Paddler 2015 - Camp Wanapitei

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Maintaining Community and Values in a Time of Growth
By JJ (Jennifer Jupp) , Director
W
RITING THIS
ARTICLE HAS been
a
gift. I’ve been diving
deeply into the idea
of community. My
favourite definition of community is
from Wikipedia (of all places!) “A
community is a social unit of any size that
shares common values...It is a group of people
who are connected by durable relations that
extend beyond immediate genealogical ties,
and who mutually define that relationship as
important to their social identity and
practice.” Durable, important
relationships….Camp Wanapitei - yes,
that resonates.
Camp Wanapitei has cultural norms
and values that its community members
have bought into for generations. Will
these core aspects of Camp Wanapitei
change as a result of growth? As
leaders, it is Woody and my honour and
responsibility to protect, enhance,
uphold, and celebrate the community
values that define Camp Wanapitei and
the Wanapitei experience. Together
with our remarkably dedicated Board of
Directors, we focused much of our
attention to exploring and defining our
values and mission at a two-day retreat
in September 2014. When asked what
kept each of us coming back to
Wanapitei, “sense of community,
emotional investment in each other,
opportunities to give (influence), deep,
lifelong connections, and collective
experience” were salient contributions
to the discussions. Interestingly, when I
was thinking/reading about how to hold
onto values and sense of community
during growth periods, many of these
ideas came forward.
Here’s the nitty gritty....
We continue to examine, define, and
communicate who we are. Jack Welch,
the chairman and CEO of General
Electric, once said that good business
leaders create a vision, articulate the
vision, passionately own the vision and
relentlessly drive it to completion. We
know that good leaders repeat that
vision over and over again. Woody and
I and other camp managers
communicate “who we are” often.
Opportunity to think “Why
Wanapitei?” and “Who are We?” is a
basic element of our staff training
every summer. ... continued on page 29
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Dreams and Traditions: The Evolution of Wanapitei
By Bruce Hodgins, President and
Honourary Director, and Geoff
Hodgins, Board of Directors CoChair and Vice-President
of a small
bush plane faded, late in
the morning of January 7,
1956, Stan and Laura Belle
Hodgins snowshoed across
the bay towards an arched bridge and a
collection of frozen, silent structures.
They had fond memories of this place,
where they had camped on a canoe trip
in the summer of 1930, but now their
emotions were subdued as they both
knew where they were headed - this was
the day they would commit to a dream;
throw caution to the winter wind and
start an adventure that, unbeknownst
to them, would last at least four
generations. They poked about the
frigid buildings and, with darkness
settling, receded to a magnificent two-
A
S THE SOUND
Volume 19, Number 1
Winter 2016
EDITOR ..................................... JENNIFER JUPP
DESIGN & LAYOUT ......... ERIN SUNSTRUM
The Paddler is published by
Camp Wanapitei Co-Ed Camps Ltd.
Canada’s premier canoe-tripping camp since 1931,
based in Temagami, Ontario.
Off-season address:
Camp Wanapitei
17B Southampton Street
Guelph, ON N1H 5N3
PHONE: (519) 767-9714 OR (888) 637-5557
SUMMER PHONE: (705) 237-8830
E-MAIL: [email protected]
INTERNET: www.wanapitei.net
Swiss Navy at Wanapitei dates back all the way to the summer of 1956.
story log structure. Wrapped in
blankets, they spent the night on the
kitchen table with the burners of the
propane cook-stove on high. The pilot
was back at 11:00 the next morning, as
arranged. Following a turbulent flight
back to Temagami, Stan and Laura Belle
drove south, contacted Mr. Ed
Archibald and signed the deal. The
camp had been established on Lake
Temagami in 1931 but since 1939 it had
operated as only an adult lodge. There
was much to be done, but Camp
Wanapitei would reopen for the
summer of 1956.
The first year was small, with an
average of about twenty-five campers,
but from these modest beginnings
would come traditions that have
reverberated through all subsequent
summers. The canoeing standards of
Bladesperson, Jaysperson and
Sternsperson were created for this
initial summer as was the now
cherished crest presentation ceremony
that begins with “They are brave and
they are bold”. As well, 1956 witnessed
the first Wanapitei square dances and
also the inaugural Swiss Navies. Yet it
was Laura Belle who put, perhaps, the
most defining mark on the relaunching
of this Temagami based canoe tripping
camp by insisting, from the start, that
Wanapitei be a place where boys and
girls could experience the outdoors
together, as equals. For the next few years Wanapitei
canoe trips explored the waterways of
the Teme-Augama Anishnabai, scouting
routes that today are primarily paddled
by the Temagami and Coureur de Bois
section. In 1960, the camp sent its first
canoe trip to Killarney and the
following year Wanapitei paddled the
Mattagami to Moosonee, initiating the
stalwart Wanapitei tradition of the Bay
Trip. Through the sixties, Wanapitei
also ran trips down the Dumoine,
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program was launched. Over the next
eight years, the Voyageur program
explored rivers in the Northwest
Territories, the Yukon and in Northern
Quebec to Ungava Bay. In 1984
something new was proposed – to start
in Great Slave Lake, spend three weeks
portaging, tracking and hauling up the
Snare River, cross the height of land and
descend the Coppermine River to the
Arctic Ocean. It was beyond anything
Wanapitei had previously attempted
but with this initiative, suddenly, most
of Canada’s great northern rivers were
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phenomena materialized around the
Wanapitei bridge. This welcome back
Coulonge, Upper Missinaibi, Upper
ceremony quickly blossomed into one
Wanapitei and Spanish Rivers,
of Wanapitei’s most powerful and
establishing the primary white-water
empowering traditions. By 2006,
training routes still used by the Pioneer
Wanapitei was firmly established as
section today.
Canada’s premier canoe tripping camp
By 1971, the organization’s reputation as
but, with such an ambitious program
a tripping focussed youth-camp was
and an average enrollment of still only
flourishing. However, Stan and Laura
about 75 campers at a time, it remained
Belle, now in their 70s, were ready to
financially fragile.
pass the dream-torch. With that,
In 2007, however, after a decade of
Wanapitei staff, alumni and parents
talented but short-term managers, the
came together and created Camp
camp landed one, and soon a second,
Wanapitei Co-ed
professional camp
Camps Limited.
director. With
With a fifteen
Woody and JJ at
member board of
the helm
directors led by
enrolment began a
their son, Bruce,
slow but steady
and a strong
climb to where,
cooperative spirit,
now, the camp is
the new company
operating with the
took over the
highest enrolment
operation of the
in its history. The
camp. This
facility is
allowed Stan and
undergoing needed
Laura Belle to
improvements,
focus on the
equipment is being
Chateau, which
upgraded and the
they did for nearly
tripping staff are
two more decades.
among if not the
For the camp, this
best trained and
resulted in an
certified of any
influx of energy
youth camp in the
Surprisingly, the “under the Bridge” welcome-back - Wanapitei’s favorite and most powerful tradition
and also some
nation. As we head
- did not start until the early 90s.
badly needed cash.
into the 85th year
The Sangego tripsince Wanapitei
within reach.
stores were built for the summer of 1971
was established on Lake Temagami and
1985 – 2006 was a period of
and Wanapitei began an ambitious
the 60th season since Stan and Laura
consolidation
and
refinement
for
expansion of its tripping program. From
Belle relaunched it as a canoe trip
Wanapitei. The programs for Juniors,
1972-74 the camp reached up both sides
focused coed camp, they would be
Temagamis, Coureurs de Bois, Pioneers,
of James Bay to the Albany, Broadback,
thrilled to know that this coming
Bay Tippers and Voyageur 1 were more
Rupert and Attawapiskat Rivers, laying
summer over 350 youth will participate
clearly defined. The Wilderness Leaders
the groundwork for the yet to be
in a Wanapitei experience; five of their
in Training (WLIT) program was
established Voyageur 1 program. In 1975,
great-grandchildren as well as two greatestablished
and
the
Voyageur
II
only four years after the formation of
grandnieces will be on staff at Wanapitei
program continued to explore new
the company, Wanapitei ventured into
and the Voyageur II program will
routes, creating a legacy of adventures
the North West Territories mounting a
dispatch its 50th canoe trip expedition.
that fanned across the Canadian Arctic.
trip down the famed Nahanni River and
It would appear that their dream
Also, sometime in the early 1990s an
the what is now the Voyageur II
remains alive and in good hands.
incredible and completely unplanned
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Juniors and
Temagamis:
Let the
Adventure Begin!
JUNIORS
DATES:
July 14 – 16 2015
Erin Brophy, Connor
Cepella, Cori-Anne Huisman,
David James.
PARTICIPANTS: Lucas Dalrymple,
Maureen Hodnett, Ronan Linzel,
Beckett Mars, Evan Rockel, Emma
Syme, Sarah Thomson.
LEADERS:
Day 2
Distance traveled: 7.5km
Hours on the water: 3
Quote of the Day: “Well the last boat
that stopped gave us pizza, let’s wave at
this one too.” - Beckett
We had a glorious sleep in today and
woke up all snuggled up to each other in
our massive six-person tents. Cori
whipped up some delicious pancakes
(thanks Connor for making the mix!)
and we packed up the campsite. We all
learned how to use stuff sacks and dry
bags in order to fit all of our stuff back
into the boats. Sarah went for an
accidental swim, and then a purposeful
one afterwards to collect the water
bottle she lost in the first one. We
snacked on apples, eggs, and yogurt for
lunch before leaving our lovely first
campsite behind. We paddled into
Pickerel Bay and all got out to test our
portage skills. We portaged to the other
Junior campers start a pile on with their leader, Connor, next to the play structure.
arm of Lake Temagami and then came
right back and loaded up again to
escape the barrage of bugs. We rushed
out of Pickerel Bay and spotted a beaver
before paddling across the lake to the
jumping rocks. We all threw ourselves
off the cliffs into the deep pool below
screaming the whole way down before
snacking on some trail mix, chips, and
salsa. Dinner time rolled around and a
motor boat from camp surprised us
with a fresh pizza delivery! We ate more
pizza than we could handle, finished it
off with some s’mores and headed off to
bed once again, this time on Ferguson
Point. Great day guys! Back to
camp tomorrow!
DATES:
July 20 – 22 2015
Eamonn Gogan, Cori-Anne
Huisman, David James.
PARTICIPANTS: Maureen Hodnett,
Madeleine Iles, Beckett Mars, Alice
Torrie, Malcolm Torrie, Lyric White,
Pike White.
LEADERS:
Day 2
Distance travelled: 0km
We awoke bright and early this
morning when the Temags got up and
began preparing to go under the bridge.
They had oatmeal and debriefed while
we had eggs, bacon and english muffins.
We enjoyed a cuddle puddle with the
Temags before waving them goodbye
and staying for a while to explore the
forest. Beckett found a moss trampoline
and shared it with the group. We
packed up a couple of day-packs and
paddled down to the next campsite
where the Ferguson hike trail begins.
We passed the C de Bs who were also
going under the bridge today on our
way over to the other Juniors’ campsite.
All of us lined up and conquered the
beautiful hike to the top of Ferguson
where there is a gorgeous view of camp.
Soaking in the view we munched some
oranges and took some group photos
before prancing back down and
paddling back to our site. Beckett, Cori
and David whipped up some grilled
cheese with tomatoes and green pepper.
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We waved at the
WLITs as they
passed and also the
second C de Bs
(wow the bay is busy
today!). We loaded
into boats again but
this time turned up
the lake and paddled
to the jumping rocks
where we met the
other Juniors and
enjoyed jumping and
playing in the water
with them. It was
nearing dinner time
so we returned to
our campsite once
again and set up for
the night. We
“forgot” our oatmeal
dinner and were
“surprised” by a
pizza delivery!!!!!!
Woohooo!!! Nursing
full tummies we
lounged on the rocks
Juniors share a towel and dry off after a refreshing dip in the lake.
in the sun and swam
yet again. Then Cori
begin our canoe tripping adventure.
started a fire for s’mores and we all
Once everyone had finished packing
enjoyed some delicious marshmallows
and boats were loaded, the mighty
which disappeared verrrryy quickly.
