Vintage Girl Scout Online Museum
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Rockland
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I don't remember where the patch was supposed to go, but I think it may have been part of our official dress camp uniform (long dark green shorts, white blouse, dark green tie, knee hi tassels, etc.)... I have very fond memories of Camp Addisone Boyce (in Tompkins Cove, NY) - had a ball at summer sleep-away camp 1971 - 74. K. S.
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Amahami
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Indian Hills
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1948 map of Camp Amahami
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Andree Clark |
Westchester-Putnam I was a camper at Andre Clark during the 1960’s!! I remember so much…..such as the tents we slept in and some of the group names. I have a few pictures by the pool. I remember the lake and there was a frog called Prince Charming that sat at one end of the lake. I remember the dining hall and always having ‘top and sweep’ as my job and also remember the little store where I bought soda and stuff (can’t remember the name). I was passing through there recently (Briarcliff Manor) and had no idea it still existed! Carin Lustig
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Also check out this page in the museum, listed because it is a National Girl Scout site: Camp Andree Clark | ||||
Annabelle Piper Program Center | Genesee Valley | |||||
Butler Lake | Foothills |
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(Genevieve) Brady | Greater New
York, Towners,NY, active 1937
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Blueberry Hills | Sarah Wells | |||||
Blue Bay | Nassau County |
postcard image - Linda Mathis
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Birch Ridge | Sarah Wells |
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Beech-Wood
the Altvaters
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Rochester
Girl Scouts, opened
1929
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Bayberry | Seven Lakes |
image Carleen Hannan
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Castell | Sodus Point
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1927 Brochure |
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Carleton | Alleghany State Park, active 1940 |
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Comstock
image Carleen Hannan
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Seven Lakes
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Deerwood Forest | Wyoming County, NY |
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Downie Hill | Oneonta, active 1953 | |||||
Edey
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Suffolk
County
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Enton Brook | Madison County GS, active 1940 | |||||
Foster | Duchess County | |||||
Glengarra | Foothills | |||||
Green Lake | Buffalo & Erie, 1927-2004 | |||||
Grey Beech Camp | Hempstead |
very old felt G.B.C.
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Greyledge | ![]() |
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Hemlock Ridge |
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Hidden Lake | Mohawk Pathways
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High Rock | Greater New York In 1951, the Boy Scouts sold the property to the Girl Scouts Council of Greater New York. There are varying accounts as to why this site, located between the Pouch Camp and the Moravian Cemetery at Rockland Avenue, was named High Rock. The most obvious and widely accepted explanation is that the land is high and rocky just beneath the topsoil. Gretta Moulton (1912-1971), an energetic camping consultant from Massachusetts, helped with the Girl Scout Camp’s program. Recognizing the magnificent beauty of this place, she worked to preserve it from the growing pressures of urban development. Gretta Moulton died in 1971, and her ashes were scattered in the park. In 1995, a gate to High Rock Park was erected to commemorate her contributions. This gate, designed by landscape architect Bradford Greene, depicts chipmunks, squirrels, turtles, and several plants native to Staten Island. A walking trail named for Moulton begins right inside the gate. The trail, marked in green, crosses a small creek and runs through forests and seasonal wetlands. |
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Hoover
The Fairy Ring at Camp Hoover |
Central New York, earliest mention 1920, 90
acres
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Is-Sho-Da | Hudson Valley |
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Kaufman | Greater New York |
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Kowaunkami |
1934 Girl Scout Camp Brochure, Gloversville and
Johnstown NY - near Coroga Lake, July 7 - August 4, 1934
Camp Kowaunkami to thee we sing, When our days with you are o'er, |
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Laughing
Water
Address: 75 Leroy Street
City: Binghamton State: NY Zip: 13905 Phone: 6077248784
email: janeshear@stny.rr.com
