Activities
Each week is loaded with fun and learning opportunities that include:
- Water activities: swimming, kayaking, canoeing, water trampoline, paddle boards, fishing (guided and recreational), saunas, day trips to local campsites
- Nature: cookouts, hiking, campfires, environmental programs, overnight camping
- Fun and games: volleyball, basketball, field games, arts and crafts, storytelling, sing-alongs, family adventure races, counselor hunts
- Northern Lights Live: a family talent share (bring your musical instruments!)
- Auction: staff create improvisational skits and sell items donated by YOU—choose to bring an item for other families to bid on
Sample daytime schedule (subject to change)
- 7:30am: Big and Little Dippers—a chance to start the day with a dip in the lake
- 9-9:30am: Northern Nature, a naturalist program for kids
- 9:30am-12pm: Age-specific programs led by staff (one day will have afternoon age groups)
- 2-5pm: Family programs (crafts, field games, hikes, paddles, etc.)
- 7pm: Evening activities (campfires, nature presentations, hikes, saunas, Northern Lights Live, auction, and sing-alongs
*Meals are on your own (except one afternoon when camp provides a picnic at the beach!)
Sample evening schedule
- Sunday: Opening celebration and orientation
- Monday: Singalong and s’mores night
- Tuesday: Nature night
- Wednesday: Northern Lights Live
- Thursday: Auction at the Bear Island Stage in Buena Vista Village
- Friday: Closing celebration at the Bear Island Stage in Buena Vista Village
- Saturday: Family discovery night
Camp Map