Junior B’s were ready to embark. Soon
Then we slowly all left to go to our
after
passing under the bridge our team
tents. Goodnight, Juniors!!!
quickly realized that the going was
going to be tough - but here at Camp
Wanapitei, the tough get going! Singing
songs and chatting about the beautiful
DATES: July 20 – 22 2015
wilderness that surrounded our troop,
the mighty Juniors paddled on. The
LEADERS: Erin Brophy and
capable leaders decided to reroute the
Connor Cepella
expedition and make for shore, due to
PARTICIPANTS: Olivia Gregersen
the challenging paddling conditions and
Curtis, Anna Iwanowski, Jack Licop,
cumbersome boats. Upon arriving at
Charlie Ruff, Tenzin Ruff, Simon West.
our picturesque campsite, surrounded
by old growth forest and smooth rocky
Day 1
shores, the Juniors began to set up
camp. Firewood was gathered by all,
Hours on the water: 1.5
and the Juniors discovered a small
Weather: Overcast and rainy.
mossy sanctuary which they named
We awoke to wind in our hair and the
heaven. Later, Jack decided to go fishing
smell of pancakes wafting from the
dining hall. Everyone was excited to
and unfortunately caught a snag but
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Connor came to the
rescue and retrieved
the lure. Afterwards,
the Juniors bravely
faced the frigid
waters and practiced
their sweet surf
moves on the
smooth, algae
covered rocks. Once
everyone was
finished with the
water, the mighty
Juniors enjoyed a
hot meal of grilled
cheese and hot
chocolate prepared
by Erin. With full
bellies, the Juniors
relaxed and Erin
read a story of a
challenging glacial
traverse, involving
crevasses and risk
assessment, which
kept all the Juniors
on the edge of their
seats. Later that
evening, the Juniors
explored a trail which twisted through
large red and white pines, along cliffs,
and over rivers. Everyone learned
something about the forest and gained a
greater appreciation for the pristine
Temagami wilderness as the evening sun
twinkled through the tree tops. Smells
like dinners ready! Everyone tucked
into a warm bowl of macaroni and
cheese followed by teeth brushing and
another bedtime story. Off to bed for
everyone - another big day tomorrow!
DATES:
July 30 – August 1 2015
Isaac Beattie-Booth,
Matthew Fyfe, Eamonn Gogan,
Helen Thomas.
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Brown, Sadi Gibson, Brenna Hardie,
Roxy Pearce Basman, Daya Silverstein.
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in a motor boat and brought us pizza.
Thanks Chud! After savouring a
beautiful sunset, we went to sleep with
our bellies full.
Day 2
Weather: Windy, rainy,
thundershowers.
Quote of the Day: Liam: “If you
could dematerialize any person in
the world, who would it be?”
Daya: “Rob Ford”.
We woke up at 8:00 and
enjoyed some bacon and eggs.
Afterwards we packed a day bag,
grabbed our life jackets and water
bottles, and departed to Pickerel
Bay to hike the portage. Along
the way, we stopped at Tea Bag
where Matt helpfully picked up
some tent poles for Hallie while
we all participated in the blissful
act of hydration. After a short
paddle to Pickerel Bay we were
greeted by some river booty! A
new water bottle and a pen. As we
walked the trail Sadi recited her
Harry Potter knowledge and,
upon our arrival at the end, Helen
provided us with some apples. On
Hug a tree! A Temagami camper shows nature a little love.
our paddle back, we were
ominously stalked by a storm
cloud accompanied by thunder roaring
in the distance. As we arrived at
DATES: August 5 - 7 2015
Ferguson and got unpacked we had a
lunch of tortillas lathered with PB & J.
LEADERS: Isaac Beattie-Booth,
Mmmmm. The Juniors, who had
Matthew Fyfe, Eamonn Gogan,
successfully covered themselves with
Helen Thomas.
PB, were ushered for a mandatory
PARTICIPANTS: Rowen Conrad, Drew
swim. Liam, Axel and Daya were
Gibson, Brenna Hardie, Eric Ingoe,
practicing their bum slides down the
Maeve Krentz, Harry Lavigne-Schmidt,
rocks when we felt the first drops of
Shams Lena-Guettai, Claire
rain. The kids immediately ran out of
Marchildon, Roxy Pearce Basman, Daya
the water and shortly afterwards we
Silverstein, Tilley Thom.
were greeted by a thunderstorm. We all
hopped into the tents and initiated the
Day 1
lightning drill. The boys shared stories
and Brenna read to the girls. After the
storm we realized that we forgot to
pack our dinner of 8-grain! Luckily, a
Weather: Overcast, occasional rain
mysterious man named “Chud” arrived
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Quote of the Day: “Pitter patter, I
call scatter!”
After a fantastic lice check via JJ we
smoothly loaded the boats. Before we
could depart we all double
checked that everybody had hats,
sunscreen and both of their
whistles. When we finally left the
docks we paddled on calm water
and, upon Harry and Drew’s
request, Eamonn retold the story
of the Pink Flamingo Hotel. We
stopped by Tea Bag for a tasty
lunch of bagels with cream
cheese. Eric and Daya ate their
bagels while imperialistically
declaring the area to be their
territory. After that, we paddled
to our campsite on Pickerel Bay
where the boats were unpacked
and all four leaders gave a quick
lesson on collecting firewood and
going poo in the woods. Brenna
and Tilly were especially
concerned with the concept of
the “buddy poo”. Helen, Matt and
Isaac prepared a scrumptious stir
fry and everyone lined up for
their share. Afterwards, Eamonn
whipped up some no bakes where
the campers proceeded to get
their hands especially sticky. After
a quick pot vouch we all cleaned off in
the lake and retired to bed where we
immediately fell asleep.
TEMAGAMI (EARLY JULY)
ROUTE: Obabika Scoop. Camp – Napoleon
Portage – Sharp Rock Portage – Diamond
Lake – Bob Lake - Unnamed Lake –
Shishkong Lake – Obabika Lake –
Wakimika Lake – Diamond Lake –Sharp
Rock – Pickerel Bay – Ferguson Bay – Camp.
DATES: July 2 – 7 2015
Eamonn Gogan, Julia
Higgins, Bernard Rechico Moisan.
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PARTICIPANTS:
Keitay Becker, Angel
Jones, Seamus Scaia-Wilson, Reid ScottThomas, Henry Wilson-Sadlowski.
Diamond Lake - Sharp Rock – Napoleon
Portage – Lake Temagami – Camp.
DATES: July 16 – 21 2015
Day 1
LEADERS:
Weather: Sunny and windy.
Quote of the Day: “OMG I’m so smart;
I said three smart things today.” - Henry.
All the Temagami’s were antsy to leave
for trip while Bernard, Julia, and
Eamonn finished up the last little bit of
work. We finally left around 11:00 am
and were so excited to be on trip!!! As
we paddled over to our first portage,
Keitay and Angel taught us a little bit
about their Ojibway heritage and Keitay
tried to teach us the proper
pronunciation of her full first name. We
arrived at Napoleon portage just in time
for lunch of bagels, cream cheese,
cucumber, and tomatoes. We completed
the hard first portage and continued on
to the next one! As it was only 75 m, the
Temags destroyed it. We headed to
what we thought might be our campsite
for the night only to find that it was
already inhabited - by a former
Wanapitei-er no less! We continued on
the short distance to the next campsite,
and, while we were unloading, Bernard
tossed Seamus’s “supposedly
unbreakable” Nalgene onto a rock and
broke the top right off! Reid, Keitay,
Angel, Seamus, and Henry did a bit of
exploring of the island and found a pair
of neat sunglasses that they kindly
gifted to Bernard who had forgotten his
at camp. We began dinner and Henry
eagerly helped chop carrots for stir fry.
After a filling dinner, we all headed to
bed to get rested up for our 1.2 km
portage tomorrow! Goodnight Temags!
TEMAGAMI (LATE JULY)
ROUTE: Canton Lakes. Camp – Pickerel
Bay – Thunderhead Lake – James Lake –
Stiles Lake – Log Lake – Bob Lake –
Matthew Fyfe and
Sasha Pickering
PARTICIPANTS: Anne Carscallen,
Dante Fenos, Levi Gray, Alexander
Iwanowski, Xander Linzel,
Sasha Zuchlinski.
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a small cliff we portaged, and into our
third and last Canton Lake of the day.
GORP on the water. Pizza on the
beautiful rock overlooking the lake
(thanks for the help, Dante!). Brownies
for dessert and fun card games made for
an early night. We watched a
multicolored sunset and raced the
mosquitoes to bed at perhaps our nicest
campsite of the trip.
Goodnight Temags!
Day 3
Distance traveled: 5.5km
TEMAGAMI (LATE JULY)
Weather: Overcast, becoming sunny
ROUTE: Bear Island Excursion. Camp Quote of the Day: Dante: “This swamp
Devil’s Bay - Kokoko Lake and Bay - Bear
smells awful!” Matt: “No, I farted.”
Island - Ferguson Bay - Camp.
We dreamt of sun and woke up to gray
DATES: July 16 – 21 2015
skies. Oatmeal was made upon request
with loads of fixins. Slowly, we made our
way into our boats but only after Alex,
LEADERS: Grant Conover and
Dante and Xander completed the
Morgan Hodgins
infamous task known as the trifecta
PARTICIPANTS: Destiny Greyson,
move. 10 points all around! We flew
Hailie Greyson, Jackson Leggett,
over the first portage, with Alex
Alexander Rose, Jacob Seymour,
carrying a boat and Xander carrying the
Leonardo Thomson, Bridget West,
wannigan. Saying hello and promptly
Margot West.
goodbye to Canton Lake #5 we
portaged
again
where the
deer flies
flew like
mad, but
morale was
high.
Canton
Lake #4
was a
beautiful
spot for a
floating
lunch.
Yummy
tuna
wraps!
Into a
swamp we
(literally)
jumped! Up Calm breeze, sunny skies - what a day for the Temags to start trip!
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Hunter, Owen Krentz, Adelaide
Lavigne-Schmidt, Gabrielle Moore,
Rafe Murray, Mia Onstad-Bauld, Max
Pearce Basman.
Day 4
Soup’s on! A Temag camper keeps watch on the fire as dinner is prepared.
Day 5
Distance traveled: 8km
Weather: Sunny with some very
strong tailwinds
Quote of the Day: “I know a place near
Sangego, where Temags say hey and
wave hello, it’s a wonderful place it puts
a smile on your face, everyone loves
Wanapitei!” –Jacob and Jackson
The last full day of trip, we had a bit
of a sleep in but still got off the site in
good time because the campers packed
up and loaded boats in an hour flat! Big
thanks to Hailie for helping take down
the boys’ tent. Meanwhile the leaders
were preparing our scrumptious
breakfast of buns de sin with help from
Destiny on the sauce. These were loved
by all although the campers weren’t as
hungry as usual and Grant got to eat a
lot of leftovers. While we packed and
ate a group paddled by and Margot and
Jackson led the group in a rendition of
the ‘Augustus Gloop’ dance to cheer
them on. We pushed off the site and
began our paddle towards Pickerel Bay
and after a brief encounter with a group
of testosterone filled Vikings from
Langskip in war canoes we arrived at
the portage. We rocked the portage and
Margot, Bridget, and Jackson all carried
group gear across. We then lazily floated
across the channel to Ferguson with the
wonderful whale tinds propelling us
only to discover that the Ferguson
campsites were occupied by two Junior
trips. After a quick leader meeting we
decided to camp with the Juniors!
Firewood was collected and a snack
lunch was enjoyed; Alex, Leo, and Jacob
all brought back tremendous loads of
wood. We then had a nice swim at the
campsite and lazed around for a bit
before eating a tasty dinner of spag and
enjoying a delicious dessert of s’mores.
After reading some books in the tent
we went to sleep with dreams of the
bridge tomorrow.
TEMAGAMI (EARLY AUGUST)
Cori-Anne Huisman, Mark
Nicol, Bernard Rechico Moisan.
