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Established 1893 Spring 2013

From the Director

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Preserving Wolf Lake 3

Eleven Books to Read 5

News 10

Leadership. It is a hallmark of the Keewaydin experience. In June 2012, during staff training in the Ridgeway Lodge, I asked the staff: “how many of you have been elected class officers, team captains or to a leadership position at your school?” Nearly every person in the room raised their hand. Why are Keewaydin folks so full of leadership? Leadership is inherent in what we do every day.

In 2011 preseason staff training, we watched a TED Talk by Stanley McChrystal who said: “Leaders can let you fail, but not let you be a failure” and “they have a shared purpose/consciousness (a mission) – despite different experiences, vocabulary, skill sets and ages.” He continues, “Leadership is about relationships; they are the sinew which holds us together. And concludes with: “a leader is not good because they are right. A leader is good because they are willing to learn, to listen and to trust.” That sounds to me like the best Keewaydin staff I have known.

Good leaders act in this way because they are confident, independent, strong, courageous, cooperative, and have a great sense of what it means to be a part of a team. McChrystal has never been to Keewaydin, but in many ways he defines the best parts of the experience, the things that

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Long Trips

Two trips will head to Hudson Bay this summer. Section 1, led by Katie Tanz and Lauren Sayre, is full with ten campers and once again heading west into Ontario. Putting in on the Pickle Lake Road, they will travel the headwaters of the Severn River, as they did last summer, but then continue west to the headwaters of God’s River which will bring them out to Hudson Bay at York Factory; certainly one of the western most trips Keewaydin has done. Lauren and Katie have seen more than fifteen moose in each of their past two summers traveling in Ontario. It will

be interesting to hear their tally for 2013!

The eight campers of Section A, led by John Frazier and Sam Morris, will head east to Quebec for a put-in at Lac des Oeufs, off of the Trans-taiga Highway. Then they will head north

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Bruce IngersollCamp Director

Emily SchoelzelAssistant Director

Tanya McCubbinOjibway Manager

Board of directors

Stuart Fraser President John W. Frazier IVVice President Sam Scovil III Treasurer Julie B. Stauffer Secretary Bob DeLaMaterJoe FeelyNathaniel FoggMolly O’Neil FrankDavid GatesTerry HolcombeMarian S. Imperatore Thomas Jarecki Dan KunklePeter R. Matt John ReimersJohn SheehanRobert F. Wilson

Peter C. HareExecutive Director

www.keewaydin.org

Tam StewartDesign & Production

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make Keewaydin so important for our kids. Campers will have challenging experiences, drink from clear-watered lakes in splendid wilderness and will emerge with a sharper sense of who they are and what kind of leaders they will be.

So, I will go back to the Ridgeway Lodge (appropriately named after one of the strong leaders of a previous generation) and wrestle with clearly defining leadership for our staff and how we can organize trips that are safe, healthy and fun, but more importantly, trips that really teach something important: leadership. It is what we do every day!

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Section 1 canoes are poised to paddle on the Severn River.

on the Kannaaupscow River, then west down the Coats River, through Lac Elizabeth, and down the Boutin River. From there they will make their way over to the Little Whale River, which they follow to the coast of Hudson Bay. They will paddle south along the Hudson Bay coastline

roughly 120 kilometers to the Inuit and Cree settlement of Kuujjuarapik/Whapmagoostui. The route should provide breathtaking scenery and the chance to see wildlife such as caribou, wolf, and beluga whale in the final days of the trip.

Section B is will return to classic Keewaydin country on the Sakami River in northern Quebec. Led by Robbie Tesar and Davis Moore, the trip will put-in at Lac Icebound and travel south and west to Lac Nitchequon, cross over the “height of land” into Three Sisters Lake and then jump on the Sakami River for eighteen days of travel. They will end up with four days on the Pontois River before being picked up on the Trans-taiga Highway. It will be rugged travel for the boys and like Sections A and 1, they will only have one re-outfit by plane, so the wannigans will be heavy, but the route is sublime!

