Camp Eagle Island
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| Eagle Island Camp | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
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| Nearest city: | Saranac Inn, New York |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1902 |
| Architect: | William L. Coulter |
| Designated as NHL: | August 18, 2004 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 03, 1987 [2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 86002941 |
| MPS: | Great Camps of the Adirondacks TR |
| Governing body: | Private |
Camp Eagle Island, also known as Eagle Island Camp or simply EIC, is a resident summer camp located on Eagle Island in Upper Saranac Lake in New York’s Adirondack region and operated by the Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex and Hudson Counties, part of Girl Scouts of the USA . The camp occupies buildings originally built in 1899 as a summer retreat for New York Governor and United States Vice-President Levi Morton and designed by noted architect William L. Coulter. The mainland camp now known as Pine Ledge was originally a part of the Morton Great Camp. Camp Eagle Island was included in a multiple property submission for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, was listed there in 1987, and was named a National Historic Landmark in 2004.[1][3][4]
Camp Eagle Island has been a Girl Scout camp since 1938, when the Graves family of Orange, New Jersey, gave the island to the Maplewood-South Orange Girl Scout Council. In time that council became the Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex County, which merged with a Hudson County council in the late 1990s.
Camp Eagle Island offers sailing, canoeing, swimming, hiking, campcraft, and various crafts. The camp has many traditions, including the singing of particular songs and a sequence of evening activities during each two-week camp session that includes staff introductions and a final night campfire and ice cream sundae party. Facilities include a large dining hall, a modern shower house, a recently renovated boathouse, and a pool under the lodge.
The camp has a capacity of over 120 campers. The camp season, for children ages 8 through 16, runs from early July to mid-August. There are special events such as Work Weekends, Women's Weekend (a camp-like experience for adult women), and Family Camp.
Camp Eagle Island is accredited by the American Camping Association.[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Eagle Island Camp. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-08).
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ William E. Krattinger (October, 2002), http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/ny/Eagle%20Island%20Camp.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Eagle Island CampPDF (102 KiB), National Park Service
- ^ Gobrecht, Larry E. (July, 1986), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Great Camps of the AdirondacksPDF (2.75 MiB), National Park Service
- ^ American Camping Association
[edit] External links
- Girl Scout Council of Greater Essex and Hudson Counties
- Camp Eagle Island Unofficial Homepage
- Friends of Camp Eagle Island Official Homepage
- Eagle Island Camp, National Historic Landmark summary, at National Park Service
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