PARTICIPANTS: Islay Ballantyne, Kate
Blumberg, Samantha Brown, Abby
LEADERS:
Weather: Rainy
We woke up early in preparation for
the big day ahead. As everybody packed
up, Mark went ahead and portaged a
couple of boats before breakfast. Once
Mark had returned, we had a breakfast
of oatmeal with tons of brown sugar,
and more tasty stuff! The brown sugar
now rushing through everybody’s veins,
we suddenly all began to act like
monkeys, thus we became the Fernbutt
colony, a highly intelligent ape colony
who had strange fern-like tails! The
Fernbutts piled themselves and all their
packs into three boats and we were off
to the biggest portage of our trip. As
we made our way up and down the
winding and hilly trail, the Fernbutts
stayed quite chipper and we finished
the portage quite quickly and after a
photoshoot and a snack by the
waterfall, we kept moving. We paddled
across the small lake to the next portage
where Sarah (from Temag B)’s parents
were stopped for lunch after finishing
the portage in the opposite direction.
We quickly unloaded our boats and
started putting the heavy packs onto
our backs which impressed Sarah’s
parents. At the end of our portage, we
were all feeling peckish, so we had a
bird lunch of summer sausage, crackers,
cheese, GORP and more. We finally
approached our third and final portage
of the day and were pleased to see a
nice, flat and wide trail. The Fernbutts
portaged like champs and in no time
the boats were loaded and we were
ready to go. As we paddled across the
windy and rainy channel, the sun came
out and created an awesome rainbow
right by the water! We could almost
touch the end of the rainbow! We made
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our way through the narrows only to
realize that many of the campsites were
taken, however one of the campsites
that was too small for us had a huge
perfect pile of firewood! Everyone
rejoiced at the idea of not having to get
firewood for the night. Finally we
reached a nice campsite where
everybody went for a swim and washed.
Rice and beans were made with lots of
help from Islay and Addy, followed by
some more marshmallows and we were
off to bed. Great day Fernbutts!
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once more for Pickerel Bay with Justin
and Emma having a swordfight in one
of the boats. We rocked Pickerel Bay
Portage - of course. Braeden had a
small mishap into the water unloading
and Sarah took three loads across the
portage. We paddled to our campsite
where, rather than doing dishes,
Jackson, Lucas, Judah, and Kate made a
small waterfall down the rocks at the
side of our campsite. Dishes were
eventually done and dinner of spag was
prepared and enjoyed by all. Goodnight
guys, sleep well, tomorrow’s the bridge.
TEMAGAMI (EARLY AUGUST)
TEMAGAMI (LATE AUGUST)
Obabika Scoop. Camp – Napoleon
Portage – Sharp Rock Portage – Diamond
Lake – Bob Lake - Unnamed Lake –
Shishkong Lake – Obabika Lake –
Wakimika Lake – Diamond Lake –Sharp
Rock – Pickerel Bay – Ferguson Bay – Camp.
DATES: August 1 – 6 2015
ROUTE:
Grant Conover and
Morgan Hodgins.
PARTICIPANTS: Emma Bickerton,
Lucas Conrad, Kate Funnekotter, Sarah
Ingoe, Jackson Leggett, Braeden
Moore, Judah Onstad-Bauld,
Justin Rotsaert.
LEADERS:
Obabika Loop. Camp – Napoleon
and Sharp Rock Portages – Diamond Lake Wakimika Lake - Obabika Lake - Obabika
Inlet - Lake Temagami – Ferguson
Bay - Camp.
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David James and
Stephanie Vaughn
PARTICIPANTS: Myrna Burns, Jemima
Cohnstaedt, Lauren de Simone,
Madeline Fintelman, Rowan Helman,
Nuan Qi Law-Gallagher, Duncan
McKay, Kai Samuel-Szablowski,
Nabeel Shamsi.
LEADERS:
Day 3
Weather: Hot, tail winds.
Quote of the Day: “Wait, when do we
turn back to camp?” - Kai.
We woke up early to beat the winds
on Wakimika and had a super fast pack
up. We ate some pineapple and peach
crisp for breakfast and then finished the
portage before we ate. We paddled
down the Wakimika with some tail
winds and stopped for a sunscreen and
teeth brushing break. We then talked
about Temag bachelor with Duncan as
the main man. We paddled on and, as it
turns out, Nabeel is the real Slim Shady!
As we paddled, we sang some great
Day 5
Weather: Sunny with a lot of wind
Quote of the Day: “Faster than Morgan!
Faster than Morgan!” - Braeden
Woke up after a small sleep-in and
started making some cinnamon buns in
beavertail form. There was a slight
shower as we glided across Diamond
towards Sharp Rock with some sweet
whale tinds (tail winds). Shot across the
portage and before we knew it we were
eating lunch at the bottom of Beaver
Island. Tons of scatter was played and
no bakes were eaten and then we set off
On this Temag trip, reeds sometimes make it feel like paddling on a field rather than a lake.
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songs with Nuan. Once we reached the
shore where Paige found a pool floaty
PARTICIPANTS: Alexandra Hyland,
end of Wakimika we paddled on the
that Erin enjoyed a nice lounge on in
Cynthia Kerbler, Bridget Kim, Rhys
Wakimika Creek. We got a little turned
the lake. We unloaded boats at the putMatthew, Paige Saravanamuttoo, Mateo
around on the creek but we eventually
in of Napoleon portage and wolfed
Seymour, Amalia Tinmouth, Augustin
found our way out, dragging over a
down some no-bakes with extra wow
Woods Pneumaticos.
giant beaver dam
butter…WOW! The
where Duncan lost a
extra honey and
tooth. We paddled
brown sugar was
over two more dams
scrumptious but also
but they were
very nauseating and
mostly submerged. the group had to
We had GORP
have another lounge
again for snack then
break before they
swam at the lake in
could begin the
the middle of the
portage. Ninja was
creek. On Obabika
played and leaders
Lake we saw a blue
were dogpiled…until
heron cross the
it was finally decided
river! We then had a
it was time to take
floating lunch of
on Napoleon. The
tortillas and
Temags loaded up
hummus with some
and charged the trail
killer tailwinds on
like beasts, finishing
Obabika. Lauren
in two mighty loads!
dropped her paddle
Back on the water
8 times in the
we went and
course of the day!
watched as our final
Myrna did a great
portage faded into
job sterning all day
the shore line and
especially in the
became a distant
creek where she
memory. More
Canoe
tripping
isn’t
just
about
time
on
the
water
Temags
do
some
exploring
on
a
day
hike.
showed some great
headwinds met us
leadership in her
on the other side
boat. We paddled down to our portage
however and the Temags muscled their
Day 5
on Obabika where we camped on the
way across Ferguson Bay towards our
portage and had some chili and rice for
final campsite; commonly known as
Weather: Headwinds, some light rain.
supper. Goodnight, Temags!
Pride Rock. It was announced that
The Temagami B’s awoke on the
pizza would be had for dinner so the
morning of day 5 feeling strong and full
Temags willingly gathered extra loads of
of energy! We tucked into a
firewood! Paired pizza buddies
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scrumptious breakfast of chocolate chip
creatively dressed their individual pizzas
pancakes fried in extra marg by Connor.
to perfection and were roasted by Erin
No Name syrup served on the side did
and Connor. The pizza was devoured
not compare to real maple syrup but
and with full bellies the group played a
managed to hit the spot. Boats were
rowdy game of Character Wars. It came
loaded and the Temag B’s were on the
down to a final battle between Mateo
water and ready to take on the day. The
and Gus, which required a special guest
group
battled
some
intense
headwinds
judge (Connor) to make the final
but managed to make the crossing
decision. Mateo was announced the
towards the final portage of the trip:
ultimate winner, although it was an
LEADERS: Erin Brophy and
Napoleon! A short break was had on the
extremely close round! Once tucked in
Connor Cepella
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their tents, it seemed it was going to be
a quiet night until the girls tent broke
into song around midnight! After a
lovely serenading the group finally
settled down eager to see the crowd
that would await them on the bridge
the next day. Goodnight Temag B’s great job today!
Historical Routes
with the
Coureurs de Bois
COUREUR DE BOIS
(EARLY JULY)
Frank Falls Switchback. Camp Napolean portage - Sharp Rock portage Diamond Lake - Lady Evelyn Lake - Lady
Evelyn River - Frank Falls - Willow Island
Lake - reverse to Camp.
DATES: June 30 – July 7 2015
ROUTE:
Sam Angel, Cori-Anne
Huisman, Rebekah Richardson-Duffy
PARTICIPANTS: Oliver Bell, Jake
Breckles, Emily Butterworth, Amelia
Daly, Gemma Fudge, Ben Hannah,
Griffon Hoeven, Ethan Leckie, Hanse
Sahai, Dana Scott-Thomas, Callum
Thomson, Charlotte Welch.
LEADERS:
Day 3
Weather: Sunny, moderate headwinds
Quote of the Day: “It feels way softer
with the back of your hand” - Jake
We woke up early to beautiful blue
skies, looking out across the north arm
of Diamond Lake at the fabled pictured
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rocks. We ate some
granola with peaches
and pineapple for
breakfast and packed
up super quickly—day
off to a good start.
First stop: the
pictured rocks,
paintings done by the
Anishinaabe over a
century ago. We then
scooted up to the
Lady Evelyn chutes
and lined down the
little drop into the
beautiful Lady Evelyn
Lake. We got on our
way north, up towards
our portage turn off
stopping for some
gravity (granola bars)
Cliff jumping or super-powers? Only this CdeB knows for sure.
and then for lunch of
potato salad. Oliver
– Hobart Lake – Maple Mountain – Tupper
and Jake had hot sauce consuming
Lake – Sharp Rock – Diamond Lake –
battles while the hungriest kids, namely
Napolean portage – Lake Temagami – Camp.
Ben, ate the salad faster than we could
DATES: July 14 - 21 2015
even serve it. Back on the water and off
to the first portage. A speedy two loads
- and Ethan carried a boat by himself
for the whole potage! We enjoyed a
quick snack of chocolate chunks and
had a quick paddle to the next portage
where Oliver followed suit and also
carried a canoe by himself! The day
wouldn’t be complete without Dana
getting soaked. We finished our day
with a slow paddle to our campsite in a
narrow and beautiful channel on the
Lady Evelyn River. After firewood and
tents, we all went for a big swim and
before too long we had a late dinner of
the trip classic: mac n cheese. A good
night’s rest is in order.
COUREUR DE BOIS
(LATE JULY)
Twin Peaks. Camp – Lake
Temagami – Devil’s Mountain – Sharp Rock
Inlet – Lady Evelyn Lake – Sucker Gut Lake
ROUTE:
Julia Higgins and
Harry Silbaugh
PARTICIPANTS: Matthew Czubak, Ella
Iles, Finnegan Kilmurray, Margaret
Nott, Russell Roberge, Aidan Roscoe,
Maizie Solomon, Isis Rose Sullivan,
Ross Torrie, Alex Wiklo.
LEADERS:
Day 5
Distance travelled: 0 – Rest Day!
Weather: Cloudy, some rain.
Quote of the Day: “Come to think of it,
I actually hate walking.” – Margaret,
halfway down Maple Mountain.
A hearty breakfast of 8 grain with PB
& J to give us energy to hike the second
tallest peak in Ontario. After a very
short paddle to the beginning of the
hike, we finally began. About two hours
and many batches of moose poop later,
we were at the top! We had to scale a
pretty steep cliff near the top but boy
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was the view worth it! We explored the
peak and found an old fire tower. After
a snack of dried fruit, Alex lost his
tooth! And about 20 minutes later, Finn
lost a tooth as well! What a
coincidence. After the snack, the
weather turned on us and it began to
rain. We headed back down the
mountain, which was much easier than
the way up much to Margaret’s
appreciation. We passed many groups
on their way up to the mountain. We
decided to stop at our campsite from
the previous night to have a lunch of
potato salad. After food was eaten, it
was decided that we would camp at the
same place again for fear that the many
other groups were inhabiting the few
campsites in the next few lakes. After
re-setting up camp, dinner was made
and eaten and dishes were done. Aiden
posed for pictures pretending to do
dishes while the true cleaners were hard
at work. Goodnight, CdeBs!
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Day 4
COUREUR DE BOIS
(LATE JULY)
Lady Evelyn-South Channel.
Camp – Napolean portage – Beaver Island –
Lady Evelyn Lake – Willow Island Lake –
Frank Falls – Centre Falls – Helen Falls –
Haps Falls – Bridal Veil Falls – Fat Man
Falls – Willow Islands Lake – Sharp Rock –
Napolean portage – Ferguson Bay – Camp.
