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Wanakita began as an all-boys camp and during its early years, the nurse was the only woman who was regularly on the camp grounds. In 1969, the camp started offering the same opportunities to girls. [5] Since 1991, Wanakita has partnered with Hemophilia Ontario and offered instruction on the proper use of clotting agents. [6] [7]
Camp Ramah in Canada (Hebrew: מחנה רמה, romanized: Machaneh Ramah) is a Jewish summer camp located at Skeleton Lake in Utterson in Muskoka, Ontario, approximately two hours north of Toronto. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Part of the National Ramah Commission , Ramah is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism . [ 4 ]
RKY Camp is a non-profit organization [1] and summer camp, accredited by the Ontario Camping Association, in Parham, Ontario, Canada, north of Kingston, Ontario. [2] [3] Operating since 1929 on Eagle Lake, RKY Camp was founded by The Rotary Club, Kiwanis International, and the YMCA of Kingston, [4] making up the abbreviation 'R.K.Y.'. [5]
Camp Northway, formerly Northway Lodge, is the oldest summer camp for girls in Canada, and overall Canada's fourth oldest summer camp. [1] It was founded in 1906 and relocated to Algonquin Park, Ontario, in 1908. The camp has maintained a distinctive ethos of simple camping, crafts, and drama.
Camp Gray (Catholic), Wisconsin; Camp Iawah (Christian), Godfrey, Ontario, Canada; Camp Ondessonk (Catholic), Illinois; Camp Unirondack (Unitarian Universalist), New York; Christian Service Brigade (Non-Denominational), New York
At present, Hashomer Hatzair North America operates two Camp Shomrias: one in Perth, Ontario, which has been operating since the late 1950s and takes campers from Canada and parts of the United States, and an older camp at Liberty, New York, in the Catskills, that was founded in the 1940s. Since 2003, Camp Shomria Liberty has included Israeli ...
Some other camps allow both day and overnight campers. In the US and Canada, residential camps that have overnight facilities are sometimes called "sleepaway camps". [13] [14] Summer camp is often the first time that children spend an extended period of time away from home. [15] Many camps cancelled their 2020 season in light of the COVID-19 ...
Camp Gesher originated in 1963 as a member of the Dror Hachalutz Hatzair Zionist Youth Organization, a merger of Camp Revivim (serving campers from Ottawa and Toronto) and Camp Kissufim (serving campers from Montreal). [3] Gesher was the first camp to test the merging of the Habonim and Dror Youth Movements in 1975.