Camp Belknap
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Camp Belknap is an all boys summer resident camp
in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee
. The camp was started in 1903 by the New Hampshire YMCA
. After the New Hampshire YMCA's disintegration in 1996 the camp was one of the few that was kept in operation. It is now an independently run camp bearing the name YMCA Camp Belknap. It celebrated its 100th year in operation in 2003, making it one of the oldest continuously operating camps in the United States, along with being among the most well endowed camps in the country. The camp includes over 25 activities and holds the Adams cup each year.
It is somewhat unique as it is one of few remaining summer camps to use only homegrown leadership, meaning its leaders must have once been campers and must have been selected through a number of ranks before being given a job and a cabin to lead. Campers at Belknap today are divided into five divisions: Cadets, Juniors, Middlers, Besserers and Seniors. Each summer, a number of campers in the Senior division receive "Senior Rec." From the group of Senior campers having received "Rec" comes the following summer's Leaders Corps (LCs).
Summer camp
Summer camp is a supervised program for children or teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer camp are known as campers....
in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
Tuftonboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,387 at the 2010 census. Bounded on the southwest by Lake Winnipesaukee, Tuftonboro includes the villages of Tuftonboro Corner, Center Tuftonboro, Melvin Corner, Melvin Village and Mirror...
on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee
Lake Winnipesaukee
Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It is approximately long and from wide , covering — when Paugus Bay is included—with a maximum depth of ....
. The camp was started in 1903 by the New Hampshire YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
. After the New Hampshire YMCA's disintegration in 1996 the camp was one of the few that was kept in operation. It is now an independently run camp bearing the name YMCA Camp Belknap. It celebrated its 100th year in operation in 2003, making it one of the oldest continuously operating camps in the United States, along with being among the most well endowed camps in the country. The camp includes over 25 activities and holds the Adams cup each year.
It is somewhat unique as it is one of few remaining summer camps to use only homegrown leadership, meaning its leaders must have once been campers and must have been selected through a number of ranks before being given a job and a cabin to lead. Campers at Belknap today are divided into five divisions: Cadets, Juniors, Middlers, Besserers and Seniors. Each summer, a number of campers in the Senior division receive "Senior Rec." From the group of Senior campers having received "Rec" comes the following summer's Leaders Corps (LCs).