DATES: July 14 - 21 2015
ROUTE:
Alex Hodgins and Rebekah
Richardson-Duffy
PARTICIPANTS: Ted Cass, John Epton,
Eric Gravelle, Evan Kauffman, Simon
Paris, Cole Rinehart, Jude Roberge,
Henry Seymour, Owen Taylor,
Drew Wood.
LEADERS:
We awoke cheery with memories of
the bumsliding from the day before still
whirling around in our heads. With
efficiency, the group was able to
conquer most of the remainder of the
portage around Centre Falls despite its
immense steepness before breakfast of
chocolate chip and fresh picked
blueberry pancakes!! Wahoo! We then
paddled to the portage to go around
Helen Falls, but luckily we decided to
paddle just past the portage after we
had found it because that gave us the
amazing opportunity to check out that
magical Helen Falls. The portage
proved to be difficult because the trail
was a little steep and challenging to
navigate for the first quarter but also
because the portage was a blueberry
Kingdom. The blueberries were so good
and so large that we found ourselves
bending over with heavy loads on our
backs to stop and pick a few. After
Helen Falls portage the rain really
started to set in but we pushed forward
doing two more fairly non-descript
portages as today became one of those
days where you arrive at the campsite
tired and very wet. Luckily we had not
used up the perfect meal to rejuvenate
the crew. Miraculously, there was a
small amount of dry wood left in the
forest so boiled up some water and
before we knew it Big Soup was served
and slurped down by all the campers. A
little guitar and then sleep.
COUREUR DE BOIS
(LATE JULY)
ROUTE: Anima-Nippising Montreal. Camp
Strong tailwinds mean an afternoon of sailing for these Coureurs de Bois.
– Sharp Rock – Lady Evelyn Lake – Maple
Mountain – Mowat’s Landing – Montreal
River – Bay Lake – Anima-Nippising Lake
– Carrying Lake – Red Squirrel Lake – Red
Squirrel River – Ferguson Bay – Camp.
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July 14 - 21 2015
Sam Angel, Owen
Melanson, Fiona Ross.
PARTICIPANTS: Katie Berwick, Eric
Chaput, Mathieu Forster, Daniel
Horton, Callum Keenan, Amber Kerr,
Benjamin Lariviere, Mackenzie Latimer,
Patrick Richardson, Leona Zuchlinski.
LEADERS:
Day 3
Weather: Blue skies, hot, sunny,
mild winds.
We keep getting lucky! We awoke
again to blue skies and sun. Callum got
up nice and early and was a huge help by
waking up the rest of the group. We
packed up our things and loaded our
boats while pancakes were cooked in
the kitchen. We all ate up the cakes and
were quickly off the site. We began our
paddle out of the narrows and into the
northern part of Lady Evelyn Lake. We
powered through the lake to the mouth
of the Lady Evelyn River, lunching on
an island at the beginning of the river. Cabbage salad, mafia and scatter were
enjoyed by most before continuing
down the river to the hydro dam,
camping right before it on river left
(well used campsite, much boat traffic,
decent tent spots). We all had a swim
and Eric, Callum and Ben helped with
dinner (pizza) before we all sat on a nice
spot in the gaze of the sunset and had a
peaceful bonding time where we
reflected on how great of a group we are
and how much we have to be thankful
for. An incredible moment we
unanimously agreed. Wicked day. ☺
COUREUR DE BOIS (JULY)
ROUTE: Sturgeon-Wanapitei-French-
Killarney. Camp – Obabika Lake –
Wawgamika Lake – Sturgeon River – lake
Coureur de Bois girls arm in arm during a walk through town at the end of trip.
hop into Lake Wanapitei – French River –
Georgian Bay - Killarney – bus to Camp –
paddle under the Bridge.
DATES: July 4 - 22 2015
Mark Nicol and
Helen Thomas
PARTICIPANTS: Isaac Ewing, Miguel
Gomeza de Larrea, Hannah Licop,
James Paterson, Frida Purdon.
LEADERS:
Day 14
Weather: Hot and sunny, headwinds.
Quote of the Day: “My socks are on
fire.” – Hannah
We reached the bay today! We awoke
early to delicious 8 grain and quickly got
off the campsite to little headwinds. We
paddled down the channel enjoying the
rocky scenery. We paddled for a little
while before we saw a fawn swimming
in the water in front of us. It swam next
to us for a little bit attempting to get
out on the rocky shore until eventually
it found a marsh and trotted away. After
that deer experience we found the
Voyageur Channel that got more and
more narrow until the water ran out!
Two quick lift-overs and a small drag
later and we were back in deep water.
We ate lunch of chaps with hummus on
a tiny island with Isaac thinking about
the possible ways to make a crayfish
trap on trip.
We continued down battling the
headwinds and got the occasional whiff
of the briny bay. In a relaxed fashion we
navigated the many islands and Hannah
did her five minutes of fame. We
camped early on a beautiful rock
campsite with a view of Georgian Bay.
The campers, speared on by Isaac, made
amazing mac and cheese while the
leaders collected firewood and did the
dishes. We all went to bed early so that
we could be ready for tomorrow’s early
morning adventure.
COUREUR DE BOIS
(EARLY AUGUST)
ROUTE: Obabika River – Wawiagama
Lake. Camp - Napolean and Sharp Rock
portages - Diamond Lake - Wakimika Lake
and River - Obabaka Lake and River -
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DATES: July 30 – August 6 2015
LEADERS:
Owen Melanson and
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Charlotte got the best ride as she hung
out in the bow of the boat. Once we got
to Obabika Lake we headed to our
campsite and prepared for a storm but
got blue sky as storms passed on either
side of us. We cooked yummy pizza as
Malcolm, Ollie and Theo did belly flops.
The day ended as we ate s’mores and
reflected upon the day by the campfire.
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Uma Roberts, Sebastian Shaw, Sam
Sutherland, Camdyn Wilson,
Nikita Zameshaev.
Day 5
PARTICIPANTS: Madeleine Brown,
Weather:
Sun and cloud
Parker Chase, Max Dorozynski,
We woke up to blue
Malcolm Earnshaw, Anna
skies and soggy tents
Hatcher, Charlotte Hayes,
following a wild storm
Oliver Kalff, Theo
that passed in the night.
Kalff-Duschenes,
We quickly did a load of
Min Timmins,
Hap Falls before having a
Peri Yee.
hearty breakfast of 8-grain
to get us ready for the day
Day 3
ahead. We had the boats
packed and ready and
quickly crossed the river
Weather: Fantasy weather
to visit Hap Wilson’s
(sunny with
Cabin. We were told there
thunderstorms on either
was a little visitors cabin
side of us)
where we could sign our
Today we woke up to
names but no such cabin
bacon and egg
was found. We got to
sandwiches, which fueled
Bridal Veil where our leap
us for our two portages.
frogging with Temagami
During our first portage
Clearwater continued
A Coureur de Bois camper navigates masterfully through shallow waters.
we pulled up into this
(they were taking a rest day
swampy bay and Theo fell
there). We blasted down
waist deep in mud. Yikes! However, the
the steep drop and were right on time
mud didn’t get Theo down, he pushed
for another portage before lunch. We
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through and carried the wannigan over
did the 945m portage which was
(EARLY AUGUST)
the rocky portage. After our first
practically a cake walk for the kids
portage we swam and ate oranges and
(Camdyn took the wanni the whole
ROUTE: Lady Evelyn South Channel.
enjoyed the gorgeous view.
way!). At the end we had curry and rice
For our second portage we were all
wraps (we were supposed to eat the
ready to challenge ourselves by taking
curry for last night’s dinner). Fat Man
heavy packs and working as a team. was just around the corner. At the
The second portage flew by before we
portage, the kids did an absolutely
even knew it! Once back on the water
amazing job of getting things across and
we paddled to a sandy beach spot
down to the water. The map sports a
perfect for lunch. We ate and enjoyed
caution warning beside this portage but
tuna sandwiches as we watched grey
the kids totally showed it up and it was
LEADERS: Sam Angel and Rebekah
clouds roll by us.
incident free. Uma made it all the way
As we paddled down the Wakimika
Richardson-Duffy
down with the encouraging words of
River we all felt like we were in a video
PARTICIPANTS: Charlotte Briceno,
Charlie. Up next was a little lift over
game. We paddled around obstacles and
Riley Buckle, Clare Farley, Charlotte
and some swifties to avoid a 350m
ducked under fallen trees. We even
Funnekotter, Rohin Haythorne-Naidoo,
portage. We did the liftover in 15
went on a roller coaster as Owen
Calum Murray, Sumner Rajaratnam,
minutes and got to try our moving
pushed our canoes over a beaver dam.
water skills. By the time we got to Lady
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Evelyn Smoothwater the sun was
shining. We saw people at the Barn, the
4 km portage, and felt relieved knowing
we weren’t doing it. At our beautiful
campsite we all swam and washed up
then made some mac n cheese soup
(The leaders forgot to drain the pasta in
the dark and thinned out Camdyn’s
awesome mac n cheese sauce quite
significantly). Off to bed after some
chatting for a well deserved rest.
Another wicked day.
COUREUR DE BOIS
(LATE AUGUST)
Twin Peaks. Camp – Lake
Temagami – Devil’s Mountain – Sharp Rock
Inlet – Lady Evelyn Lake – Sucker Gut Lake
– Hobart Lake -Maple Mountain – Tupper
Lake – Reverse to Sharp Rock – Diamond
Lake – Napoleon Portage – Lake
Temagami – Camp.
ROUTE:
Isaac Beattie-Booth and
Morgan Hodgins
PARTICIPANTS: Asher Birenbaum,
Maeve Brennagh-Mackie, Jonah Brooks,
Kate MacKay, Peter Fintelman, Jasper
Gibson, Xin Ke Law-Gallagher, Mikaela
Lewis, Tenley McKay, Leighton Symons.
LEADERS:
Day 7
Weather: Rainy, windy, stormy.
The sound of rain greeted us this
morning. Knowing the distance we
needed to cover, we ate a speedy
breakfast of cinnamon buns and hit the
water. This was preceded by Morgan’s
crucial rain dance, of course. As if to
spite us, winds became incredibly
strong as we headed South, and we had
to take shelter on land for a couple of
minutes. However, the wind soon
subsided, and we continued down
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nimbly navigating the short
portage, we continued on past
the Painted Rocks, into
Diamond Lake, retracing our
steps from day 2. We finished
our second go through Sharp
Rock with ease, and celebrated
with a snack of gorp. Why
not? Heading up into Sharp
Rock Inlet and then down inbetween Beaver and Deer
Island, we found temporary
shelter from the wind. As we
pulled out from the narrow
section, we saw our final
challenge before us: The
Pickerel Bay portage. Making
a speedy crossing across the
North Arm, we reached the
beginning of the portage.
After a snack of gorp and
some inspirational words, we
began our last portage of the
trip. Tenley, Mikaela, Maeve
and Kate all carried boats; well
done guys! It was already late
A CdeB channels the Voyageurs by standing in the bow.
by the time we finished, so we
hurried across the bay and
made camp at the first site we could
find. Just in time too, because the
LEADERS: Grant Conover and
moment we reached the camp we were
Katie Devlin
hit by a huge storm. A killer tarp was
PARTICIPANTS: Gordon Annan, Erin
erected, and a feast of chocolate chip
Duxbury, Robyn Duxbury, Colin Gould,
pancakes was consumed for dinner.
Sean Lizzola, Kate Melanson, Andrew
Excited to return to camp, but sad that
Morse, Maddie Norman, Zainab
trip was almost over, we fell soundly
Shamsi, Rachel Steel, Grayson,
asleep after a huge day of paddling.
Wheeler, Malachi Winter.
Good hustle today guys!
Day 6
COUREUR DE BOIS
(LATE AUGUST)
Lady Evelyn South Channel.
ROUTE:
Weather: Overcast with sunny breaks.
