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Steve
Dowdell sends in these photos of dear old Camp Mohican taken in the summer of
2007: "It
is still a camping area. Beautiful, with a crystal clear lake (we knew
it as Wildcat Lake. It's been changed to Catfish Lake). This is where I
earned my Mile Swim patch. Even though I spent most of the time doing
the backstroke. Known now as the Mohican Outdoor Center; part of the
Appalachian Mountain Club. A dad and his two young sons were fishing
when I was there. He was raised in the area and told me that after the
Boy Scout Camp Mohican closed, they used it to film "Friday the 13th".
No separate confirmation, so that has to still be considered rumor.
There were tent platforms where the campsites used to be. Can't
remember all the 'units' but Pioneers, Frontiers, Buccaneers,
Mountaineers, were four of the five. Bernie may know the other. The
Mess is still there (I'm sure it's a new Mess, not to be confused with
the old mess). I can still remember building some of the trails in our
early attempt at being eco-friendly. No one coined the term then. We
just did it because it was the right thing to do. Some of the remnants
of the trails are still there. At least in my mind they were.
Loved everything about that place. Even the giant flies and snakes and
other creatures. And visiting day on that Sunday between the two weeks
when your parents and whomever could visit. (Had to put on our dress
uniforms then).
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