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Camp Tamaracouta
is the oldest continually operating Scout Camp in the world, since 1912.
It occupies a 1000 acre site 72 Km north of Montreal in rolling wooded
country. St.Sauveur's ski slopes are just 7 km NE by crow. Campsites are
named after Hudson's Bay Company fur trading posts in Canada's northwest.
Continuing the theme, the camp director is called a Factor. There is also
a Ranger. Knights of Tamara were veteran scouts who qualified by deed
and ordeal to wear a beaded thong at the wrist. Log cabins, Lodges, Jubilee
Hall, Tamaracks, and A-frame, all denote livable cabins of various kinds.
Cabooses are real, 6 of 'em, on tracks and fitted up for use even in winter.
Old-timers will remember the original gate at the west end of camp. It's
still there. The current entrance is the long house containing office,
canteen, and a lounge full of ancient scout memorabilia. BP's footprint
from a long-ago visit is out front. The map was commissioned by Brenda
Bleakley, Director of Camping Services for Scouts Canada's Quebec Provincial
Council. Sources were: existing maps including one by Eric Turcotte, one
I call the Ft McLeod map for its mention of this ghost site; a Quebec
map 31G16-100-0203; and aerial photos Q83806-48, and -49. The shield was
lifted from a Knights of Tamara letterhead, Scouts Canada logo is on
Compuserve, and the butterfly is, of course, BP's.
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