Top 10 Tips for Making the Best of Camp
Top 10 tips for making the best of camp Camp is an incredible environment to experience new things, because it gives you the opportunity to step out of your comfort zone. Here are some tips to help you make the best of your time at camp: Set Personal Goals: Whether you want to climb to […]
Early Days at Camp Wapomeo
My Uncle, Lorne McDonald, was a personal friend of Taylor Statten’s when they both worked at the Toronto Y.M.C.A., and was on the staff at Ahmek when it began. My father, Burt McDonald, always maintained a keen interest in the camp as well. At one point he gave the funds to build the first bridge […]
Trees
Below is an essay by Nico Vit that he submitted to the University of Edinburgh for his school application – you’ll see why he got in once you’ve read this beautiful story. Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you experience there and why is it meaningful to you? Trees. […]
A Teacher’s Life Lessons Using a Mason Jar and Golf Balls
Below is a morning meditation that was given this past summer at Wapomeo by Alexa Kruyt, our Tuscie Section Director. “Today I’m going to share with you a short story that was once told to me, which explains the importance of priorities. As we are nearing the end of the first two weeks of camp, […]
Quetico Remembered
Most of us started our camp experience as young bantams doing overnight canoe trips wondering how we could ever complete a five day, let alone a 36 day canoe trip. As the years went on, tripping became less of a challenge and more like a vacation. Doing Kipawa last year, a 22 day trip in […]
Kipawa Round Two
My name is Owen Burry and I am fortunate enough to be leading a Kipawa trip in August this summer with one of my former cabin mates, Sam Cherniak. It doesn’t seem like it’s been six years since Sam and I embarked on our Kipawa as campers. Sam and I had known each other through […]
New Tuck At TSC
The first sessions of Ahmek and Wapomeo have started. These are exciting times, campers will be reunited with old friends. The summer can really begin! We hope you have packed everything you need ready to travel up to camp in the coming weeks. It is so important to follow the camp clothing list and make sure […]