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Camp Big Canoe

Summer Address:

   Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
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Off-Season Address:

   Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
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Camp Big Canoe for boys and girls is located on a 240 acre wooded site surrounding Hart Lake in the beautiful Muskoka District. Campers are given every opportunity to experience the challenge and rewards of outdoor living and to appreciate their natural environment. Centralized permanent buildings provide showers and housing for senior staff. Campers and counsellors live in large airy tents on raised wooden floors. Camp Big Canoe offers a wide range of camping activities designed to promote physical, intellectual and spritual development. There are short canoe trips of one, two or three days. Each participant is prepared before taking part in an out-trip. Campers explore their Christian faith through a program called "Rediscovery", evening vespers, morning watch and weekly all-camp worship.

Camp Type:  Residential
Year Established: 1968
Gender: Coed
Age of Campers: 6 to 16 years old
Cost/Week: $351.00-$500.00/wk
Religious Affiliation: None
Camp Owner(s): Bill Stevens
Camp Director(s): Bill Stevens
Nearest Large City: n/a
Off Season Rental:
Accreditations ?
OCA
Camp Focus:
Adventure Camps: Assorted Adventures
Adventure Camps: Wilderness
Religious Camps: Christian
Traditional Camps
Art Activities:
  •  Arts and Crafts
  •  Theater

Sports Activities:
  •  General Sports
  •  Archery
  •  Swimming
  •  Volleyball

Adventure Activities:
  •  Canoeing
  •  Hiking
  •  Kayaking
  •  Wilderness

Dates for 2009

Session 1 July 6 – July 17 (12 days) $775

Session 2 July 20 – July 31 (12 days) $800

Session 1 August 4 – August 15 (12 days) $800

Session 1 August 18 – August 29 (12 days) $800

One week Camp for 8 – 11 year olds

August 4 – August 9 (6 days) $465

August 18 – August 23 (6 days) $465

One week Camp for 11 – 14 year olds

August 9 – August 15 (7 days) $465

August 23 – August 29 (7 days) $465

Pee Wee Camp

July 31 – August 4 (5 days) $250

Outdoor Skills 1 (candidates must be 15 years old or older as of December 31 of the year registered)

July 6 – July 31 $1130

(with a 2 day break leaving July 17 and returning July 20)

Outdoor Skills 2 (candidates must be 15 years old or older as of December 31 of the year registered)

August 4 – August 29 $1130

(with a 2 day break leaving July 17 and returning July 20)

Leaders In Training 1 (candidates must be 16 years old or older as of June 30 of the year registered)

July 6 – July 31 $1000

(with a 2 day break leaving July 17 and returning July 20)

Leaders In Training 2 (candidates must be 16 years old or older as of June 30 of the year registered)

August 4 – August 29 $1000

(with a 2 day break leaving July 17 and returning July 20)

Future Leaders at Play (teen camp) for ages 13 – 16)

August 31 – September 4 $275

Family Camp

September 4 – September 7 (families up to 4) $250

(For families above 4 - $60 per adult and $40 per child)

Bus Fee to camp $30.00

(For campers registered August 4 – 9 or August 18 – 23, there will be no return bus.)

Bus Fee to camp $30.00

(For campers registered August 9 – 15 or August 18 – 29, there will be no bus to camp.)