Plaques

Plaques are put up in the lodge at the end of each year with the names of all of the campers for that year. The tradition started in 1926, the first year of camp, and has continued every summer since. Now most of the wall space inside the lodge is covered with plaques. While Bill "Chief" Brewster was the director of camp he single handedly carved the plaques. After that for a while each camper carved his name into the plaques himself. Now the plaques are made by a group of counselors using a router due to the large numbers of campers. Lately the plaques have become more ornate, incorporating carvings of the animals that represent each age group and large top plaques for the year. Now there is very little space for new plaques in the lodge. Before putting up the new plaques, last year many old plaques were moved around to take up less space. This brings up the question of what to do once there is absolutely no more space in the lodge for ner plaques. A possibility is to put them up in the basement of the lodge or in the boat house.

Facts

Plaques include the names of all of the campers who swam their Seal or Whale that year along with their times. There are some special plaques around the lodge like one for Mike Matson because he has been the director for so long. Along with the normal plaques there are also CIT plaques put up in Pete's Palace. A few years ago the senior campers recorded all of the names on the wall on a computer so they will be always preserved.

Pictures

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  The 2006 plaques

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  The 2007 plaques