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did you know? r lake scugog, south camp Nestled on a secluded 325 acre parcel of land along the shores of Lake Scugog lies a children’s camp called Camp Lake Scugog. The site, located along St. Christopher’s Beach Road, was deeded to the United Church of Canada in 1926. Five years later they opened the “United Church Fresh Air Camp”. Over the next 60 years, thousands of children attended the camp. Lake Scugog Camp was closed for several years in the early 1990s due to water and sanitation problems, but re-established its program to serve 300 campers per year, adding an LIT (leaders-in-training) component in 1996. By 1997 Camp Scugog was running a full camp program serving approximately 300 campers. In 1998 a new admin- istration building and low ropes course was dedicated and the following year there was continued upgrading to cabins and the opening of a nursery cabin. = Lake Scugog South Camp 1944-1945 In 2000 the recreation hall was refinished inside and out, dining hall and kitchen refinished. At this time an ul- traviolet light water purification system was installed and camper washroom/ shower facilities built. Improvements. continued in 2001 with a new floating dock system and the next year a guard tower was built for waterfront life- guards. Improvements continue every year to this day. Many campers travel by bus from a central pickup point at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. There is a sliding fee scale subsidized by the United Church and private donations are accepted in order to = Lake Scugog South Camp aerial about 1965. accommodate all income levels. Ten cabins house either six campers with two counsellors or two mothers with their children depend- ing on the session. To roughly 300 children each summer, Lake Scugog Camp is truly a blessing. a View of Lake Scugog Camp 1954 - taken from the lake. 44 FOCUS - SEPTEMBER 2012 09,FOCUS. SEPTEMBER.48 pgsindd 44 12-08-20 8:39AM