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57 Mile Richardson Highway Fairbanks, AK 99714 Forecast for this area (at weather.com)	Midnight Sun Council Council contact information Contact email Website

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Comments for Lost Lake Camp

Watching the sunset/sunrise from Mitchell Point is a memory not soon to fade in my mind.

(posted on Oct 24,2000)

Plan a summer troop trip to Alaska and spend your summer camp at Lost Lake. There is so much to do in Alaska before and after camp for all skill levels. Fishing is great, mountain bike the Denali Park Road at night(it is light all night) and see lot of wildlife, raft trips of all lenghts and levels, sea kayak, hike, visit hot springs and glaciers, pan for gold, and have a summer you will remember forever.

(posted on Nov 1,2000)

I spent 4 years up there, 3 as the OA Lodge advisor. The camp is bordered by the massive Nenana River on one side and a clear(trout-filled) lake on the other. Winter camping requires you to occasionally ski your gear in a sled across the frozen lake to the woodstove heated cabins. Great scouting for this native Texan!

(posted on Jun 8,2001)

Lost Lake Scout Camp is made up of 450 acres between the Tanana River & Lost Lake, 57 miles South of Fairbanks on the Richardson Hwy. The Midnight Sun Council camp has many new buildings including a dining hall for 200 people, a training center, etc. During summer camp it never gets dark. There is a 90 acre lake

(posted on Aug 2,2001)

We had a great summer camp at Lost Lake Camp in Alaska. We went to camp with 29 boys and four leaders. The weather was good too, only rained one day (2:30 am- 8am & 3-4 PM). The sun was out most of the time, over night high 40's and days in the mid 70's. (we thought we had the good weather but it looks like it will get into the 80's this week) The lake was warm (well for our standards). We had no real boy problems, just a little homesickness and a few over tired boys.

Our camp serves 3 meals but we like to cook (and eat) so we always made a 4th meal late at night and some of the boys had lunch at the camp site or made lunch and hiked somewhere to eat it. We made Chocolate Death one night for the staff and most came, it was a really fun night eating and sing around out camp fire.

We had five boys in the new scout program. One of these boys found time to slip away from it to take Archery and won the Archery Award for the high score. He had never really shot before. He also tried the swim test every day. He never managed to pass but he swam till he sunk each
time - all skin and bones. We had another boy pass the swim test who had been working for over a year to do it. He did it the first day of camp and when we still had enough people around to do his board of review for First Class. Truly one Happy Camper! We didn't have any boys in the Falcon's Crest High Adventure / Outpost program for boys 14 or older.

All sorts of stuff came out of handicraft. Many boys did stuff just because it was fun, twisted lanyards and model rockets were a big hit. They launched a camera rocket and took a picture of everyone at the waterfront.

We had 99 blue cards come home 50 needing some work, and 49 finished. Lots of our boys took Personal Fitness and now have the 12 weeks of work, there was not enough time to shot at the range and the lady that is the range director invited the troop to come to her range in September to finish up, we backed out so others could shot. There are bits of Environmental Science to finish too, ecosystems 6th and 7th days. Astronomy is hard to finish here in the summer.

We had a moose that swam in the lake just below our camp site each morning and a busy pair of woodpeckers. The boys would get up for the morning polar bear swim, they looked at it as another 45 minutes of free swimming, the water felt great in the morning. The boys built like seals seemed to enjoy the cool water much more than the skin and bones boys.

The final campfire was a disappointment for our boys, they left us of the list by accident, I saw what was happening but to late, the staff sang a slow song and then they went into a flag retirement for finish up, no way our wild skit could be tacked on the end. What happen was one troop asked to do two skits but at the last minutes back out, our troop got crossed off instead. The camp director was really sorry when he came to visit us later that night.

The last night after the campfire all the other troops went home, we stayed till Sat. We had the waterfront to ourselves till 11 PM. The kayaks and sail boats were really pretty in the evening sun. My son took me out sailing, he was so happy and proud he could sail, I did nothing but be the passenger and his mom.

This was our big week, 140 boys, the first week there were 37 and the third week there are 60 - 70 boys. The camp is small in numbers but 400 acres next to lots of state land. Things are flexible to get done what your troop wants to do, but there is plenty of program if you want to take part. The staff is small and some troop leadership is needed to help, our troop supplied the swimming and canoeing instructor, a rifle range person, and the first aid instructor. Our fourth person went to the Scoutmaster meetings and then did knots at Scout craft and the
waterfront. Not all troops supplied instructors, but on the big week it helps, and it is fun to work with all the boys.

The camp is pretty primitive but nice. There is going to be major work after camp finishes this week with new out houses, a special needs camp site (this is going to be great, wonderful site, plenty of money to do it right), COPE course, and other needed infrastructure.

Hope everyone else has (or had) a great time at camp this summer.

Dianne Marshall
Troop 78
Fairbanks, Alaska
Midnight Sun Council

(posted on Jul 16,2002)

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