Woke up later than usual and lazily
packed up the site while pancakes were
prepared and then feasted on (we might
have gone a little overboard on the
maple syrup). But with the resulting
sugar rush we raced towards the Willow
Island portages. We scampered across
the first enjoying the feeling of an actual
trail beneath our feet! A slow paddle
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across a short lake took us to the
second of the portages which we
dubbed the challenge portage. After
recharging our engines with a wonderful
snack of GORNP (Good Old Raisins,
No Peanuts) we swept across the
portage with some truly impressive
loads. Both Malachi and Colin took a
boat and a personal, Erin took the wani,
and not a single boat was taken by a
leader! Feeling as though we definitely
had earned our lunch we dined on
delicious chaps with a choice of either
PB and J on top or leftover curry from
last night, but not both (sorry Rachel).
Invigorated, we continued down our
Lady of Evelyn but being used to
shorter, portage-heavy, days we were not
quite as fast as we were in the morning.
Still we made it to the little chute into
Diamond and ushered our boats
through. We conquered some pretty
strong headwinds and at last made it to
our island campsite. Big soup was
prepared as dinner with Kate and Nadia
preparing the pièce de résistance, the
dumplings. It was fantastic and loved by
all. After a discussion of poo points and
the various rules and positions, we
retired to bed with several campers
(Grayson, Sean, and Andrew) opting to
sleep outside, we'll see how that goes.
Night all, sleep well, it was a long day
but it was worth avoiding the barn we'll
see you in the morning.
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our small paradise. We swam - a lot.
Everett and Seth created some very
tricky card tricks that fooled everyone.
The ukulele was played and sun was
bathed in. A big FetAlf was cooked up
by the leaders- Elliot chopping the
summer sausage as per usual – twas then
that Happy Day gifts were presented.
Many beautiful wooden carvings were
shared, along with some stunning
poetry and tasty treats. A perfect
Happy Day it was.
After more ukulele and songs, we
crawled into bed just as the mosquitos
came out. Although we all feel sad that
the trip is on its last leg, we now feel
rejuvenated and ready to take full
advantage of the rest of trip, packing
ourselves with good memories and
laughter.
ROUTE: Sturgeon-Wanapitei-French-
Killarney. Camp – Obabika Lake –
Wawgamika Lake – Sturgeon River – lake
hop into Lake Wanapitei – French River –
Georgian Bay - Killarney – bus to Camp –
Max Adshead, Sasha
Pickering, Harry Silbaugh.
PARTICIPANTS: Matthew Blumberg,
Elliot Carusone, Zander Chiasson,
Sacha Edwards, Robyn Fyfe, Emma
Helman, Seth Rose, Everett Vitols.
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Day 17
Hours on the water: 0 – Rest day!
Imagine a postcard of Georgian Bay.
Then imagine us in that postcard, laying
on the smooth, rolling rocks, in the sun.
That was our day. Waking up to bird
songs, we rolled out of bed and made
cinnamon buns and oatmeal. Everyone
went on hiking adventures, rock
climbing their way to the top of
beautiful, red rocks, overlooking
Thomas Bay, the view stretching far
into the vastness of Georgian Bay. Our
friends in the boat left, and a few hours
later, another boat found its way into
Pioneers: Racing
on Rivers
PIONEER (EARLY JULY)
ROUTE: Spanish River. Bus to put-in at
Biscotasing – Biscotasi Lake – Spanish River
– Agnew Lake – bus from Agnew Lake
Lodge to Ferguson Bay – paddle under
the Bridge.
DATES: July 14 - 22 2015
LEADERS:
Tess McCutcheon and
Jake Norris
Sasha Bell, Rosie
Butterworth, Brandin Geiler, Asha
Jeejeebhoy-Swalwell, Erica ScottThomas, Jemma Stubington,
James White.
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Day 5
Weather: Cloudy at first, then
full overcast.
Quote of the Day: “Do you want to
hear my deep laugh?”
Wake up, wake up! The Pions
sluggishly got out of their not very well
set up tents to start the day with a
portage. The gear was packed up in
record time and cinnamon bun "pop
tarts" were gobbled down for breakfast.
The portage was finished swiftly and it
was on to the next one. After that we
went onto some awesome sets. We
rocked it to the Athlone rapids to have
a quick potato/beet salad before
running the rapids. Some fancy moves
were rocked by Sasha and Erica while
Rosie had a wicked time rocking mojo.
After the rapid we cruised down some
swifties before Railway Rapids then the
bridge set. The crew continued to make
good time cruising down the river. The
day became sunny and so waterbottles
were chugged and sun screen applied.
We arrived to the site and the campers
scurried up to claim the perfect tent
site. Brandin and Tess decided to wash
their hair and figured out what Brandin
would have to do for Tess to give him a
coffee - “Man Bun” under the bridge.
Jake made Alfredo, not only does he
makes the world's best Mac and No
Bakes, but also Alfredo. The campers
followed up dinner with S'mores which
ended in super hyper kids arm wrestling
with Jake. After burning off the sugar
the group CRASHED!
Bronwyn Hodgins and
Scott McCutcheon
PARTICIPANTS: Edouard Descours,
Phillippe Forster, William Kauffman,
Samuel Maconco, Abby Rose Mulvihil,
Grace Murdoch, Evan Nott, Gabriel
Sicco, Savva Vorotynskiy.
LEADERS:
Day 7
Weather: Sunny and hot with one
random downpour.
Quote of the Day: “Oh! Was the man a
pirate and the dinosaur was actually the
parrot that landed on his
shoulder?” - Savva
We woke up, packed up and gobbled
up some fat chocolate chip pancakes.
Soon we pushed off the site in our
canoes, excited for the fun white-water
filled day ahead! We paddled in fast
current over some swifties to arrive at
the group of rapids dubbed “The
Graveyard area.” The Graveyard had it
all: some short portages, a lift over,
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some runnable sets, and some big sets
to gaze upon. The weather came with
some variety too, beginning with sun
and clouds, then to extreme downpour,
and ending in sunshine. After a final
portage – the last one of trip – and a
short but windy paddle, we stopped for
lunch. We ate pesto and also finished off
most of the remaining snacks, while
enjoying a scenic lookout from upon a
small cliff by the water’s edge. Back on
the river things got even better… a 1kmlong R1 was followed by fast current
(essentially continuous swifties) all the
way to the campsite. The canoes were
flying! Not literally. SO AWESOME.
We paddled somewhat lazily, basking in
the sun. Phil, Grace, Abby and Evan
sang classic Disney Songs and the
French boys belted out another round
of the French independence anthem. At
the campsite, we all partnered up for
PIZZA NIGHT! Phil made cookies to
top it all off. Finally, we fit in a quick
game of manhunt before complete
darkness fell.
PIONEER (LATE JULY)
Spanish River. Bus to put-in at
Biscotasing – Biscotasi Lake – Spanish River
– Agnew Lake – bus from Agnew Lake
Lodge to Ferguson Bay – paddle under
the Bridge.
DATES: July 14 - 22 2015
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PIONEER (JULY)
Coulonge-Noire Crossover. Shuttle
to put-in at Resevoir Dozois – down the
Coulonge River – Noire River – take out at
Black River Inn – shuttle to Camp – paddle
under the Bridge.
DATES: July 3 - 22 2015
ROUTE:
Kai Bruce and
Alicia Hodgins
PARTICIPANTS: Madison Demaria,
William Gold, Carmen Gomeza de
Larrea, Sarah Irvine, Sophie Karovitch,
Callum McConnell, Nicole Momtahan,
Callum Nicolas, William Paterson,
Oscar Peters, Charlotte Van DykeTalbot, Hamish Vaughan-Wimmer.
LEADERS:
Day 6
Weather: Sunny and hot
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Quote of the Day: “Isn’t WORMMS
spelled with a ‘U’?” – Callum.
Hallelujah sun! After yesterday's
downpours we were so thrilled with the
sun and lack of rain we quickly ate a
breakfast of granola and got onto the
water and paddled the remaining lakes
to lac Giroux dam quickly. There was a
debate over whether the dam was an R4
or R5 and we paddled our first bits of
current! We then came to a ledge and
portaged over that in record time
considering we could only unload a boat
at a time. We then had a floating lunch
of crackers and tuna and gorp which
was fully enjoyed by all. After a quick
paddle through Lac Avers we arrived at
Pork Rapids and portaged. We camped
at the last set of Pork Rapids where
there was a whitewater features lesson
and we ran the set many times empty
boated. Billy and Hamish perfected the
center line through a small hole while
others tried the more technical route on
RR. Carmen and Sarah had a “dump” on
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themselves with an awesome line the
second time. Everyone also did some
swimming down the rapids followed by
a scrub. Dinner was the long-awaited
mac and cheese with Will, C-dog and
Hamish fire starting (later taken over by
Billy) while Callum made the mac and
cheese sauce under Alicia’s guidance.
9.5/10 on the Hamish rating scale and it
was confirmed to be better than
Turbo’s! Good night everyone get ready
for more whitewater tomorrow!
PIONEER (EARLY AUGUST)
ROUTE: Groundhog River. Shuttle to put-in
– Groundhog River – take out in Fauqier –
shuttle to Camp – paddle under the Bridge.
DATES: July 30 – August 7, 2015
Connor Cepella and
Tess McCutcheon
PARTICIPANTS: Kareem Brugmann,
Terran Comer, Megan Farley, Claire
Hunter, Simon Jakobsen, Colin Lewis,
Ella MacPhail, Luc Maurer,
Ethan Rajartnam.
LEADERS:
Day 8
Pioneers enjoy a little hammock time by the water at the campsite.
Weather: Hot and sunny
The campers woke to the sound of
their own alarms, because it was an allcamper morning. The sun was finally
out to greet them and everyone knew it
was going to be a hot, hot day! Claire
made a fire as Megan and Ella kneaded
bannock dough to roast for breakfast.
The lads portaged food packs and boats
around the dam. Time for bannock on a
stick! To the intoxicating aromas of
cinnamon, fresh bread and warm coffee,
the campers closed up the campsite and
began their day. On the water and down
the river! The group negotiated around
gravel bars until they reached the last
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picked a line and nailed it with
style and ease. Connor and Ella
had fun surfing a small wave
then it was off downstream and
into the headwinds. Moving
slowly along the shore, the
group finally made their lunch
destination where roasted
beets (prepared by Megan),
cabbage and Gado Gado were
very much enjoyed. Once back
on the water, Kareem tried his
luck at fishing and landed a
notable bass lurking in the
muddy river water, but it
escaped just in time. The group
cruised by Bremner Island and
stopped for a snack of
chocolate chunks and peanuts.
Iced tea was enjoyed by most
(others had mio) and a handful
of people went for a swim. Off
downstream again and on to
Fauquier! Bend after bend, the
Pions are all smiles after successfully running a set.
campers counted down the
kilometers until everyone
finally saw the bridge, which marked
PIONEER (LATE AUGUST)
our final destination, Fauquier.
Everyone rejoiced by the waters edge
ROUTE: Noire River. Shuttle to put-in –
then before you know it, Jackie arrived
Noire River – take out at Black River Inn –
and the bus was loaded. Off down the
shuttle to Camp – paddle under the Bridge.
highway toward Temagami, then a quick
stop for subs and snacks, then on the
road again. The leaders rewarded the
hard working campers with ice cream
LEADERS: Sam Angel and
sandwiches as the group drove away
Cori-Anne Huisman
from the sunset, radiating into the bus.
PARTICIPANTS: Atticus Cameron, Saul
As darkness crept in, and everyone was
Chaplin, James Engel, Sarah Graham,
full, many games of president were
Mathew Hartman, Christopher Lewis,
played. Finally the group reached the
Danielle McGill, Laura Peberdy, Brett
Red Squirrel Road, then camp! The
Stich, Jesse Tomas, Ella Vitols, Cian
group appreciated a great sense of
Wilson-Valdes.
accomplishment as they gazed upon the
stars and breathed in the cool, crisp
Day 4
Temagami air. Camp was made by the
beach, and everyone was off to bed,
after a quick tent fix. Can’t wait to go
Weather: Cloudless, sunny and hot!
under the bridge tomorrow!
Quote of the Day: “Okie-smokie der
bud” - Jess
We woke this morning yet again to
cloudless skies. The heat was on us
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before we had even
packed up.