Section 3, led by Alice Closmore and Alice Cawley, will put-in north of Pickle Lake and paddle east to Bamaji Lake then north to Cat Lake First Nation settlement. After a quick re-outfit they will run the upper Otoskwin River to Otoskwin Lake, head north on the Williams River to

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Williams Lake and then to Kinloch Lake on the Morris River, then turn around to head upstream back to the upper Otoskwin, then backtrack to Cat Lake First Nation settlement for their second re-outfit. The final leg will take them west on the Berens River to Berens Lake for a take-out. This will be a challenging trip that explores a lot of territory, but with also a fair amount of flexibility to the itinerary to make short cuts or adjust loops as water levels and section energy dictates.

Section D, led by Dave Chapin and Atty Phleger, has a fun route planned which begins and ends in established D/3 territory, but includes lots of new Keewaydin territory. According to trip notes, the routes are established, with one or two areas that might need to be re-established. The plan is to head down to the Berens River about four days to Barton Lake, then hop off the Berens River to cut north up the Dolphin River to McInnes Lake and then descend the McInnes

After a portage on the Schade River heading downstream to the Severn River and Hudson Bay 2012!

Fraser Thibodeau with dinner!

River to Deer Lake, and re-outfit at the Deer Lake First Nation Northern Store. After the re-outfit the section will backtrack a little up the McInnes before cutting more-or-less due east via Margot Lake to North Spirit Lake to re-outfit at the North Spirit Lake Northern Store. From here they plan

to head south to Margot and go up the Flanagan River to MacDowell Lake. They might or might not visit the MacDowell Lake First Nation just to say hi. From MacDowell Lake they will paddle east to the headwaters of the Kishikas River, which descends to the Windigo River. The final leg will be paddling up the Windigo to Windigo Lake for take-out.

Finally, the Evans Outpost will be a busy spot this summer with four groups using the cabin as a base. There will be Section E for boys, led by Ray Gurnick and Traylor Phelps, and a Section G for girls, led by Sarah Dean and Mary-Bryan Barksdale, making loops in the Wabikimi Provincial Park area. In addition, the Songa Wilderness trip comprised of veteran Songadeewin campers from Lake Dunmore and led by Keewaydin staff, Abby Hazen and Maggie Bower, will travel the region for nearly a month. Finally Garrett Kephart and Jeff Tanz will lead a ten day trip for men at the end of July and into early August.

Efforts Underway to Permanently Preserve the Wolf Lake Region

By Emily Schoelzel

Wolf Lake is in the southwestern part of the greater Temagami canoe region and lies on the Chiniguchi River, at the heart of the world’s largest contiguous ancient red pine forest. Old growth red pine forests are critically endangered and remain on only 1.2% of their former extent.

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I count myself as one of the lucky few who has paddled, portaged, and navigated my way into this region. I know I am not alone in this accomplishment; many Keewaydin campers and staff going back to the early 1920’s have made the effort to swim in the clear blue waters of Wolf Lake, Marjorie Lake, McConnell Bay and the other “Dead Lakes” nearby.

In 2013, we have an amazing group of women heading to Wolf Lake for a nine day canoe trip. The women’s adult trip will put-in on Matamagasi Lake, and loop through the Dead Lakes. They’ll swim in waterfalls, walk through the old growth, visit pictographs, stay at historic Keewaydin campsites and revel in the quiet of a canoe trip. It will be a spectacular trip surrounded by

majestic scenery. Other trips, from Temagami and our camps on Lake Dunmore, will also follow these popular wilderness canoe routes this summer.

In 1999, Ontario committed to protecting the region and its ancient pine forest, creating the Chiniguchi Waterway Provincial Park upstream and downstream of Wolf Lake. At that time, a number of existing mining leases and claims around Wolf Lake prevented its inclusion in the park, so instead the government designated Wolf Lake a Forest Reserve. Forest reserves are considered “parks-in-waiting”, prohibiting logging while allowing mineral exploration and mining to occur. When those leases and claims expire, a reserve typically becomes a fully protected park.Unfortunately, over the past year and a half, intense pressure from mining interests led the government to renew the expiring lease of one remaining mining company, Flag Resources Ltd., for another 21 year term. Since 1980, Flag Resources has drilled 230 exploratory wells around Wolf Lake but has yet to uncover

World’s largest old growth red pine forest

any economically viable mineral fields. In the process, a significant amount of damage to the environment has occurred, including destruction of campsites, well and equipment effluent leaking into streambeds and heavy equipment damage to the old growth pines.

