Camp Arowhon is more than just a summer camp to the many people who have spent time there over the past 80 years. Long after campers have grown up and moved on with their adult lives, it remains a foundational part of them. Located in the wilderness of Algonquin Park, Canada, it is still run by the Kates family, who founded it in 1934.

As children my father and I were both campers at Arowhon and later, as young adults, we became staff. He was a counselor and a canoe tripper and I spent a season as a horseback riding instructor.

After summer camp had finished in August 2015, Arowhon opened its doors for alumni and their families to visit camp together in a program they called Family Camp. For the first time in decades, my dad and I had the chance to go back to Arowhon and spend time on Teepee Lake in late summer. Naturally, I brought a camera.

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