Cori and Sam
scrambled up some
muffins and the campers
packed up shaking the
sand out of everything
they could. We munched
down muffin piles,
dunked quickly to cool
down, and set off
meandering down the
river once more. A few
twists and turns brought
us to “The Wall” where
we shot some neat
swifties and pulled over
on the right shore of the
second island. The leaders
deemed the lower portion
tempting but a little too
tricky to shoot so we
unloaded on the little
beach and portaged the
short 70m around the
gnarliness. The put-in was
still in the washout of the set so we
loaded up two at a time and paddled
ourselves further down into an eddie.
The sun was slowly getting to us so we
pulled over a bend or two below “The
Wall” to eat potato salad in the shade.
A very intense game of Mafia was
officiated by Jesse and Mafia Saul nearly
won! Refreshed by the shade, we set off
again into the tea-coloured river. Cian
and Dani had an accidental flatwater
dump but at least we know our barrel is
waterproof! Then we laughed our way
around a few more bends and mastered
Rapides McDonald ducky style. By now
the sun was blazing so we shade hopped
through the seemingly endless curves.
At last we emerged to see the splashing
waves of Rapides de Targie! We camped
at the beginning of the portage and did
some swimming in the rapids. The
campers discovered rapid worms (to
their disgust) and did some cool poses
in front of the crashing wave tongues.
Jesse, Mathew, and Cian cooked dal
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that was absolutely delicious and Cori
chopped up some veggies for beet,
bean, and barley salad. The group hung
out on the rocks and watched the water
as the sun sunk low on the horizon then
off to a well-deserved bed. Night peeps!
PIONEER (LATE AUGUST)
ROUTE: Dumoine River.
Shuttle to put-in Lac Dumoine - Lac LaForge - Dumoine
River - take out at Grand Chutes - shuttle to
Camp - paddle under the Bridge.
Owen Melanson and
Helen Thomas
PARTICIPANTS: Jordan Decker, Patrick
Dunlop-Ellis, Emily Gardner, Lukas
Goettke, Emma Gordon, Sophie
Gordon, Deanie Harding, Alex King,
Abrial Levisky, Gabriel Riendeau,
Adrien Sinclair, Ella Taylor.
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Day 4
Weather: Sunny with a breeze.
We woke up to hash browns with
cheese for breakfast before finishing
our portage, just as a two person group
passed us with many a compliment
towards our campers and boats. We
cruised through sets with ease,
portaging effectively over Triple Play
before having our Snackito at the end of
the second portage then did an
introduction to ferrying at the end of
the ledge. More fun swifties
throughout the day led us to Little Italy
where we stopped for pesto lunch
(widely known as Deanie’s favourite
lunch) and dubbed the Gordon twins:
the Nodrogs. Paddling across Lac
Benoit brought us to the bridge set
where we scouted from a bird’s eye view
and did some WORMMS on the rocky
debauchery that was a long R1. Everyone hit the line fantastically and
we were feeling pleased with our selfies,
so we swifted down to “Tight Around
the Bend”.
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We practiced WORMMS, swimming
and throw-bagging after Helen
accidentally (and expertly) swam the
pillow rock... And the hole to the
bottom. We then ran it and Owen and
Lucas “paddle-fived” halfway down the
set, from boat to shore. One more
portage over a ledge (which we almost
ran out of adrenaline) brought us to
Canoe Eater. The rocky portage was
promptly dismantled by our strong
limbs and even stronger mental
fortitude. Everyone was feeling tired
after a longer day, so we swam to a small
falls at the bottom of the set that
Gabriel and Lucas had discovered. The spot had a a built-in jacuzzi where
we ferociously chilled and took pictures
while bathing our bodies in its glorious
spray. Dinner of chickpea curry made
by iron chefs Sophie and Jojo-D was
eaten and Saccy made an appearance to
tell us food barrel gossip (those peppers
are out of control). Brownies a-laPatrick and Alex done got ate and
everyone got ready for bed after. Lots
of white-water tomorrow home-skillets,
rest easy my sweet lambs!
PIONEER (AUGUST)
ROUTE: Coulonge River - Northern
Approach. Bus to put-in on Ruisseau Jackson
– Grand Lac Victoria – Ottawa River – lake
hopping to the Coulonge River – bus from
Terry Fox Bridge to Camp – paddle under
the Bridge.
Julia Higgins and
Alex Hodgins
PARTICIPANTS: Cole Barclay, Selena
Bob, Alannah Chung, Flavie Deveaux,
Nicolaas Fischer, Jack Heath, Theodore
Heintzman, Lee Rosensweet,
Wilson Symons.
LEADERS:
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A River Adventurer explores the terrain on the Upper Missinaibi River shoreline.
Day 9
We had a sleep-in this morning and
had finally made it to whitewater! Soon
we left our site and enjoyed moving
swiftly through the narrows after
Rapides Porc. Lunch happened on RL
near the end of Lac Ward. We had a
snack lunch! No bakes, banana chips,
Gorp, almonds, and much more! Paddling onwards we whizzed through
the first set. Jack and Alex went first as
Jack wished to be Guinea Pig. A
highlight was both Nico and Selena
sterning their respective boats into
some slick Eddie Turns. The rest of the
day consisted of another quick set as
well as sunshine and relaxation before
we pulled over at the former E. B. Eddy
Camp for the night. It was a large
strange clearing with only the
foundations of buildings that had once
stood there and bizarre circles of rocks
around trees – there were definitely
ghosts. The firewood was collected in
record time thanks to everyone but
especially Nico and Alannah who both
got some supreme loads. The sun was
shining on us in our little mossy flowery
home as we began dinner and set up
those tents. Then as darkness began to
encircle, we roasted marshmallows had
a guitar sing along and went off to bed.
PIONEER (AUGUST)
ROUTE: Capitachouane-Coulonge Rivers.
Shuttle to put-in off of Chemin Chimou creek to Capitachouane River - Coulonge
River - bus from Terry Fox Bridge to Camp –
Fraser Cepella and
Alicia Hodgins
PARTICIPANTS: Jason Arbour, Rowan
Darlison, Gabriel Fischer-Schmidt,
Rachel Heath, Dana King, Samuel
Liptay, Sean Richardson,
Alexander Wolf.
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Surprise sleep-in! B-fast was
completed with scrumptious Beavertails
topped with Nutella courtesy of Gabe.
We then portaged one load to go see
the Pion As, who were camped at the
other end. They were still asleep when
we got there, so we woke them up
(special note that Rachel woke up Jack).
Chaps were then slowly cooked before
we finally said bye to the Pion As and
started paddling. We ran the first set
with ease and then quickly came to the
next R2 which we all scouted and
picked our own lines. Everyone’s was
perfect! Then we had chaps, PB and
nutella for lunch and swam. The rest of
the afternoon was a long, hot flat water
paddle with head winds. We long for
current! GORP for snack before getting
to rapides enrage. We camped at the
top and discovered two groups at the
other end. The campers made cheesy
rice for dinner. Sam also ate a minnow
for snack today. Sean, Alex, and Gabe
caught more minnows. With the hope
of a thunderstorm to break up the
humidity we went to bed.
Exploring with
the River Ads
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Weather: Hot and sunny.
Quote of the Day: “Don’t minnows turn
into frogs?” - Gabe
RIVER ADVENTURE
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Upper Missinaibi River. Shuttle
to Missinaibi Provincial Park – Missinaibi
Lake – Missinaibi River – take out at
Mattice – shuttle to Camp – paddle under
the Bridge.
DATES: August 11 – 21 2015
ROUTE:
Tess McCutcheon and
Connor “Fred” Thompson
LEADERS:
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PARTICIPANTS: Jesse Abbott,
Alison Bell, Maggi-Lee Kerr, Lucas
Mahoney, Mika Rogers.
Day 4
Weather: Sunny and overcast
We woke up kind of groggy. The trains
the night before had interrupted our
sleep and no one was very eager to leave
their sleeping bags. However we still
were able to move quickly and got boats
loaded before we ate apple cinnamon
oatmeal. Around 10am we pushed off
and started our way through Peterbell
wetlands. A couple kilometers in, we
disturbed a pair of otters who grunted
at us as we passed. Sorry, guys!
Swamp Rapids marked our exit of the
wetlands and the start of the rocky
portion of the river. We stopped for an
extended lunch of wow butter and jam
on bagels. “Showers” were had and the
sun was enjoyed. Around 3 pm we ran
the set and continued our way down
river. After a couple easy swifties and
R1s we came to Allen’s Island and
decided to take the right channel. The
mother of all log jams forced us to do
our first portage of trip. Logs on logs
on logs. We rocked it and finished in
two loads. One more set and we
decided to start looking for a campsite.
We couldn’t find several that were
supposedly on Allen’s Island, however
mid search we stumbled across a little
water spout, which drew a lot of
excitement. The mini water tornado is a
rare and beautiful site. A couple
hundred meters downstream we hit
Wavy Rapids. Too tired to run it
tonight, gear was portaged to the
beautiful site at the bottom. We will run
it empty boat tomorrow. We set up the
site and everyone chipped in to help
make risotto for dinner. It
was delicious.
Great day guys. You rocked it!
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James Bay Rivers
with the
Bay Trippers
BAY TRIP (JULY)
ROUTE: Kesagami River. Shuttle to Upper
Kesagami Lake – Kesagami River – James
Bay – Moose River to Moosonee – train and
bus to Camp – paddle under the Bridge.
DATES: June 30 – July 23 2015
Jean Murray and Asa Thomas
PARTICIPANTS: Francesca Berkowitz,
Taj Dyson, Ian Karovitch, Dana Price.
LEADERS:
continued rocking it downstream until
we came to an islandy part in the river.
We proceeded down the left shore as
slowly as molten chocolate dripping
down a freshly baked lava cake. Wait!
There’s no trail…oh well, let’s go back
up the river and look on the right shore.
After our speedy trek back up the river
we found a trail on the right shore. We
unloaded the boats and had a lifechanging gado-gado for lunch. We
quickly ran down the newly cleared
400m trail and jumped back on the
water. We ran the longest swifty ever
and quickly arrived at our next portage.
The portage was a hurdle course of
fallen trees. The put-in led us onto a
thin creek of rocks. We took a left turn
to follow the course of the water, and
were spewed forth onto a wider swiftie
section. At the end, we came up to a
small rocky beach which we, shortly
afterwards, decided was our kitchen.
We unloaded. We washed in the river
about 10 meters out, just shy of the fast
Day 16
Weather: Cold and grey
turning to warm and sunny.
Quote of the Day: “How
many nuns could a
nunchuck chuck if a
nunchuck could
chuck nuns?” - Ian.
Blahhh…it was a cold and
grey morning – certainly
not the kind of morning
that lends itself well to
motivation. But after some
hearty 8 grain to warm our
bellies, we managed to get
motivated and onto the
water. We immediately
shot some sweet sets and
had a roaring good time.
We portaged a boring
portage that seemed to
melt away into the day like
freshly grated parmesan on
a Sicilian penne dish. We
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current. Then, the regular campsite
procedure ensued: tent sites were
claimed, fallen trees were collected.
Chili became the focus of the group
shortly afterward. Once the long and
tormenting process of boiling beans,
frying onions, adding spices and sauces,
and mixing it all together was
terminated, we feasted on the fruits of
our labor. The cornbread was exquisite;
we ate it hungrily. Peach crisp and
conversation followed.
Not long after, as the light faded and
the black spruce began casting long
shadows, we headed to bed, ready for a
portage-less day tomorrow.
Another day of conquering rapids for the Bay Trippers in July.
BAY TRIP (AUGUST)
ROUTE: Kesagami River. Kesagami River.
Shuttle to Upper Kesagami Lake – Kesagami
River – James Bay – Moose River to
Moosonee – train and bus to Camp – paddle
under the Bridge.
DATES:
July 29 – August 21 2015
LEADERS:
Bronwyn Hodgins and
Jake Norris
Claire Barclay, Ivor
Forrest, Liam Hartnett, Charles Hunter,
Nicholas Kaegi, Zack Levisky, Kai
Malcolm, Zoe Rogers, Lucas Whitear,
Kieran Yee.
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Day 20
Weather: Windy! But onshore winds.
Wind roared outside our tent at the
sound of our alarm clocks. Time for
plan B: we would sleep longer and leave
at low tide, portage the mud flats and
then ride the tide back into shore.