Recognizing the importance of protecting this incredible wilderness region, several environmental protection groups are working to have the renewed mining leases repealed and for Wolf Lake to become permanently protected as a provincial park. Friends of Temagami, Earthroots and Keewaydin alumni have all been advocating to protect this traditional Keewaydin tripping region. Bruce Ingersoll recently invited the new premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, to canoe Wolf Lake with Keewaydin this summer so that she might fully appreciate the beauty of the region and why it is important to permanently protect this region.

If you are interested in learning more please visit: www.savewolflake.orgwww.friendsoftemagami.org

Classic view down the shoreline of Wolf Lake.

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Digital Detox and Painting Workshop, August 18-24: Recharge mind, body and soul with a Digital Detox! Featuring massage therapy, yoga sessions with Andrea Jackson (www.ajpilates.com) and cooking classes with local chefs passionate about healthy, organic local ingredients. Or learn the basics of landscape painting with prominent Canadian painter E. Robert Ross (www.e-robertross.com).

Artist Retreat, August 25-30: Learn to take stunning images with your i-phone! Featuring i-phone photography with renowned Dan Burkholder (www.danburkholder.com) or weave a basket a day with Terryl Ryan.

Or join us for Paddle Carving, July 21 & 22! Come for two days and leave with your hand carved paddle!

Call to Reserve Your Spot!Tanya McCubbin, Ojibway Manager tanya@keewaydin.org www.ojibway.org

winter: (705) 840-3792 summer: (416) 548 6137

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New this summer! Retreats to Harness Your Creativity and Restore Your Balance.

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Eleven Books to Read

Canoe tripping, reading and storytelling all seem to go hand-in-hand, so we thought we would share a few books that we like that either are informative about what camp is all about, or have connections to the canoe tripping world.

Homesick and Happy by Michael Thompson. Thompson, Keewaydin alumnus, makes a compelling case for the importance of camp for kids.

Canoeing with the Cree by Eric Severeid. An epic adventure, this is the true story of Severeid’s 1930 paddle from Minnesota to York Factory. With one friend and without benefit of radio, motor, or good maps, Severeid paddled over 2,250 miles of rivers over four months arriving on Hudson Bay just as the ice was beginning to form.

Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden.Set in the early years of World War I, this novel is told through the eyes of Niska—a Canadian Oji-Cree woman

living off the land who is the last of a line of healers and diviners—and her nephew Xavier. This story takes place in Canada and the battlefields of France and Belgium.

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Luov. Luov outlines the importance of nature and the outdoors and the current generation of children.

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ItineraryJuly 26 - Arrive at Devil’s Island, Lake Temagami, Ontario

July 27 - Trip outfitting and training July 28 to August 6 - Trip in Wolf Lake region

August 7 - Depart Devil’s Island

The trip is limited to 9 participants and we will accept applications on a first come, first served basis. 9 available spots. Cost: $1600 plus HST tax

For more information on this once-in-a-lifetime canoe trip contact Bruce Ingersoll at bruce@keewaydin.org 802-352-4709.

Join us this summer for an unforgettable adventure in the Northwoods of Canada! You will experience the beauty of the Wolf Lakes region in the company of experienced female guides on an extraordinary 11-day journey. Fueled by meals prepared from scratch and cooked over a wood fire, the days will be filled with lake paddling, portaging and exploring places such as the world’s oldest stand of old growth red pines and the spectacular Paradise Lagoon. Evenings will be spent swimming in the cooling lakes, hanging out and sleeping deeply.

July 26 to August 7

Women’s Adult trip 2013A Trip for Women Led By Women

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Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings by Kenneth R. Ginsburg. This is a great look at how to raise kids who are socially and emotionally intelligent with the ability to recover from disappointment and forge ahead with their lives.

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl SandbergCOO of Facebook, looks at why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and puts forth compelling, commonsense solutions to empower women to achieve their full potential.

Company of Adventurers by Peter C. Newman. This historical text is a great history of the early years of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Hudson’s Bay Company Adventures by Elle Andra-Warner. Terrific stories of adventure and the early years of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure by James West Davidson and Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace and Lawrence Millman.

