Plaques

The plaques are a list of the names of all of the campers at camp each summer. The names are carved into wooden plaques and nailed up on the wall of the lodge. 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 each summer's plaques using hand tools. After that there was a period when each camper carved his name into a small plaque and all of the individual pieces were nailed up together at the end of the year. Now the plaques are made by a group of counselors using a router so they can look good. 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. A possible place to put new plaques in the basement of the lodge or in the boat house.

Facts

• Plaques also 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 commemorating important things at Birch Rock such as ones for important people
• 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 from every year on a computer so they will be always preserved

Pictures

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  The 2006 plaques

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  The 2007 plaques