by Nikki Risk – Camper 1994-1997; Staff 1998-2000, 2005-2006 I was not supposed to be a Camp Big Canoe Camper. Back in 1994 my parents didn’t have the money to send my sister and I to overnight camp, but my mother was an active member of the Richmond Hill United Church Read more…
by David Bell – Camper and Staff 2000-2016 50 stories for 50 days, that’s an ambitious goal. Not because there is a shortage of material, that’s for sure. I’m lucky enough to be working in the camping industry with people who have worked at many different camps and there isn’t Read more…
by Bill Stevens – Director since 1998 We, Jennifer and I, first drove the camp road on January 3rd, 1998. I was at camp for my second interview. The road was passable with just tire tracks in the snow leading us to the lodge. I met the interview committee and Read more…
by Laura Copeland – former camper and staff member *editors note: this message came after a plea to several former staff campers and staff members for their stories – the list was lengthy! If you’ve got a story, please share!!* After reading your message and seeing some of the names Read more…
by Samantha Field – Camper & Staff 2000-2013 Session 3 2000. This was a summer that for many people will never be forgotten. I am sure just mentioning that year gives some PeeWee staff a little anxiety, remembering being stuck at camp, standing on a ladder searching for signal on Read more…
by Bev (Clark) Lypaczewski – 1991-1997 PeeWee camper, 1998-2003 Session camper, 2003-2011 Staff, 2012-2017 PeeWee Camp Volunteer For me, camp has always been about the connections and community. Ten years could have passed and I will run in to a friend from camp and it will be like we saw Read more…
by Ian McTavish – Camper, Staff, Board member I was eight years old when I was a camper for the first time. At campfire my counselor taught us the Aardvark song. Singing in front of the camp was terrifying but over the years I grew more confident to the point Read more…
by John Dinner, Staff 1998-2001, Currently a member of the Board of Directors, Vice Chair For somewhere around 11 consecutive summers, my mom would inevitably ask me if I was interested in going to camp sometime in the summer. Not any one particular camp, just camp in general. She thought Read more…
July Skills 2002 While on our pre-8 day canoe trip with skills counsellors Chris Tindal, Sarah Horsely & Bill Elgie we found ourselves dealing with strong winds while paddling one of the days. It was suggested that we tie all the canoes together side by side and create a sail Read more…
by Laurie Tyndall Bell So we are asked to relay a story about Camp Big Canoe…..but which one, I asked myself??? The one about my very first summer at camp, July 1968, where I went fishing off the dock with the director Dave Patterson, to sleeping on the 2” thick Read more…