These two stories offer insight into an amazing true story of travel and adventure in Labrador in the first ten years of the twentieth century.

Caesars of the Wilderness by Peter C. Newman. This text is an easy-to-read history of the Canadian inland fur trade.

Voyageurs by Margaret Eliphistone. This novel also focuses on the fur trade in the 1800’s.

*Classics like Homer’s Odyssey or Moby Dick, which revolve around life altering journeys, can be great Keewaydin reads.

**Anything by Louise Erdrich. She gives a good modern and historical Cree and Ojibwa perspective.

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The proposed site for the new cabins is exactly on top of the site of the old cabins with the exception that the new ones will arch slightly toward the water.

An interior of the cabin shows bunk space, storage space and a community table space for letter writing, card playing, etc.

An elevation of two of the cabins with a bench in between, instead of storage lockers

upgrAding mAnitou

The three Manitou cabins, with the classic shared porch, are at the heart of the experience of our youngest and most popular boys’ sections. In service since the 1920’s, they have reached the point of requiring a complete renovation. They sit right next to the stunning, newly renovated Mattawa cabin, which provides a stark contrast to Manitou’s dilapidated roofs, worn flooring and dark interiors. Taking the opportunity to step back and consider options and potential improvements, the site committee arrived at a plan to replace the cabins while retaining the signature linking porch. This new design will provide more natural light to the interiors, and add additional living space and outdoor seating. In addition, the new semi-circle design will create more of a central front lawn and lend itself to an amphitheater-like setting for frequent campfires.

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Staff Training and a New Course

Staff Training this year will include the usual, valuable highlights: Michael Thompson talking about the social/emotional lives of kids, Dave Golden teaching Wilderness Water Safety, full staff discussion about risk management, and a general tune-up of camping and canoeing skills.

New this year is training in whitewater rescue for the long trip staff. As we have done with previous staff training, we will team up with other Temagami camps to work with our friends at Wanapitei and Boreal River Rescue on a new course, the goal of which is to work and play safely around whitewater. Like all things Keewaydin, it will be a hands-on experience that will enhance our staff ’s ability to lead safe and healthy trips. 2012 staff working toward their Wilderness First Responder certification

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The Keewaydin Foundation

950 West Shore RoadSalisbury, VT 05769-9786

Giving to the Annual Fund ensures Keewaydin can provide scholarships,

preserve our lakes and wilderness, replace equipment and maintain our

buildings and grounds each year.

The Keewaydin wayIt may be hard to describe, but you know what it is.

Perseverance, leadership, teamwork, kindness, character, fun.

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We love this recently discovered photo of Roy Waters (on the right). But who is the guy on the left? One expert had this to say: “We had a quick look at this picture and recognized Roy Waters immediately (on the right). If I’m not mistaken, the guy in the photo with Roy is Mike Buckshott, who was Roy’s guide for a few of those trips he took from Temagami to Dunmore in the 1930s. After Mike was finished at Keewaydin, he worked with a guy who explored the Eastmain River in the 1950s and who wrote an article for Field and Stream that was a major source of information for our first Sec A trip on the Eastmain in 1967.” We are not convinced this is Mike. If you have any thoughts, email the director: bruce@keewaydin.org.

From the Archives

This photo from the Rod and Mary Cox collection shows the high fashion of the 1960’s greeting on the dock at Ojibway! From left to right: Ellen Egan, Tippy (Reimers) Lyell, Sandy Barlow, and Ginny Gross. The occasion was the arrival of “Mrs. Gile,” Janie Chivers’ mother. She was due to visit Ojibway and hence they put on this show on the dock and then again at the Midseason Show.

Jack Green, circa 1920, arriving at Keewaydin to work for the summer. An entire summer and so little needed, but so much gained by the time the summer is over. Sort of represents Keewaydin’s simplicity.

