A day at Camp Wakonda (27 photos)

Actually, this article is about three days at Camp Wakonda on Lake McCarrel.

The first was a week ago Saturday, when SooToday.com dropped in there for a Kiwanis Club of Lakeshore pancake breakfast in support of the camp's "We Build" campaign.

Truth be known, we went only with the intention of filling our faces with those incredibly good Kiwanian sausages and pancakes drizzled with copious amounts of St. Joseph Island syrup.

But the place soon worked its scenic magic on us, and before we knew it we found ourselves snapping images for anoher SooToday.com photo gallery.

To see our 23 of our pictures from that day, please click on the photo gallery here.

The other days at Camp Wakonda we want you to know about were last Friday and Saturday, when students from Central Algoma Secondary School, Bawating, Korah, Sir James Dunn and White Pines descended on the place for the 9th Annual Algoma Envirothon 2004.

That event, organized with support from two dozen area businesses, associations and government agencies, allowed students to test their environmental knowledge at one of more than 20 regional competitions taking place across Ontario.

Click here to see a SooToday.com Big Picture of the whole group

We wanted you to know that Megan Speers, Hilary Gordon, Caroline King, Sarah Cuddy and Heather Groot from White Pines Collegiate will be heading tomorrow to Tobermory to represent us in the Envirothon provincial championships.

To see some photos taken last weekend by Great Lakes Forestry Centre interns Mandi Knight and Shelia Hogan, please click on the photo gallery here..

All about Camp Wakonda

Camp Wakonda belonged to the United Church until 1975, when it was acquired by Lakeshore Kiwanis under the promise that it would operate the camp as a community centre.

Since then Lakeshore Kiwanis has managed the camp, undertaking many renovations and emphasizing summer programs for children.

Available activities at the camp include sports, hiking, swimming and arts and crafts.

Cabins are regularly maintained and the camp has a skilled, capable staff to handle most situations safely.

The Camp Wakonda Registration hotline is 256-6853.

You can also visit them online at www.lakeshorekiwanis.com.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This article and accompanying photo gallery were prepared with writing, research and technical assistance by Scott Grasley and Darcy Nevers, both co-op students from the Algoma District School Board on assignment to SooToday.com.