burke from her parents, [10] a 1923 stonehouse/storage building, [11] a gatehouse built 1928-29, [12] a large wet boathouse built the same year, [13] an icehouse built in 1940 and restored in 1999. [14]
Camp Whitcomb/Mason is a year-round facility located near Hartland, Wisconsin, approximately 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Lake Keesus. Founded in 1911 and owned and operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, it is the oldest Boys and Girls Clubs camp in America.