Taken in 1991, a snapshot of four Keewaydin legends who chose teaching for their careers. From left to right: Rod Cox worked at Keewaydin for more than 50 summers, while teaching at Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. Steve Springgate still teaches in Selawik, AK; Steve ended his 22 year career leading Hudson Bay trips in 1999. Dan Carpenter, Sr., led Keewaydin trips from 1939 -1970 and then worked as business manager under Howard Chivers and Fred Reimers until he retired in 1990, after 51 years on staff. Dan taught at Williston Northampton Academy in Massachusetts. Finally, Ted Kenneally, a ten year Temagami veteran who finished his career leading a wilderness trip for Keewaydin Dunmore in 1996. Ted still teaches in South Carolina. In this photo, Ted and Steve had just paddled in from their Bay trip on the Rupert River.

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News

GonE BuT noT FoRGoTTEn Gifford “Gif” Kittredge ‘27 passed away on January 25, 2013 at the age of 93. Gif is the son of Chess Kittredge who was one of the early founders of Keewaydin and influential in developing the camp as we know it today. As a child Gif spent summers on Kokomis Island on Lake Temagami before attending Keewaydin as a camper between 1927 and 1932 and working on staff in 1936.

Gif Kittredge when he was a Harvard student in 1940

While spending summers on Temagami, Gif met his wife, Anne Reynolds, to whom he was married for 64 years. Gif is remembered as a talented musician, savvy business man, and a loving husband and father.

Carlton Hoff Stauffer ‘35 passed away on October 29, 2012 at the age of 90. Carlton attended Keewaydin Dunmore between 1935 and 1937 and Keewaydin Temagami in 1940 and 1941. His son Hoff

attended Keewaydin Dunmore and his grandchildren have attended both Keewaydin Dunmore and Songadeewin of Keewaydin. Carlton will be remembered as a loyal and generous member of the Keewaydin community.

Stan Kess ‘61 passed away on January 17, 2013 at the age of 68. Beloved husband of Mellena Kess, father of six and grandfather, Stan will surely be missed. Stan is remembered as a truly unforgettable personality by members of his 1961 Bay Trip.

Randy Hersey ‘65 passed away on February 12, 2013. Upon hearing of Randy’s passing Fred Reimers wrote, “What I will miss most about Randy is his wonderful sense of humor, which I used to love during our years together at Keewaydin.

Randy Hersey, third from the left, with his section in the 1970

My first season as Director (1976), several couples who were friends from Jackson, Mississippi, came to Devil’s Island for a three day ‘club’ trip, and Randy stayed after the campers left to guide them on the trip. When they returned, I learned that Randy hid the ‘bum wad’ (toilet paper) from them for the first two days, claiming he had forgotten to pack it for the trip. They were all scrambling to find ANY type of paper, including candy bar wrappers, until he finally gave them the real stuff. That’s the type of great

jokes for which Randy was famous at Keewaydin, and his memory will certainly live on.”

Margaret Carswell passed away on March 17, 2013 at the age of 92 in Toronto. Jeff Schneider writes, “[Margaret] was a former cook at Ojibway where she met Gib Carswell of Horseshoe Island.

Gib and Margaret Carswell on their wedding day

The two married, spending every summer on the lake. Gib’s brother, Russell, was Keewaydin’s caretaker for many years with the Thomas and Jones Foundation and then with Chief Chivers. Gib was the caretaker for many of the islanders until he retired and turned this enterprise over to George Mathias. Gib and Margaret’s two children, Shona and Ian, are both married with children and grandchildren; they both have cabins on Horseshoe Island. Shona and Marc live in North Bay and Ian and Janet live in Bracebridge, Ontario.”

Alan B. Ordway passed away on April 24, 2013. Al was a beloved

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camp director of Winona Camps for Boys on Moose Pond in Maine, a civic leader, friend and family man. He was a great skier, loved sushi and enjoyed a full life on his farm in the foothills of western Maine with his wife Michelle and their menagerie of pets. In 1955, as an Eagle Scout, Al represented the United States at the 8th World Scout Jamboree in Ontario, Canada. Next, he spent a summer working in the kitchen at Camp Keewaydin (Ontario) with other Gould classmates, which he considered one of the best experiences, giving him the skills he needed to be a camp director later in life. Don Christie writes this about Alan: “Al Ordway was, like me, one of those ‘Gould connections’ that Gayle Foster made over the years (Chief Chivers was Mr. Foster’s first “catch,” followed by the flood of headquarters and trip staff over the ensuing 12-15 years before he retired from Gould).

