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A view of the reserve from the Canoe Point campsite. Haliburton Scout Reserve (HSR) is a 22-square-kilometre (5,400-acre) Scout camp, originally a frontier Canadian logging camp, located east of Haliburton, Ontario and just south of Algonquin Park, one of Canada's natural wonders situated deep and secluded within the Canadian shield.
It is accessible via Nova Scotia Route 358. The park is open from mid-May to October, offering a 100-site campground (both field and woodland sites), two picnic areas, an unsupervised beach and hiking trails. A 14 km loop connects all of the hiking trails, with an interpretive trail, overlooks, and a waterfall.
The community is named after Thomas Chandler Haliburton. [ 1 ] 45°40′49″N 62°44′42″W / 45.68028°N 62.74500°W / 45.68028; -62.74500 ( Haliburton, Nova
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Camp Wanakita was designed as a replacement for Erie Heights on Lake Erie which was itself a replacement for Camp Tekahoinwake on the Grand River. Both of these locations were considered too developed so George Jones and co-workers from the YMCA chose Koshlong Lake as the site for Wanakita in 1953. The name "Wanakita" was chosen by Keith Smith.
The camp sites were in wooded areas and, as put by many of the campers they were " Boardwalk and Park Place on the CJ board". The Main Field; which had no grass, but only dust was where the general hub of activities took place including food collection, event nights and registrations.
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