Many hours later we rose, well rested.
Our back-up plan was a success! We
made it to the mud flats and then
turned west to follow the shoreline,
trudging along in ankle to knee deep
water, dragging the boats behind.
Typical windy day Bay-style. The clouds
parted and the sun broke through.
Spirits were high as we left the
bewitched island far in the distance. We
beached ourselves on the sand flats
which is Netitishi Point and ate coffee
crisps to celebrate! We fried up chaps
and ate them with hummus. With
bellies satisfied, we decided to have
dessert for dinner! Popcorn and
s'mores, yum! Then some of us ran to a
great and beautiful glowing purple and
orange sunset.
BAY TRIP (AUGUST)
ROUTE: Kattawagami River. Shuttle to
put-in at Lawagamau Lake – Kattawagami
River – James Bay – Moose River to
Moosonee – train and bus to Camp – paddle
under the Bridge.
Megan Buchkowski and
Angus MacPhail
PARTICIPANTS: Francois Fontaine,
Theophile Fournier, Landers Gordon,
LEADERS:
Pearce Gould, Sebastian Kalff, Sadie
Segriff, Jessica Turcotte, Mateas Winter.
Day 14
Distance travelled: 2.8km
Weather: Grey and rainy
The soft grey light of dawn leered
through the window of the fly
accompanied by the soft pitter-patter of
rain as our alarms began to charm.
Running on autopilot, we progressed
through the daily routine of taking the
tent down and starting a fire for coffee
and breakfast of enjoying a few pages of
our books before the kids got up.
Fortified by our morning coffee (and
tea) we made some extra for the girls as
the four of us began the daily 45-minute
wait for the boys to join us. Oatmeal
was thrown on the fire post-coffee as
the day began in earnest. Powering
through a breakfast loaded up with
goodies to help us shed the lethargy of
the gloomy day. We left Lover’s Leap
behind. Within a few hundred metres
we came upon our first big set: Lost
Wanigan Falls. While it was not too
mighty a falls, we portaged to avoid its
namesake and warm us up for the day.
We were off swiftly thereafter having
begun to master the swift unloading and
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loading of our boats to
Day 4
cope with the
Distance traveled:
consistency of the
0km - play day
rapids. Despite it
having been only an
Weather: Sunny
hour or two since
We all enjoyed a
breakfast, we were now
little bit of a sleep in
famished and pulled
this morning! Once
out Smartie gorp to
everyone started
tide us over. The
emerging from their
Autobahn loomed on
tents, we all enjoyed a
the horizon and, thus
hot coffee or tea and
fueled, we paddled
North made a huge
over to meet it. A
batch of chocolate
glorious centre line
pancakes for us. While
revealed itself as
she flipped the cakes,
Mateas and Angus
Tori and Angus taught
drove their boat
everyone about risk
expertly. Inspired,
management. We all
Pearce and Sadie
discussed the lemon
Practicing solo boating is a highlight of the Wilderness Leader in Training program.
decided to give it a go
theory, probability/
succeeding with equal
consequence and
prodigal skill. In fact, Pearce decided to
actual vs perceived risk and how they all
go again with Seb making it look easy as
apply to tripping. After devouring
always.
pancakes, we all got ready to get on
We cruised down through a string of
the water.
islands with one dump. The rescue was
We split up the Standers and Sitters so
made easy however as Jess and Theo
that half the group could learn and
managed to use all four limbs, rather
practice some white water aggressive
inventively, to be holding onto the boat,
swimming and throw bagging while the
three packs, the guitar, both lunch
other half paddled the set practicing
buckets (which held the most perfect
ferrying, back ferrying, and hitting
bread), the water jug and three paddles
difficult lines. After a full morning, we
simultaneously. Angus and Mateas
stopped to enjoy some hot pesto pasta
quickly collected the floating items into
made by Angus. Then it was back on
their boat off to shore where the entire
the water. Everyone got a ton of runs
picture was reassembled. Quickly
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down Little Steel in tandem and solo
floating down a few hundred more
TRAINING (JULY)
boats. Lots of swims and lots of fun was
metres we made it to our campsite nice
had as well as tons of improvement in
and early where pizza preparations
ROUTE: Whitewater Training trip:
everyone’s paddling skills. Cooper
began swiftly.
Dumoine River.
impressed everyone by mastering his
After hours of hanging, watching
roll by his second try!!
DATES: July 2-7 2015
Francois “MacGyvered” the tent into
We finished off the day with hot
working condition and brownies for
chocolate
and then a delicious chickpea
LEADERS: Angus MacPhail and
dessert we crept off to bed ready to do
curry was made while music was played
Tori Miller
it all again tomorrow.
around the kitchen. Brownies were
PARTICIPANTS: Neil Brubacher, Juan
devoured for dessert and then we all
Gomeza de Larrea, Declan Gray,
headed off to bed!
Thomas Heinrich, Cooper Kauffman,
Amelia Keenan, Sam Klooster, Simon
Rechico Moisan, Emmet Robins,
Kyla Ruch.
WLITs: They Have
Followed, Soon
They Will Lead
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WILDERNESS LEADERS IN
TRAINING (AUGUST)
ROUTE: Flatwater Training trip:
Obabika Scoop.
DATES: August 16-20 2015
Jean Murray and
Asa Thomas
PARTICIPANTS: Bronwyn Bates, Gavin
Clarke, Jack Gardiner, Logan Germain,
Klade Kerr, Said Maalim-Chartres,
Samantha McGill.
LEADERS:
Day 1
Weather: Hot and sunny
Quote of the Day: Logan: “Klade, you
have really thick skin!” Klade: “Ya, I’m
like a mongoose!”
Leaders of the Day: Bronwyn and Gavin
"We woke this morning at 7:45 ready
to get a move on... it took until 10am to
leave camp and set out on the water. It
turns out that sometimes being a leader
means a lot of running around and
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completing paperwork...woohoo! The
day was hot and sunny with slight
headwinds - we made it to Napoleon in
no time. Jean discovered the joys of
being a mojo and got some pretty
serious relaxation done. The portage
was steep and rocky but was done
swiftly. We were slowed down by a
dehydration first aid simulation on the
portage - not to mention the fact that
Logan “got lost” and was a very
combative “dehydrated camper” - but
once addressed by our leaders of the
day, Bronwyn and Gavin, it was handled
quickly. We had snack and then braved
the windy Sharp Rock Inlet and
narrows stopping to have a lunch of
bagels, tomatoes, and cream cheese. We
really felt we had earned it at that
point, and our kind and generous
leaders made a great lunch! We
continued to the Sharp Rock portage
(which was a breeze) and paddle 2km
into Diamond Lake to our campsite. Though Diamond Lake was pretty
windy, causing some intense waves, we
still managed to make it to a beautiful
island campsite with plenty of tent sites.
We had stir-fry for dinner and a dessert
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of chocolate chip cookies and then
debriefed the leaders of the day, and the
entire group. Thanks for a great first
day, WLITs, and good luck to Logan
and Said for tomorrow! VIs Embrace
Remote Regions
VOYAGEUR I (AUGUST)
ROUTE: Broadback River.
Bus to put-in Broadback River - Rupert’s Bay - pick up in
Waskaginish - bus to Camp - paddle under
the Bridge.
North de Pencier and
Scott McCutcheon
PARTICIPANTS: Liam Agnew, Michael
Cheesequay, Jacob Fischer, Henri
Fontaine, Olivia Gordon, Alise Grant,
Molly Heintzman, Chanel Macdiarmid,
Cameron MacPhail, Nowlan Maynes,
James Smallhorn-West,
Emmerson Wilson.
LEADERS:
Day 4
Beautiful landscapes greet the Voyageur Is along the Broadback River.
Weather: Mix of everything.
It was cold, some who had packed
more than one set of wet clothes were
warmer than others who winced as they
pulled on the socks they had left
outside. Breakfast was pancakes and
sludge that resembled oatmeal. Gotcha!
While Alise was distracted by her
pursuit of Jacob, Emmerson, with swift
and tactical brilliance, ruthlessly
eliminated her from the competition.
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Whitewater: our second day of
paddling rapids was an eventful one. We
had a very bony set that no one could
finish without stepping out from their
boat. Many had big waves that splashed
over the gunwales that never managed
to swamp or overturn the boat, though
Jacob and Henri did come close as they
pulled into an eddy. We also did some
technical lessons, focusing on the art of
the backferry.
Lunch: driven by a desire to see
beyond the mountainous terrain, we
climbed a nearby hill for lunch. Upon
exiting from the boats there were
several that caught the sight of
blueberries scattered on the hillside. It
was a short walk up the hillside but
Molly, Olivia, and James found the
temptation too hard to resist without
lunging for any berries they could find.
Others indulged, but were not quite as
ravenous or proud of their final
collections. The bread was doughy but
the sandwiches were delicious- and the
scenery was indeed scenic, like a
Windows background.
After a few more sets, we settled
down at our campsite. The day’s dinner
was amazingly mushy and flavourful
poutine that had zero nutritional value
but was very filling. The moon was large
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The Voyageur II As sit on the shore overlooking their next section of water.
and golden as it emerged from behind
the thunderclouds on the horizon. After
night fell, the mosquitos descended and
the threat of rain drew nearer, as well as
lightening. Thoughts of fully cooking
dessert were abandoned. Dessert was
mushy uncooked cookie dough or
whatever. Mush with flavor, be it sweet
or salty, is the best mush.
Scott gave a lightning warning and we
all piled into
our tents,
warm, cozy and
dry for the first
time since
leaving this
morning. It’s
raining as we
write this, and
I can only hope
it doesn’t
continue to
morning.
Anyway goodnight, all!
The Voyageur II As paddle the Horton River through the Territories.
52 Days Above the
Arctic Circle with
the Voyageur IIs
VOYAGEUR II
Rae-Horton Rivers. Kugluktuk Coronation Gulf - upstream on the Rae
River - lake hopping to Haldane River Horton River - air shuttle to Inuvik - fly to
Toronto - bus to Camp - Lake Temagami paddle under the Bridge.
DATES: June 28 – August 22 2015
ROUTE:
Charles Heath and
Emily Miller
PARTICIPANTS: Becca Carter, Severen
Fischer-Schmidt, Marguerite Fournier,
LEADERS:
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Kyle Gardiner, Henry Gould, Phillip
Jobin-Joy, Sam Karovitch, Mary McNee,
Kishan Patel, Alex Roeder, Aidan
Timmins, Xiu Timmins.
Day 45
Weather: Certified scorcher.
Today was another beauty of a day!
We woke up to blue skies again and
could already feel that it was going to be
a hot one. There was also a sense that
today would be one for the books for
wildlife sightings. Charles spotted a
grizzly bear walking along a ridge across
the river. (He also spotted a wolf with a
dead sik sik in its mouth last night).
Granola with apple slices got us started
for the day and we were off. Right from
the get go, we started seeing caribou
along the shore and running up the hills
beside us. About an hour into the day
we saw our first muskox of trip.
Everyone took off running after it over
ridges to get a better look, but it was a
lot faster than it looks! Heading back to
the boats we spotted another one just
across the river from where we had our
boats pulled up. More running and
some hopped into boats to paddle
across and get a closer look. The sun
was shining and all the animals wanted
to be out today. Just as we were about to
raft up for lunch we saw another
muskox up a ridge on the left shore.
Charles and Sam took off and got some
sweet pics and videos. Then, just as
everyone was rafted up and getting their
hummus and chaps, a muskox started
swimming across the river just
downstream of us! Throughout the
afternoon we saw many caribou
sightings and managed to get quite
close to some. It’s starting to feel like
we’re at a zoo or some sort of wildlife
facility – we can’t get over how much
wildlife we’re seeing. Sam wanted to
camp so we found a decent spot on
river right and got started on mac and a
half for dinner. So much mac - so much
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yum! We thought about how lucky we
are to be able to be out here doing
something we love, surrounded by some
of our best friends. It’s nice to remind
ourselves of that once in awhile. After
dinner, the lunch folk made some bread,
and some people stayed up for bridge
and cookies. Night, y’all!