ALumni nEws Karl Klaussen ‘36 of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has fond memories of his three summers at Keewaydin and a deep respect for his section leader, Admiral Thompson.

Hugh Richardson ‘48 writes, “Sixty five years ago while I was at Keewaydin, the late great counselor Rod Cox taught me to be prepared,

‘Always carry some bum wad with you’, he said. I still do.”

Mac Harper ‘55 has been working on compiling footage from his 1955 Section B trip on the Dumoine River. He is also reconnecting with old section mates and gathering their stories. Good luck Mac, we look forward to seeing the final product. Bryon ‘62 and Martha Banghart ‘12 had an eventful year! This past summer Martha joined the first adult women’s canoe trip and is happy to report she survived! The Banghart’s son, Andrew, married Fatema on August 18, 2012 and their first grandchild, Jacob Oliver Neal Blanton, was born October, 24, 2012. Bryon and Martha also bought a second home in Florida in January of 2012. Congratulations Byron and Martha on an exciting year for you and your family!

Michael Hunt ‘95 and Sarah Hunt-Skelly ‘04 bought a home in Philadelphia which they are working on restoring. Additionally, in the Fall of 2012 Mike founded the firm Watershed Vision ( see www.facebook.com/WatershedVision) to work towards educating the public by using Google Maps and 360 degree photography to “tell the story

of a region, watershed, project or environmental threat.”

Mike writes, “Right now I am working on a mapping project of proposed uranium mines in the headwaters of the Rupert River, just northeast of Lac Mistassini. The Cree banned uranium mining on their land this summer, and in December the mining company went to the Canadian Supreme Court to circumvent the ban. Thus, I made a Google map of the proposed mine site, identifying the drainage paths any nuclear waste would flow. The map indicates the waste will flow 10 miles west into a brand new Canadian national park.” You can read more about the project in Mike’s interview with the magazine The Nation at http://.blog.keewaydin.org

USCG Petty Officer Brad Fertig ‘96 continues his helicopter rescue duty and is now stationed in Clearwater, Florida.

Stew Hancock ‘00 will be working for Plum Creek Timber Company at their office in Colebrook, New Hampshire as a forest technician. This is the first summer Stew will not be at Keewaydin in 13 years. Good luck Stew, you will surely be missed. Davis Moore ‘01 spent part of 2012

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restoring his family barn and making paintings every day. He sends his best wishes to the Keewaydin family.

Caroline Tesar ‘01 earned her Master’s Degree in Elementary Education this past spring. She continues to teach yoga while looking for work as a teacher. Congratulations Caroline!

Kathryn Olivarious ‘02 spent the year in England earning her Master’s Degree in History at Oxford University. She expects to complete her degree this summer and looks forward to spending the next year in the UK.

Mia Allende ‘03 will be pursuing her Masters and PhD degrees in structural engineering at Stanford University beginning in the fall of 2013. If you are ever in the Bay Area she would love to hike and eat burritos together. Congratulations Mia!

BiRThsTim and Stephanie Nicholson ‘88 had a healthy baby girl on December 4, 2012 named Virginia Julia Nicholson. Tim looks forward to sharing Keewaydin with his family on a trip in Temagami this summer. Congratulations Tim and Stephanie! Joe and Caitlin Malcoun ‘91 welcomed number three, Lawrence (Laurey) Joseph in the fall of 2012. Laurey’s siblings, Mayer and Eva, are

Trippers fly into Thunder Bay, Ontario on July 22, and return to Thunder Bay and fly home on August 4.

Days on the water: July 23 to August 3.

8 Spots Available!

Cost: $1,850 plus HST tax. Plane tickets to be purchased by participants.

For more information on this once in a lifetime canoe trip experience,

contact Bruce Ingersoll at bruce@keewaydin.org or 802-352-4709.

KeeWAydin invites you to join in the Adventure!

Paddle whitewater, fish, swim, and relish in the beautiful camping and waterfalls of Wabakimi Park. A 12 day trip, beginning at the

Brightsand River Provincial Park, is open to Keewaydin alumni and experienced canoeists.

men’s Adult trip 2013July 22 to August 4

loving their little brother and all were excited to get into a canoe for the first time this spring.

