Welcome to Camp Batawagama
August 2021 Update
BATAWAGAMA... BACK IN 2022!
Since May of this year, we have been preparing to have CAMP BATAWAGAMA back and fully functioning in 2022. The renovations to the dining hall kitchen and cook-out area are nearly complete. Our new male staff cabin is finished and ready for occupancy. Over the past two summers we have been able to replace fourteen roofs of coexisting cabins and do some serious tree removal. The construction of the new boys latrine in the C-section is slated to begin this fall. We are anxiously looking forward to the return of Camp and seeing all of our campers, old and young, again. We are eager to share the traditions and long-standing programs that have become BATAWAGAMA's Trademark.
Travel back in time to "SUMMERS OF BATAWAGAMA" by visiting our new videos of Senior Days, Band Camp, and Youth Camp.
Travel back in time to "SUMMERS OF BATAWAGAMA" by visiting our new videos of Senior Days, Band Camp, and Youth Camp.
A Week at Youth Camp
A Week at Band Camp
Band Camp Interview with Trombone Instructor Mike Hall
A Walk Down Memory Lane - Senior Days at Batawagama
Registration forms for Band Camp and Youth Camp will be available on March 1, 2022. You can request forms by emailing icyc@iron.org after January 1, 2022.
Looking forward to seeing you in 2022!
Brian Schulze
Looking forward to seeing you in 2022!
Brian Schulze
Special Thanks!
Thank you! Citizens of Iron County for your continued and amazing support for the Iron County Youth Camp and for your patience and understanding over the past two covid-cancelling years. Thank you! Friends of Camp Batawagama for supporting and funding many projects at the Youth Camp during the past twenty-five years and for your generous contributions to the building of the new C- Latrine through your sponsored Go-Fund-Me Winter Fundraiser. Thank You! Dickinson Area Community Foundation and the Forest Park Student Advisory Board for grants in 2020 and 2021, which enabled the camp to purchase six more paddle boards and twenty-four/ four-man tents. Thank you! John E. Force Forestry Education Fund for your grant which made it possible to purchase of twelve new overnight backpacks, designed especially for younger campers.
Thank you! Citizens of Iron County for your continued and amazing support for the Iron County Youth Camp and for your patience and understanding over the past two covid-cancelling years. Thank you! Friends of Camp Batawagama for supporting and funding many projects at the Youth Camp during the past twenty-five years and for your generous contributions to the building of the new C- Latrine through your sponsored Go-Fund-Me Winter Fundraiser. Thank You! Dickinson Area Community Foundation and the Forest Park Student Advisory Board for grants in 2020 and 2021, which enabled the camp to purchase six more paddle boards and twenty-four/ four-man tents. Thank you! John E. Force Forestry Education Fund for your grant which made it possible to purchase of twelve new overnight backpacks, designed especially for younger campers.
What's New This Summer at Batawagama!
Our Summer 2021 Crew!
Dumpsville Start to Finish! Batawagama's New Xanadu!
Kitchen Renovation!
Other Summer Projects
75 Years and Counting
Camp Batawagama for four generations has been offering an unique experience for campers young and young at heart. Camp Batawagama is nestled in the woods on the shores of Indian Lake, located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is a welcoming escape from the busy electronic age we find ourselves living in today. Camp Batawagama was established in 1945 by two Iron County educators who were committed to creating an outdoor education experience for young people; a place they could come to learn camping skills and how to work together all while sharing an appreciation for the wilderness. Camp Batawagama continues today to provide a safe and wholesome environment surrounded by nature with a sound and moral philosophy of fairness and respect for one another. This summer camping for many is the adventure of a life-time.
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