Polar Day 2012: Carleton Heights Rec. Centre Jan.21, 2012
Click here to see the PDF with info.

Winter 2012: Camp Opemikon- Feb.3-5, 2012
Our winter camp this year will be on the first weekend in February at Camp Opemikon. We have rented the largest cabin on the property, which holds 25 people only. As we must have leaders at the event, we are limiting leaders / parents to 5 and therefore we can have 20 youth at this camp only. Scouts Canada permits Cubs in cabins, we do not recommend sleeping outdoors at this age. This will be a fun camp and we will be outside most of the time, play broomball, hike, see tracks, make tobaggan runs, and other fun activities.

Where: Camp Opemikon, Christie Lake, near Perth, ON
When: 6:45pm Friday, Feb. 3 to 1:00pm Sunday, Feb. 5
What: Hiking, broomball, crafts, campfires, and tons of other fun.
Cost: $40 per cub. Please note the increased cost is due to the cabin rental and that the Venturers will be cooking for us, the Cubs will have excellent meals at this camp. Last year included roast beef and all the trimmings on Saturday. 100% of the fee goes to Opemikon for facilities and food.

Details about Opemikon on this page (below)

Please take note of our winter camp checklist

For new Cub campers, please let us know if you have any allergies or aversions to specific foods. We do run a peanut-free camp.

Generic Camping Kit List (UPDATED SEPT. 2011)
It is very important during the camps that all of the cubs are prepared and will be happy and dry. For the fall and spring camps, it is important to note that weather can vary between wet, cool and sunny, hot. We have compiled a downloadable checklist for parents to use as a guideline. Thanks to Jennifer B. for the 2011-2012 updates!

PLEASE MARK ALL ITEMS WITH YOUR NAME OR INITIALS. CUBS FREQUENTLY MISPLACE ITEMS OR PACK THEM IN OTHER CUB'S GEAR.

Generic Camping Kit checklist 2011-2012 (in MS Word)
Generic Camping Kit checklist 2011-2012 (in Adobe PDF)

Winter Camping Kit checklist 2011 (in MS Word)
Winter Camping Kit checklist 2011 (in Adobe PDF)

Directions to Campsites and other fun sites

From time to time, we will be using different campsites for our outings, and we will post directions to the campsites here.

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White Pine	Directions to the White Pine (Wright Lake) (Google Maps) GPS: 45.68801486672964, -75.85930824279785 The end of Fauquier Road the camp has the only buildings on the road, and the road ends at the camp.
Apple Hill	Scouts Canada Apple Hill Camp Owned by Scouts Canada and near Maxville, Ont. GPS: 45.22983312519224, -74.75055813789367 Main entrance to the Apple Hill Camp
Lac Phillipe	Lac Phillipe Campground GPS: 45.605316277726025, -76.01315975189209 Main gate/office for Lac Phillipe campground
	Official Gatineau Park Map in Adobe PDF format (1,000 Kb) CAUTION: THIS IS A LARGE FILE.
	Main Gatineau Park website
Otter Lake	Scouts Canada Otter Lake Camp Owned by Scouts Canada north of Shawville, Quebec. Cabins and tent sites on a very nice lake. GPS: 45.85946443041542,-76.43686294555664 Main entrance/gate to the Otter Lake camp.
Impeeza (Lac des Loups)	Directions to the Impeeza Camp (published by the camp) Directions to the Impeeza Camp (Google Maps)
Fitzroy Provincial Park	Fitzroy Harbor Campground (HTML page on our site) GPS: 45.48762124631829, -76.21790885925293 The GPS coordinates are for Group Site 404 at the Fitzroy Provincial Campground. All group sites are in this area.
Rupert Community Centre	Rupert Community Centre (A popular Polar Day location in Quebec - HTML on our site) GPS: 45.69030822518938, -75.98689556121826 This is the parking lot of the Rupert Community Centre.
Camp Opemikon	Camp Opemikon Web page GPS: 44.77883455122072, -76.468985080719 This is the parking lot to the South of the main entrance to Opemikon.
	Camp Opemikon Maps and Facilities
	Camp Opemikon Maps
Awacamenj Mino	This camp is run by Scouting Quebec and is just 45 minutes North of Ottawa. It is a beautiful camp with cabins and tenting sites. Click here for their website which is only available in French.
	The name is an algonquin indian name that means "better than the best". GPS: 45.7942199418533, -76.1066722869873