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During the summer months, the camp operated an eight-week camping experience for scouts who stay for one- or two-week sessions. The camp typically drew around 2,000 campers each summer. [11] The camp staff lived on the grounds during the summer; in total there were usually over 70 staff members during the summer season.
1959–present. 2200 acres located in the hills east of Willits. First camping took place in October 1959, and the first summer camp took place in July 1964. It was renamed to Wente Scout Reservation in 1978 in honor of San Francisco Council Board Member and Bank of America President Carl F. Wente. www.wentescoutreservation.org: Camp Willett
Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, [2] [3] home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.
Originally a logging camp, the scouts purchased the land and first had campers in 1929. The 1,560 acres (6 km 2) camp serves over 2,300 scouts each summer. Scouts attending Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan have the opportunity to work on merit badges, attend programs, and boat, swim, or fish on Lake Killian. Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan also operates a nationally accredited high ...
Camp Wakenah was founded on Gardner Lake near Salem, Connecticut by the Pequot Council. The camp was sold in the 1930s to buy the second Camp Wakenah at a dif.ferent location on Gardner Lake which consisted of 34 acres (14 ha). The camp was last used as a summer camp in 1972, and was sold by the Connecticut Rivers Council in 2004. [10]
Sitka Fine Arts Camp is a nationally-recognized fine arts summer camp located in Sitka, Alaska. The camp was established in 1973 at Sheldon Jackson College . It used other locations in the years that followed before acquiring the majority of historic Sheldon Jackson College buildings and campus in 2011.
The Old Town School Music Store is located at 4544 North Lincoln Avenue. There was previously a second storefront at 909 West Armitage Avenue, which is no longer in operation. Since 1997, Old Town School hosts the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival in nearby Welles Park. However, in 2012, the School announced it would not organize the event due to ...
The Michigan–Wacker Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places District that includes parts of the Chicago Loop and Near North Side community areas in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district is known for the Chicago River, two bridges that cross it, and eleven high rise and skyscraper buildings erected in the 1920s. [3]