Thursday, September 12, 2013

NCAC Camps History

Here's some updates, part notes from "A History of the National Capital Council"

1912 - Camp River View
1913-15 - Camp Archibald Butt - Spenish American war hero, died on Titanic
1919-1966 - Camp Roosevelt
1920 - Camp Woodrow Wilson - Montgomery Co.
1932-43 Camp Banneker - segregated
1951-54 - Camp Chesapeake - segregated, more details below
1930's - 1950's - Camp Hoover
1958-60 - Camp Thunderbird
1962-66 - Camp Arrowhead


1956 - NCAC sold Camp Chesapeake to Girl Scouts


"Camp Bay Breeze, located in Lusby Maryland, was purchased from the Boy Scouts in 1956 by
the District of Columbia Girl Scouts (later to be called GSCNC).

This bayside camp was used for both day and resident camp and it was the first integrated camp owned by the council where African American girls could camp. At this time, the camp consisted of a lodge, dining hall, 5 cabins, and platform tent areas that were called Chippewa, Mahogalite, and Whispering Pines. 

October of 1974, Camp Bay Breeze was sold to the State of Maryland and is now part of Calvert Cliffs State Park. The camp is now a youth group only camp ground. 

The face of the camp has changed greatly over the years. Economics and weather have played their part in adding to these changes. The land under several of the structures literally fell into the bay. Several structures endured damages from storms and were then torn down. Pavilions were erected in several of the camp sites. In September 2011 all but one of the pavilions were lost to a Hurricane."

edited Mapquest to show location:





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"Another Lusby landmark, was Camp Conoy, which operated as a boy scout camp until
the property was purchased by Baltimore Gas and Electric to construct a nuclear
power plant.  Oliver Foote was the supervisor during the construction of the swimming pool
at Camp Conoy, and it is still in use today by BG&E employees and their families."