VOYAGEUR II
Whitehorse - Shuttle to
McQuesten Lakes - down the Beaver River upstream on the Stewart and Nadleen Rivers
creek - down the Bonnet Plume River - Peel
River - take out in Fort McPherson - ground
shuttle to Inuvik - fly to Toronto - bus to
Camp - Lake Temagami - paddle under
the Bridge.
DATES: June 28 – August 22 2015
ROUTE:
Andrew Brown and
Gill Thompson
PARTICIPANTS: Jason Ashe, Andi
Breckles, Elia Deck, Dan Devlin, Austin
Gardner, Jenna Gardner, Frieda
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Hodgins, Kimberley Huisman, Elena
Lopez de Cos, Abigail MackenzieArmes, Ruairidh MacPhail,
Paul Richmond.
Day 37
Hours on the water: 20 min
Hours hiking: 5.5
Weather: Scorcher
Quote of the Day: “As much as I enjoy
hiking, which by the way is not a
lot...” - Elena
Glorious blue skies today. With such
perfect weather and our high energy
levels we decided to climb a mountain.
First, the usual morning stuff blah blah
blah, then a quick paddle to a gravel bar.
We packed up lunch, filled up our water
bottles, then set out, following a creek
up towards the mountains (flashbacks).
The walls of creek quickly became quite
canyon-like so we scrambled up one
side then continued walking up the
ridge. Our lunch spot had partial views
of the surrounding ranges, but the best
was yet to come. On we went, gaining
hundreds more feet in elevation. We
The Voyageur II Bs pause to bask in the beauty of the mountains.
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stopped below the summit, but the
views were still spectacular. We could
see the canyon section of the river
from a few days ago and 360 degree
mountains. Amazing. After a small
photo shoot we headed down; finding
an easier route down the canyon to the
creek then back to our boats. Kim’s
group treat round two hit the spot as
we rested and rehydrated. Soup and
bannock for dinner, then a quiet
evening. I’m hoping for more hiking in
the next couple days!
A canyon paddle marks another beautiful day for the VII Bs.
Daring to Dream: A Word from Our Chair and CEO
By Ted Moores
Wanapitei Board Chair and CEO
W
HEN WE HEAR kids
talk about their canoe
tripping experiences, if
you didn’t know better
you might think they
were in something akin to boot camp. I
believe it’s because we love to
remember those challenges that helped
shape our character. Challenges which,
to many others sound like hardships, so
we amplified them for effect. These are
our “bragging rights”, though they don’t
tell the story of our camp experience.
The real experience is the emotional
impact the camp has on us, and to see
the lasting emotional impact, look no
further than the VII that finished (late)
in 1987 and got together to paddle
under the bridge this year, or the annual
Arctic alumni trip with ages ranging
from mid 50s to the 70s. The only
variable that has been Quixotic over the
past decades is whether the finances
could sustain the camp, but sustain they
have, for 85 years on the current site
and for 60 years as the co-ed camp we
all know. Very few organizations live to
be this old - fewer than five percent.
For generations Wanapitei has been
an outstanding educational experience,
and we, on the Board, embrace that
deeply. If we governed the camp with
our “accountant’s” brains only, there are
a few times the doors might have
closed, as with any organization. But
when we lead with our “right” brains,
we’re aware that there is not likely
anything else that’s more important in
our educational development.
Wanapitei has never had a better or
more experienced management team,
nor has it had the depth in staff or staff
leadership that it has now. As a result
we’re not struggling with “survival
financing”, though the camp is always
on a tight budget. It is not just
surviving, it’s thriving.
Since 2007, we’ve had an annual
building program led by, and mostly
done by, volunteers to upgrade the site
in a way that was affordable. With
Heffy (Jeff Geiler – our site manager
and head of maintenance) and crew to
hold it all together, dozens of major
improvements have been made. This
past summer we were able to attract
carpenter Ian Cameron to Heffy’s team
and his talent supported us to build two
very visible new buildings, the activity
center and the craft shop. This spring
we’ll be building a new Dick Twain
center including logistics, equipment,
storage/packing, and a big, bright, map
room. We know the buildings aren’t the
heart of the camp, they are there in
support of the staff and campers, but
they do help function as a symbol of the
camp’s health.
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Community and Values
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Community norms and values need
to be upheld. This means that it’s not
enough to merely have a code-ofconduct, it must have teeth. Directors,
managers, and leaders have the courage
and dedication to hold members of the
community to that code.
New members to the community
need specific consideration and care.
We actively think about what
newcomers need. How do they learn
the community norms? How do they
learn the “unwritten tribal knowledge”?
How do they come to feel a sense
of belonging?
In 1986, social psychologists
McMillan & Chavis formed a theory
about how communities work. They
described key factors that contribute to
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what they called “Sense of
Community”. One of the key factors is
Influence or a sense of mattering.
Members are influenced by their
community when it’s a place that they
care about. Influence also speaks to the
concept of giving first before asking for
anything. We see this all the time at
Wanapitei. Members of the Camp
Wanapitei community have influence
and continue to be influenced.
Shared Emotional Connection was
another important factor from
McMillan & Chavis’ research. Members
have a history of experiences together
and the belief that there will be more
experiences together in the future. These experiences form a long lasting,
emotional connection. This factor is
believed to be the “definitive element
for true community”. Canoe tripping is
PERFECT for this!
Ritual and Ceremony are remarkably
important. Rituals provide continuity they link the present with the past. At Gathering each session, every
camper group brings a rock to place on
the pile to join rocks from every trip
By Allan “Vin” Norris
Board of Directors, Vice-President
and Taylor Statten Camping
Bursary Fund Board of Directors,
Camper Committee
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HE TAYLOR STATTEN
Camping Bursary Fund’s
mandate is to send children
to summer camps. Since
2004, the Bursary had donated
$725,580.00, sending 375 children to
camps. One hundred and six of those
children attended Camp Wanapitei. Our 2015 season was highly successful.
We were able to send 58 children to 13
camps in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.
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group for the past five decades. Every
campfire and awards ceremony ends
with the staff members singing “The
Old Canoe” just as their leaders did.
Campers return from trip by paddling
under the bridge as trips have for many
years. Every camper is awarded their
Wanapitei crest at a ceremony at the
end of their session. The same words
are spoken by their trip leaders year
after year. Our many rituals and
ceremonies showcase our
community values.
Sub groups are essential in a growing
community. Smaller groups have their
own experiences (a canoe trip) and
leadership (trip leaders) with rituals and
connection - the trip group is a family
within the larger Wanapitei community. When vision is clear and values are
strong, sub groups maintain our
community norms while creating a
strong connection and sense of
belonging in a smaller group.
From what I can tell, Camp
Wanapitei has everything it needs for
this exciting chapter in its history. What a treat it is to be here!
News From the Taylor Statten Camping Bursary Fund
The Bursary holds a number of fund
raising events throughout the year. The
T.S.C.B.F. has an annual hockey
tournament scheduled in May. Camp
Wanapitei campers, staff and alumni who are interested in joining a
Wanapitei team should contact Alister
Thomas at [email protected]. The Taylor Statten Camps Ahmek
and Wapamao hold an annual silent
auction at the end of August. This year
they raised the incredible amount of $30,000.00. The fifth annual Art Show
was held in early November. This year
Camp Wanapitei was one of the
sponsors of the event. It was an
enjoyable evening of art, eats and
friends netting a further $20,000.00
for the Bursary.
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I would encourage you to participate
in one of these entertaining and
worthwhile events in the new year and
help support the good work of the
Taylor Statten Camp Bursary Fund. If
you have your own fundraising ideas, I
would love to hear about them. I can be
reached at
[email protected].
The T.S.C.B.F. has sent over one
thousand children to camp over the
past forty-two years. With your
continued support, we hope to send a
thousand plus more. If you are
interested in participating in or just
learning more about what we are up to in year forty-two and beyond, please
visit our website www.tscbf.com.
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Many Thanks to this Year’s Donors and Volunteers
WE SINCERELY THANK every
person
who contributes positively to Camp
Wanapitei, both financially and through
countless hours of volunteer time.
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Bread for Harvest Gourmet Dinner
at the Chateau
Handmade by Michelle Lattimore
Wanapitei Camper Bursary Fund
Cash Donation of $1550
Families who chose to donate the balance of
their child’s camp store account. This money
Daring to Dream
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To be successful Wanapitei needs to
run with a solid business plan and good
management, but it’s not the numbers
that drive it, it’s the heart. If it was
about numbers we’d be making the
camp much larger, but we don’t want to
do that. It’s critical to us that we
maintain the uniqueness of all age
groups knowing and interacting with
each other so it’s almost like one very
large family. When we’re 14, a year
makes a big difference, but when we’re
50+, even 10 years is irrelevant, so many
lifelong friends now wouldn’t have even
known each other at a large camp.
One of the keys to being on the
cutting edge educationally, as well as
preserving what really is working well, is
continually re-inventing what we do.
That doesn’t mean changing our
program, but it does mean not
becoming complacent with it. It means
always striving to improve, to tailor it to
fit all participants most effectively, to
constantly enhance our skills, teaching
methodologies, and program delivery
systems. It needs to always be fun,
helped us support campers who would
otherwise not attend camp for
financial reasons.
Wanapitei Sailing Program - $850
in Donations
Families who chose to donate to the sailing
program at the time of registration helped us
purchase an RS Quba for our fleet.
Program Fee Contribution for
three campers from Temagami
First Nations
50% of fees for these campers were
contributed by Temagami First Nations.
Camper Sponsorship for 14
Wanapitei Campers
Taylor Statten Camping Bursary Fund
Two-Week Temagami Program
Camper Sponsorship
The Kapur Family (alumnus camper family)
Additional Contributions - tagMs
tagMs donated 25% of all sales from families
who purchased clothing labels through their
business to our bursary.
organic in nature, and fully supportive
of that which makes each participant a
unique individual.
Together, with your help, we’ll
continue to develop a vision that is
compelling enough that all of us and all
staff can’t wait to get there. If you have
new ideas to share, let them be as grand
as you want. It doesn’t matter if we
don’t complete everyone’s vision, what
matters is the excitement and learning
while we’re on the path that those
dreams have forged.
So as we dig into program planning,
and analyses, and as you focus on the
logistics of getting ready for camp, let’s
also remember to dream. The plans and
numbers have to be good, but
Wanapitei has never been driven by
numbers, it’s driven by heart.
2015 marked the start of several large building projects, including a new Activity Centre set to open
this coming summer.
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Mark Your Calendars: Camp Wanapitei 2016 Important Dates
SPRING
TBA: Camper Medical Forms online.
1st: Final installment of camp fees
for those on payment plan.
30th: Community Weekend
Barbecue.
APRIL
1st: 2nd Installment of camp fees for
those on payment plan.
JULY
2nd: Early-July, July & full summer
sessions begin.
9th: Junior 2 session begins.
14th: Mid-July Banquet.
15th: Early July session ends.
16th: Late July & Junior 3
sessions begin.
22nd: Junior 3 session ends.
23rd: Junior 4 session begins.
28th: Mid Summer Banquet.
28th: Junior 4, Late July & July
sessions end.
AUGUST
1st: Early August, August and Junior 5
sessions begin.
7th: Junior 5 session ends.
8th: Junior 6 session begins.
13th: Mid-August Banquet.
14th: Early August & Junior 6
sessions end.
15th: Late August session begins.
15th-20th: Family Camp.
17th-20th: Family Camp threenight option.
27th: Harvest Night.
28th: Camp ends.
MAY
1st: Final balance of camp fees due
for those paying balance of fees.
1st: 3rd Installment of camp fees for
those on payment plan.
JUNE
1st: Last day to submit camper
medical forms.
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SPREAD THE WORD!
Know someone who would
be a great
fit at Wanapitei?
WE INVITE YOU TO SHARE THIS CARD WITH ANYONE YOU
THINK WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME WANAPITEI CAMPER.
AS A THANKS TO YOU, WE OFFER A $100 REFERRAL CREDIT
TO CURRENT FAMILIES THAT SUCCESSFULLY REFER A NEW
FAMILY TO WANAPITEI FOR SUMMER 2016.
NEED MORE CARDS? CONTACT OUR OFFICE - WE’D BE HAPPY
TO SEND THEM TO YOU!

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