WAR Canoe

People always ask what in the world do we do at Camp when the summer season is over?

The answer is simple.

Stuff like this. We just do stuff like this:




What is THIS!?

This is an old war canoe.

Or more accurately...this is OUR old war canoe.

Gather 'round, and I'll tell a tale. It's not going to be a very good tale, cause I don't  know any of the needed details, but it will be a tale nonetheless.

As the legend goes, a massive War Canoe once sailed the current and owned the shores of Lake Shawanni. Yes, this mighty...actually, that's all I know. All I know is we once had a massive War Canoe here at Camp. We even have the receipt to prove it:

That's the whole story. We had a huge canoe. People liked it. (That last statement is pure speculation. But who wouldn't like a GIANT canoe?) And then at some point we didn't have a huge canoe anymore.

Flash forward to modern day. When some nice people emptying out their garage did some research, discovered Camp was the previous owner of the large canoe that had been sitting in storage, and took steps to track us down. Special thanks to the Buchel Family for donating this piece of history back to Camp!

So thanks to some generous thoughtful folks, the canoe is one again Camp's.

If we can get this massive TWENTY-FIVE foot back to Camp, that is. And how on earth are we gonna do that?

Wait. Seriously? We're just gonna throw it on the truck?

I am noticeably skeptical of this plan.

Which of course just leads to us just throwing the canoe on the truck.

Are you sure this is going to fit on the truck?

Yeah, I know it's a big truck.

But it's also a big canoe, is all I'm saying.

All right. I guess it's kind of on the truck.

Serves me right for questioning the full might, know how, and general get-the-job-done-ship of the Camp Facilities team. 

We could have put two canoes on that truck!  Three canoes! All the canoes!

And now our war canoe is back at home.

Safe and sound, nestled in the rafters of the craftshop.

So the big questions of course is, what are we going to do with this war canoe?

And the big answer is a familiar one here at Camp...we have no idea.

But you can bet we're gonna do something  with it.

Maybe it will make a nice museum piece. 

Maybe we can turn into a fancy Welcome to Camp Sign?

Or maybe, just maybe, we can restore its sea worthy-ness and it can conquer the waves of Lake Shawnni once more.

Does anyone out there in the Camp Alumni universe remember the War Canoe? Have any good stories? Or better yet...pictures? Get in touch and fill us in on the history!