[ladyat60]

Does anyone have info on a Camp O WanYa Kay (sp) that was on the lake in the 50's. I went there for a week and had a grand time as a youngster. I know the camp was still functioning in the 1960's but just wonder when it closed down and why.

If anyone posting on here attended that camp they will remember the camp song that I still remember after all these centuries. Thanks

[Asta]

Originally Posted by ladyat60

Does anyone have info on a Camp O WanYa Kay (sp) that was on the lake in the 50's. I went there for a week and had a grand time as a youngster. I know the camp was still functioning in the 1960's but just wonder when it closed down and why.

If anyone posting on here attended that camp they will remember the camp song that I still remember after all these centuries. Thanks

I wonder if you mean Camp E-Wen-Akee?

[ladyat60]

That could be the name of the camp. I was only 6 when I went there so I probably didn't get the correct pronunciation of the place. I know it was on Lake Bomoseen and we walked down a hill to swim.Any other info on it?

Thanks

[Asta]

Originally Posted by ladyat60

That could be the name of the camp. I was only 6 when I went there so I probably didn't get the correct pronunciation of the place. I know it was on Lake Bomoseen and we walked down a hill to swim.Any other info on it?

Thanks

E-Wen-Akee is part of Eckerd Youth Alternatives' outdoor therapeutic program for troubled teens.

EYA Locations Map — Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire (http://www.eckerd.org/map/ri_vt_nh.html - broken link)

My guess is that it was bought up by the program after the campground closed down. Sorry I don't know much more than that.

I can say that I myself have very fond memories of camping during summer school vacations. If it is the same camp, it's good to know that these teens are getting an opportunity to enjoy it.

[ladyat60]

I agree with you. The camp I went to wasn't for teens in trouble. So I bet my camp was bought out like you said. Thanks for the info

[SnipeHunt]

Lady at 60....you must remember the painted totem pole, the rec hall with the upright piano, mess hall and all those long tables -- sat by cabin. The red wood and canvas bunks with screened "Windows"around the sides. How about the path through the woods to the bathroom and the long trough for washing up and cleaning teeth? The campfire when you were given an Indian name and could not speak for the whole next day. The triple decker tree house in the woods ...top one was old and not allowed up into it. Water balloon fights but the better one was in bathing suit and the flour bag fights. Paper napkins loaded with flour and pelted anyone you could hit. Afterwards running down the hill and jumping in the water to rinse off the flour we'd be covered in.Patty Canfield was one of the councillors, the arts and crafts hall (ok...I still have and use the Orange concentrate can I painted in 1963 on my desk as the pencil holder). And the famous snipe hunt at night by flashlight in the woods.