Fonds 02-005 - Camp Richildaca fonds

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Camp Richildaca fonds

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    02-005

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    • 1957-1999 (Creation)
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      Camp Richiladaca

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    60 cm of textual records
    9 photo albums (approx. 694 photographs)
    30 photographs
    115 slides (colour)
    1 scrapbook

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    (1957-)

    Administrative history

    Camp Richildaca was founded by William J. Babcock and Al Bathurst as a day camp in Kettleby, Ontario, in 1957. It grew to accommodate resident campers and was an outdoor education facility for various school boards. It was also a teacher training centre for the University of Toronto Faculty of Education and offered a heated pool, canoeing instruction, archery, snow-shoeing and tobogganing, as well as instruction in wildlife study, ornithology, insect ecology, forest ecology, survival skills, etc. Camp Richildaca was operated by the Babcock family until they sold it in 1989. William J. Babcock was head of the Physical Education Department of Richmond Hill High School and Chairman of the Richmond Hill Ontario Teachers' Federation Outdoor Education Committee. He wrote many articles pertaining to outdoor education.

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    This fonds was created by and in the custody of William J. Babcock and Jean Babcock before it was donated to Trent University Archives in 2002.

    Scope and content

    Fonds consists of records documenting the administration of Camp Richildaca and the experiences of staff and campers. Records include administrative records,staff manuals, outdoor education manuals and curricula, photographs, photo albums, slides, and other resource material related to Camp Richildaca. Camp activities documented include arts and crafts, camping, swimming, canoeing, singing, and learning about nature.

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    Fonds acquired in 2002 from William J. Babcock and Jean Babcock.

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        For related records see the Ontario Camps Association fonds.

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