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Camp Tamarack fonds
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1942-1972 (Creation)
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- Camp Tamarack
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31 cm of textual records
ca. 160 photographs
1 map
5 cloth badges.
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Camp Tamarack was established in 1922 as a Jewish Boy Scout's camp. The camp was situated on 350 acres of land in the Muskoka Lake District near Bracebridge, Ontario. The camp aimed to provide a camp setting where each boy counted. The boys were divided into small groups with two staff members to five boys. This allowed the boys to have individual attention instead of being part of a mass group of people. This Jewish Boy Scout Camp was owned by the Tamarack (59th) Association which was a member of the Ontario Camping Association. The camp was first located in the Lake of Bays area. The first Director was Mr. Edgar Reason, also first Scoutmaster of the 59th Scout Troop. In 1957, Stanley G. Wild was appointed Director. Activities at the camp included swimming, canoeing, water skiing and horseback riding as well as numerous other special events like baseball games, fishing, campouts, gymnastics and handicrafts. The campers lived in cabins while they were in the camp. In 1972 the camp closed.
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Unknown.
Scope and content
This fonds consists of records of a Jewish Boy Scout Camp called Camp Tamarack. The fonds has minutes of the Tamarack Association, correspondence, form letters, bulletins, photographs, financial statements, inventories, accounts, reports, camp programmes, menus, brochures, insurance policies, construction proposals, Public Health Department licenses and reports, minutes of the Camp Services Co-operative and other information regarding school camping and the Boy Scouts of Canada.
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This fond was donated from an unknown source.
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For related records see: The Canadian Camping Association fonds, The Ontario Camping Association fonds, The Quebec Camping Association fonds and The Society of Camp Directors fonds.
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1 Tamarack Association Minutes
2 Form letters and Bulletins addressed to campers, parents, staff and members
3 same as above
4 Campers and staff lists mostly from 1972
5 Programme 1972 daily schedules, trip outlines, closing instructions, special programmes
6 Menus
7 Counsellors File "Guide to Camp Tamarack Camp Counsellorships", song book and other information pertaining to counsellorship
8 School camping correspondence with schools re: school camping, "A List of Available Camps"
9 Reports Initial Report on Camp Tamarack 1957 Directors report on Tamarack camp season 1958 Reports for the 1972 season
10 1972 Inventories
11 1972 Accounting trial balances, records of expenses, outstanding accounts, budgets, correspondence
12 Financial Statements Outline for Accounting Procedures Year end financial statements 1942 - 1959 (some missing)
LOOSE IN BOX: Year end financial statements 1960 - 1971
13 Buildings and construction correspondence, financial statements, copy of "Building By-Law", plans for a dock and stable building, proposals
14 Mortgage schedule of payment, correspondence
15 Public Health Department reports, licences, correspondence copies of "Regulation under The Public Health Act regarding Summer Camps" and "Environmental Health Hints for the Operation of Summer Camps"
16 Insurance policies, correspondence, financial statements, accident reports, inspection reports, copy of "Bill 32: An Act to amend The Public Lands Act"
17 Miscellaneous Papers poem, dialogues, correspondence, papers
18 Promotion brochures, posters, badges
19 Boy Scouts registration cards, correspondence between Camp Tamarack and Boy Scouts of Canada
20 Camp Services Co-operative Minutes
21 Camp Services Co-operative Minutes (continued)
PHOTOGRAPHS
1: Three envelopes of mostly black and white photographs of Camp Tamarack and campers.
Loose on Shelf
Four large black and white photographs of Camp Tamarack, originally framed.
The map is located in the Map Cabinet - Drawer 10.