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2000-2010 (Creation)
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- Ontario Camps Association
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1.25 m of textual records and related materials
photographs
film
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In 1900 A.L. Cochrane established the first private camp in Ontario. By 1925, the number of private camps in Ontario had increased to only six or seven. The camps established during this time period (1900-1925) were mainly for boys over the age of thirteen. Co-ed camps were unheard of at this time. As of 1925, the private camps were making headway in their development and agency camps, such as the Y.M.C.A., were opening up across the province. The leaders and directors of these camps, wanting to keep abreast of new trends, began to regularly attend the American Camping Association conventions, due to the absence of a Canadian or Ontario camping association. This situation, although helpful to the evolution of camps in Ontario, was not ideal. Issues relevant to Canadian camps, and camp leaders and directors, were not being addressed by the American association. As a result, the camp leaders in Ontario decided to form their own group. In the first few years, the meetings were informal, and held in private homes. The first members were A.L. Cochrane, H.E. Chapman, Mary Edgar, Mary Hamilton, Fern Halliday, and Taylor and Ethel Statten. One of the main topics of discussion centered on the need for a camping association in Ontario. In 1933, this group of private camp leaders and directors formally founded the Ontario Camping Association. Taylor Statten was made the first chairman of the Association. It was decided by the founding members that the Association would not just be for private camps, but would be open to anyone engaged in any aspect of camping. The interests of the founders of the Association encompassed the development and maintenance of high camping standards in the field of camping for children and an appreciation of the wider aspects of the camping movement. They believed that through discussion and consideration of common camping policies and problems, and by mutual exchange of ideas and knowledge, better camping would be achieved. The Ontario Camping Association was responsible for the development and implementation of standards for Ontario's children's camps, and, in 1941, in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Health, made the licensing of all camps mandatory. The headquarters of the Association are located in Toronto, Ontario. In 2012, the Ontario Camping Association changed its name to Ontario Camps Association.
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Fonds was in the custody of various Ontario Camping Association camps before being donated to Trent University Archives.
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Fonds consists of Brown Bag materials relating to camps associated with the Ontario Camping Association. Materials include pamphlets, photographs, film and other digital media.
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Fonds acquired through the Brown Bag Program from various camps.
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This fonds, along with 78-006, 82-009, 84-019, 86-018, 88-006, 89-015, 92-005, 93-021, 98-019, 01-018, 04-022, and 08-008 is an addition to 72-007.
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We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of students in Fleming College's 2011 Archival Management class who helped to process this collection.
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Box 1
Folder
1a. 5 Star Camps
- Ak-o-mak
- Ararat
2a. Aurora Lutheran Bible Camp - Autism Ontario Niagara Summer
- Awakening
- Bayview Glen
- Big Canoe
- Cairn Presbyterian Camping and Retreat Centres
7a. Canadian Adventure Camp - Cedar Bay Summer Explorers
8a. Cedar Valley Ranch - Centauri
- Celtic
- Cherita
- Chikopi
- Circle Sqaure Ranch
- Couchiching
- Crestwood Valley
- Crossroads
- Diamond
- Discovery
- Easter Seals, Camp Lakewood
- Eden
- Ein Gedi
- Forest Cliff
- Galbraith Optimist
- Ganadaoweh
- George
- Glen Bernard
- Glen Eagle Junior Golf
- Golden Lake
- Harbourfront Centre
- Hardwood
- Hidden Bay Leadership
- Hillside Nature
- Hockey Opportunity
Box 2
Folder
- Horizon Arts
- Humber Arboretum Nature
- Inner City Outtripping Centre
- International Hockey Training North
- Jacksons Point
- Kahouah
- Kemur Equestrian Girls
- Kenesserie
- Keywaydin
9a. Kids on Deck Summer Baseball Camps - Kummoniwannago
- Lambton Centre
- Magic Forest
- Manitou
- March of Dimes
- Massad
- McDougall
- McGovern
17a. Mini-Yo-We - Mooredale
- Muskoka Woods
- New Moon
- Natureways
- Newport Adventure
- Nominingue
- Oconto (includes approximately 10 photographs)
- Onondaga
- Ouareau
- Outlook
- Par Golf
- Parks and Recreation; County of Brant
- Pearce-Williams Christian
- Pioneer
- Pleasant Bay
- Quality
- Ramah in Canada
- Robin Hood
- Rondeau Yacht Club
- Royal Ontario Museum
- Ryerson University Sports
Box 3
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- Salvation Army Camps: Jacksons Point Camp, Day Camp, Camp Wabana, and Camp Rainbow
- Savation Army Jacksons Point
- Sans Souci-Centre d'Equitation
- SAC
- Saddlewood Equestrian Centre
- The Scott Mission
- Selah
- Seneca
- Shalom
- Sparrow Lake
- Spartacus
- Swallowdale
- Swallowdale con't
- Tamarack
- Tanner
- Tawingo
- Temagami
- Timberlane
- Tim Horton Memorial
- Tim Horton Onondaga Farm
- Towhee
- Trails Youth Initiative
- Trent
- Trent Summer Sports
- Trillium
- Trillium Day Camp
- Wahanowin
- Walden
- Waupoos
- Wanapitei
Box 4
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- Wenonah 2001, 2002
- Wenonah 2003
- Wenonah 2004
- Wenonah 2005
- Wenonah 2006
- Wenonah 2006-2010
- Willow Springs
- Wimodausis
- Winnebagoe
- Winner's Circle
- Winning Techniques
- Winston
- YMCA, General
- YMCA Greater Toronto Area
- YMCA Day Camps
- YMCA Guelph
- YMCA John Island
- YMCA Niagara
- YMCA Oakville
- YMCA: Camp Queen Elizabeth 2005
- YMCa: Camp Queen Elizabeth 2010
- YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka
- YMCA Sudbury
- YMCA Summer Camps
- YMCA Wanakita