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Camp Zanika Lache is an ACA accredited[1] youth summer camp located in the Wenatchee National Forest on Lake Wenatchee's south shore, in Leavenworth, Washington, United States. The camp has been operation for over 75 years as a Camp Fire USA summer camp.[2] Camp Zanika is also a beneficiary of the United Way.[3]
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Established in 1922, Camp Zanika is a rustic 13-acre camp, consisting of 12 cabins (nine log cabins and three rustic cabins), two bathrooms, a dining hall, an office and a lodge. In 1931, the Wenatchee Kiwanis built the Kiwanis lodge which originally was the dining hall. What is now the staff retreat was the kitchen and a large deck was used for meals.
In 2007, Camp Zanika marked its 75th anniversary by celebrating with a Golden Jamboree. Former staff and campers gathered from all over to tell stories and see new improvements to camp. Also in 2007 Camp Zanika hosted Operation Purple, a camp for children whose parents are serving with the military overseas, from McChord Air Force Base. Sponsored by National Military Family Association the camp provided a way for these kids to express their feelings and learn coping skills.[4]
Cabin history edit
Rotary was the first cabin built in 1935 by the Wenatchee Rotary Club;[5] the following year Stranger was built by Chas Garland. Both Mowiche (which means "deer") and Elks were built in 1940, Mowiche by Daryl Motteler of Leavenworth, Washington, and Elks by the Elks Lodge. Barbette was built in 1946 by Leslie Lewis of Wenatchee, who named the cabin after his two daughters Barbara and Berry. The same year as Barbette, Outpost was built by the American Legion. The two farthest out cabins—Jupiter and Pluto—were built in 1950 by the Cashmere and Omak Rotary clubs. The first non-log cabin was built in 1958, Toevs was dedicated in the memory of Barbara Toevs Myers.[6] Miller Cabin was the last cabin built in 1961 and the first cabin to have electricity, it was donated by George Miller of Wenatchee.
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Around 2001, Camp Zanika Lache received an $85,000 partial grant to help bring its water system up to compliance with the Surface Water Treatment Rule, for a new well and other improvements. [7]
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- ^ "Camp Zanika Lache - An ACA Accredited Camp". ACA. Retrieved 1-29-09.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "About Zanika Lache". Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- ^ "United Way of Chelan & Douglas Counties". Retrieved 2-1-09.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Barber, Mike. "A summer camp that beats war". Seattle PI. Retrieved 2-1-09.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "history". Wenatchee Rotary. Retrieved 2-1-09.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Barta, Linda. "Old News". Wenatchee World. Retrieved 2-1-09.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "State DWSRF Program Summary". DIANE Publishing. Retrieved 2-1-09.
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- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enigmaman/Articles
- North Central Washington Council of Camp Fire USA
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YMCA Camp Orkila is on the northwest shoulder of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington. It has been in operation since 1906. It is operated by the Greater Seattle Area's YMCA. It is open year round and offers many different programs ranging from conference and retreat hosting to summer camp and teen expedition programs for grades 3 through 12.
Camp Orkila is on the water and looks out to Presidents Channel and the Canadian Gulf Islands, which the sun goes down behind every night making for amazing, colorful sunsets. Most of Camp Orkila's 280 acres (1.1 km2) are preserved forest with hiking and horse trails. The cabins range from open air to full duplex style housing near the conference center. The facilities at Camp Orkila include a junior olympic sized pool, model farm with horses during the summer, many types of sports facilities, various kinds of boats including a 44' passenger cruiser, two dining lodges, a marine salmon center, outdoor chapel, a number of large covered and indoor gathering spaces, a craft center with attached pottery studio, and the requisite stage and campfire pit with Puget Sound and the sunset for a backdrop. Camp Orkila also owns Satellite Island, and Twin Lakes which are used for field trips and as a base camp for expeditions crossing into the Canadian Gulf Islands.
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Camp Sealth is owned and operated by Camp Fire USA, a non-profit youth organization, and located on Vashon Island, Washington. Sealth hosts resident and day camp during the summer, environmental education for school groups during the spring and fall, and is a year-round conference and retreat center. Camp Sealth is accredited by the American Camp Association.[1]
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Camp Sealth is located on Vashon Island, Washington, has 400 acres (1.6 km2) of forest, wetland and marine environment, and over a mile of waterfront along Colvos Passage in the Puget Sound.
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Camp Sealth was founded in 1920 as the first permanent resident camp for girls in Washington State. It began on Blake Island for the first sesason, then moved to its present location on Vashon Island in 1921. The South End Forest Fire on Vashon burned a good deal of Camp Sealth in 1922,[2] and campers helped fight the fire. Rounds Hall, the dining hall, was built in 1921, and it is dedicated to Edward "Daddy" Rounds. In the 1990s, the present Wrangler unit, barn and riding facilities were built. In 2005, extensive renovation included the new Green Birdcage building which replaced the old arts & crafts building, and renovation of three other buildings, including the dining hall.
Camp Sealth was a girls camp until 1975, when Camp Fire USA became a co-educational organization.
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Camp Arrowhead is a Girl Scouts of the USA camp operated by Girl Scouts--Columbia River Council. It is located outside Stevenson, Washington, on the Columbia River Gorge. The camp was originally operated as Camp Wind Mountain, until interference from the Collins Point Landslide and a fire led to a rebuilding of the camp a short distance from the original buildings. Some of the camp is part of Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
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- Camp Arrowhead
- Girl Scouts - Columbia River Council
- Leonard, Helen. Fun Along the Way. (1970)
