We are excited to announce our new online store! Share your Spirit of Big Canoe with t-shirts, hoodies, hats, water bottles and stickers! Deadline to order is June 5th, 2019. Campers will return home with their order after their session. If you don’t have a camper at camp this summer, Read more…
Camp Big Canoe has been around a long time! In fact, in 2017 we are going to be celebrating 50 years at the Hart Lake site. And while we strive to make each summer better than the last, there is no doubt the memories, stories, and friendships created over those Read more…
Long time camper and former staff member Constance Dupuis recently had to come to terms with what camp is. Here’s her story. #whatsyourstory #campbigcanoe #KeepingtheSpiritAlive In conversation with a close friend recently, she told me she had never been sent to over-night camp because her parents believed that sending kids Read more…
We here at Camp Big Canoe really want you to be here this summer. And not only do we want you to enjoy your time with us, we want you to bring your friends AND we want to give you a chance to come here for free . We are Read more…
At Camp Big Canoe we believe our staff is our greatest asset. Whether they have come up through ranks of Big Canoe as campers or have spent summers elsewhere but are eager to share their talents to enrich the Spirit of Big Canoe, our staff is a diverse, gifted group of people Read more…
Helen has a one of a kind story so I’ll let it speak for itself. She is now a teacher in England and also one of those people who, even though you only got to spend one summer with, changes your life forever. We here at Camp Big Canoe are Read more…
So far we’ve heard from two former campers and staff members who’ve shared their stories on their lasting memories and legacies of Camp Big Canoe. Not only have they been great reads, but they have inspired others to share – and not just other campers and staff members, but parent’s Read more…
Daniela Gassi is a former Big Canoe staff member and current teacher and all-around amazing musician in Toronto. She is our second story in our #whatsyourstory blog posts. We absolutely love her story and we hope you do too! Playing the song “Hurricane” at 4th Session Cheesehouse 2001, with Mitch, Read more…
Laura Snelgrove is a Camp Big Canoe Alumni, both as a camper and staff member. She is the first of our #Whatsyourstory blog entries and we are so thankful that she decided to share it with us. A few months ago, my husband Marc and I welcomed a third little Read more…
With only one Saturday to go until we kick off the camping season with Session One, we thought it wise to share some ideas about how to get ready for an experience of a lifetime! Camp is a big adjustment from daily life we experience in our schools and homes – Read more…