Matt and Beth Busenhart ‘90 welcomed son Logan Rockwood Busenhart on February 1, 2013 at 7:38 am weighing 6 lbs 12 oz. Already a true Coloradan, Logan is hitting the slopes with Matt!

Matt and Logan Busenhart at Beaver Creek in Colorado

Garrett and Amy Kephart ‘95 are the proud parents of son Sawyer Landsdale Kephart, born at 5:40 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013.

Garrett and Amy Kephart with their son Sawyer

He came into the world after more than 22 hours of labor at 21 inches in length, weighing 7 lbs, 11.9 oz. Congratulations, we look forward to meeting the little guy!

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The Loon’s Call News from ojibway

Ojibway 2013 Guests

Ojibway will open this year on June 27. The season will start with another Ojibway work party. This “party” is a mixture of work and play as this small, but mighty group enjoys a free stay at Ojibway while contributing a valuable service by helping to complete some necessary tasks! Past projects have included painting, raking paths, step reconstruction and a healthy dose of fun! Early July guests will include Paul and Susan Rankin along with their three daughters and an assortment of extended family which will complete the Rankin crew.

Former Keewaydin camper, Sid Hopps, is hoping to bring his wife to visit Ojibway in early July as well; we are sure their first visit will not be their last! Bruce Bishop will arrive just before Midseason to help with some much needed support for the competitions at Keewaydin and then will provide humour, leadership and levity to Keewaydin and Ojibway until paddle-in.

Midseason is an exciting time at Keewaydin with the campers showing off their newly-found and in some cases long developed cooking and camping skills. Many Keewaydin families are joining us during Midseason to visit their sons and daughters. Steve and Catherine Haas- Barre, Adriana and Paul Vlasik, Paige Goodpasture, Bonnie and Mike Sikowitz, Jen Ungar, Remy and Lara Trafelet, the Walker family and Higbie and Sturgis Woodbury will all be at Ojibway during mid-season. Yedda Stancil and Erin Parker, along with continued on next page

Sage and Iris, will be coming to visit with not only their children but their husbands who are Keewaydin trip staff leaders. Immediately following Midseason we are hosting a paddle carving workshop with Ed Driedger, a woodworker from North Bay.

Participants in the paddle carving workshop will take two days to shape their cherry paddle blank into a usable paddle! Kirby, Alousan and Olive Linck along with Jay Parker are all joining in the paddle carving. At the

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Once again the Ojibway kitch-en will be firing up the BBQ to provide hamburgers, sausages and a vegetarian option for everyone.

Please bring an appetizer, salad or dessert – enough to feed 10 to 12 people.

Social hour: from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Supper will be served at 6:00 p.m. in the Ojibway dining room.

This year you may RSVP via e-mail to Tanya McCubbin at tanya@keewaydin.org or RSVP at the Ojibway store on the VHF radio or by calling (416) 548-6137.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Islander Pot-Luck Supper

end of July, Ojibway will play host to a groups of guests who have made it a habit to visit Devil’s Island. Life is never dull when Casey and Fred Hunt, Martha and Jan Hendrick van Nierop, Jane and Art Ellison, Dr. John and Olivia Neill, Fred and Mary Morton and Kirk Sponaugle come to visit – we can’t wait! Tyson and Julie Schoelzel will also visit Ojibway late in July. Former Keewaydin staffman Tim Nicholson, will introduce

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his family to Temagami by visiting Ojibway and venturing out on a club trip. Dr. Luke and Louise Lampton along with Lorna and Tom Chain will arrive in time for the Islander Pot-Luck on August 3 and stay through paddle-in to welcome the their boys back from Keewaydin trips. Former Keewaydin camper and long-time Ojibway visitors, Hobie and Cynthia Cleminshaw, will arrive on August 3 and stay through until August 14.

The positive energy on the island is palpable at End-season. Parents visiting Ojibway are so excited to see their children arrive back from their epic canoe adventures. Guests joining us this year are: Ruth Sayre, Andrew Jarecki, Craig and Dianna Andrus, Maria and Eric Nicholas along with Maria’s parents George and Janet Meinig. George is a former Keewaydin camper with a grandson in both Section A and B!