Hello! I am the former Jane Wise from the Bronx, and I was a Girl Scout for many years in the 50's and 60's. I started going to Camp Laughing Water in 1953, and went every summer thereafter, including a year or two as a counselor, until 1962. I'm interested in hearing from other campers or counselors who were at Laughing Water during the same time period. The leadership I learned at camp was extremely meaningful to me when I started teaching in 1964. I would so like to hear other campers' stories! Thank you! Jane Wise Shear (Babs) |
Bear
Mountain, NY, operating in 1949
image - Susan Danio |
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Littell | Mohawk Pathways | |||||
Little Notch - closed | Hudson
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Lochbrae |
1933 |
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Margaret Castle | Niagara County | |||||
Meadowbrook | Adirondack |
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Merrie Mill | 1943 camp brochure listing | |||||
Merrywood | closed |
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Minnetoska
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Coopertowns,
NY known to be active in 1948
1957 Camp Minnetoska brochure
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Misty Hollow | 270 acres, bought in 1961 |
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Mogisca (Morris Girl ScoutingCamp) This camp was first located on Lake Kanawauke, NY - from 1930 until 1970 when the camp was relocated in Glen Spey, NY. It serves the Girl Scouts of Morris County, NJ. |
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Moreau | Schenectady |
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Near Wilderness | Central New York | |||||
Newatah ![]() |
Gypsy Knoll, Semus Point |
Peter Pan Unit |
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Oak Orchard | Genesee Valley | |||||
O-At-KA | ![]() |
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Odensburg | camp was established by Mrs. Mabel Brown, who was also a commissioner of the Odensburg GS | |||||
Pinewood | Genesee Valley | |||||
Piperwood | Genesee Valley | |||||
Quidnunc
image: Cindy.
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Camp is no
longer in service. Bear Mountain, NY, in 1949 was open and
operating.
Hello! I am the
former Jane Wise from the Bronx, and I was a Girl Scout
for many years in the 50's and 60's. I started going to
Camp Laughing Water, a Girl Scout camp in Rockland
County, NY, in 1953,and went every summer thereafter,
including a year or two as a counselor, until 1963. Our
sister camp, Quidnunc, was on the same lake as ours.
Quidnunc has a Facebook page
and is having a reunion... Thank you! Jane Wise Shear (Babs) email: janeshear@stny.rr.com
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Rock Hill
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1932 Brochure for Rock Hill
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Rocky Glen at Bear Mountain |
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Sco-Da-Ca | ![]() |
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Seven Hills
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Camp Seven Hills of the Buffalo & Erie County Girl Scout Council opened in 1929.
Camp Seven Hills T-Shirt
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Sha-Te-Muc - closed | Chatham![]() |
Camp Sha-Te-Muc only camp in twin countiesBy Susan Campriello
CHATHAM — Late in November, the Girl Scouts of
Northeastern New York Inc. announced it would not reopen
Camp Sha-Te-Muc, off Route 203 in Chatham, and has
planned to sell the land.
According to Valerie Trudeau, chief development and brand officer for the Council, during a meeting focused on how girls can learn environmentalism through their outdoor scouting experiences, the Board of Directors decided to sell the camp, which features fields, a pond, wetlands, tent units and a heated lodge on more than 90 acres. |
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Sky High | Buffalo & Erie | |||||
Spruce Ridge | active 1926 | |||||
Stone Chimney | 25 acres near Salamanca sold in 1963. |
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Sugar Creek |
image Carleen Hannan
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Tekakwitha | Closed -
sold 2005
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Timbercrest | 40 years - 2007 | |||||
Trefoil |
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Wakoda | Sarah Wells |
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Waneeshi | Dutchess County | |||||
Wendy
Camp Wendy Song
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Ulster,
opened in 1924 after much fund raising. Wallkill, Ulster Co.
NY
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Whispering Pines | Thousand Islands |
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Williamsville Day Camp | 1943 camp brochure listing | |||||
Windy Meadows | Niagara County | |||||
Wood Haven | Mohawk Pathways | |||||
Wood-E-Lo-Hi |
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Wunnegin | Fort Solonga, Suffolk County, closed approx. 1973 (Thank you K.K.!) | |||||
Yaiewano | Seven Lakes |
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Zoar Valley | Niagara County |
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