Ben Bailey will greet not only his two boys but also his wife, Michelle, who is a participant on our woman’s trip. Carmen Williams will be on hand to greet Ann Miller back from the woman’s trip and then they will await

the arrival of their daughter Dana Williams. Susan Wadsworth is hoping to participate in the woman’s trip, her daughter Lizzie and son Steven will spend some time at Ojibway in her absence and then they will all greet staffman Doc Bourdelais and son John back from their canoe trips. On hand to greet their children will be: Georgette and Charles Mallory, Jo Ann and Charles Nulsen, Tamara and Mike Pride, Alix and Dave Calligeros- who will be fresh from his men’s trip adventure at the Evans Outpost.

Other parents who will be anxious to see their children are: Anna and Tim Konrad, Gifford and Pamela Miller, David Silk and Lynne Crandall, Drs. Karen George and Rob Gougelet, Kristen Archambeault and Paul Tyson, Peter Phleger, Harley Walsh, Bob and Nancy Bower, Tom and Laura Beckum, Richard and Therese Corkran, Greg Hyde, Keith and Nicole Wilkerson, Markus Zuern, Mike and Joey Haddad and Cynthia Ogden- Lord.

Island 1147 promises to be a busy place during End-season.Once the Keewaydin campers depart, Ojibway will remain open until the end of August. After August 11 we

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look forward to seeing some Ojibway regulars: Jennifer Baer and Terry Cox along with Jina and Richard Ford, Margaret and Brandon Hemley, with their daughters Lulu and Julia, Louise and Arthur Hildreth and the Sobata family. Sally and Sanford Scott along with their daughter Amanda and friend Neal will visit Ojibway at the end of the season too.

A long-time camping contest food judge, David Booz and his wife Suzanne Dubeau will spend August 16th – 18th at Ojibway. We look forward to making Ojibway a favorite destination for some new folks as we host a series of Retreats during the last two weeks of August. It will be a fantastic season!

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June 20 Section A and Section 1 arrive

June 21 Section A and Section 1 depart

June 27 Keewaydin opens, with camper arrival in the evening

Ojibway opens

June 28 Sections B, 3 and D depart

June 29 9:00 p.m. 4 Winds Ceremony

June 30 9:00 a.m. Trips out: Waubeno/Algonquin/Winisk 4 nights, Manitou/Kokomis

5 nights

July 3 Songa Wilderness arrives on the island, from Vermont, for dinner

July 6 9:00 -10:00 a.m. Waubeno/Algonquin/Winisk return

July 6 9:00 -10:00 a.m. Manitou/Kokomis return

July 6 9:00 a.m. Trips out: Waubeno/Algonquin/Winisk 10 nights

July 7 9:00 a.m. Trips out: Manitou/Kokomis 9 nights, Songa Wilderness departs

July 16 9:00 -10:00 a.m. Manitou/Kokomis/Waubeno/Algonquin/Winisk return

July 16 Midseason commences; swim/canoe races; campfires

July 17 Cooking and Camping Contests - a.m. and p.m.

July 18 Alternate race day, Peerade 5:30 p.m., Midseason Show 7:45 p.m.

July 19 First three-week session ends, campers depart

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July 20 9:00 a.m. Trips out: Waubeno, Algonquin/Winisk 21 nights

Second three-week campers arrive

July 22 Second Session Welcome Campfire

July 23 9:00 a.m. Trips out: Manitou/Kokomis 5 nights

July 28 Kokomis and Manitou return

July 30 9:00 a.m. Trips out: Manitou/Kokomis 10 nights

August 3 Islander Pot Luck Dinner at Ojibway, 5:00

August 4 Songa Wilderness returns in the morning

August 9 Final Paddle-in day and Campfires

August 10 Final Competitions and Campfires

August 11 Campers depart

August 31 Ojibway closed for the season

Keewaydin & ojibway schedulesummer 2013

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Please contact Sandy Chivers at 603-643-9326 or

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July 6: Greek Festival July 13: Taste of India July 27: Southern BBQ Shindig August 17: Asian Banquet August 24: Caribbean Carnival

Call ahead to reserve your seat for Theme Dinners at 416-548-6137.

E-mail Tanya@keewaydin.org or radio Ojibway via TLA.

COme tO Ojibway FOr Dinner! Fun & Festive Theme Dinners!