Welcome to Camp Batawagama
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.
Tentative Dates for the 2023 Camping Season
Staff Orientation .......................June 10 - 13 Week 2 (Boom Week) ..................................July 2 - 8
Senior Days .........................................June 14 - 16 Week 3 .......................................................................July 9 - 15
Band Camp ...........................................June 18 - 24 Week 4 .......................................................................July 16 - 22
Week 1 ..........................................................June 25 - July 1 Week 5 .....................................................................July 23 - 29
Senior Days .........................................June 14 - 16 Week 3 .......................................................................July 9 - 15
Band Camp ...........................................June 18 - 24 Week 4 .......................................................................July 16 - 22
Week 1 ..........................................................June 25 - July 1 Week 5 .....................................................................July 23 - 29
Youth Camp Week 6 - 2022
Youth Camp Week 5 - 2022
Youth Camp Week 4 - 2022
Youth Camp Week 3 - 2022
Youth Camp Week 2 - 2022
Youth Camp Week 1 - 2022
Meet your 2022 Camp Batawagama Staff
WHAT’S NEW AT BATAWAGAMA?
Universal Plumbing installed two 100 gallon hot water heaters in the new boys bathroom on June 22. These hot water heaters were a donation from the Friends of Camp Batawagama. Thank you Friends!
Windows going in...Monday June 13th.
Plumbers working hard to finish the left side of the bathroom up by the end of this week.
Big Mike and Jed are working hard to finish the interior waterproof paneling.
All wrapped up and ready for siding.
Inside walls are up and ready for electrical work to begin.
Chris Ponchard is reviewing the plans for the bathroom's interior.
The boys bathroom is definitely building up!
On the road to the new build.
Trusses are being delivered for the new Boys' Bathroom.
Bathroom walls are going up.
Cement floor being poured for the new Boys' Bathroom.
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Ponchard Contractors are working hard getting the paneling inside the boys bathroom. It's going to be light, bright, and beautiful!
Plumbers are sizing up the overhead plumbing for the showers.
Ponchard builders are now installing waterproof paneling in the boys' bathroom.
Middle mechanical isle way.
Mike is measuring up and cutting all the studs for the interior walls.
The walls for the bathroom interior are coming together.
Betsy Salonen, FOCB member, stopped by to check the progress on the new build.
All day rain but trusses got delivered and the Boys' Bathroom will have a roof next week!
...and up!
'Preparing the foundation for the new C-unit Boys Bathroom.
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This has been a busy time at Batawagama. The snow is finally melting, and the weather is warming up. We are now able to resume with some of our Springtime projects. During the past two weeks L&H Utility Contractors from Aura, Wisconsin finished boring a new waterline for Camp. This waterline extends 1200 feet underground from the Stambaugh’s Main Waterline at Pentoga Park to the center of Camp. It replaces the original waterline that was put in by the CCC in 1940. We are very thankful to Iron County’s Committee (ARPA) American Rescue Plan Act, who awarded the Camp this Federal Grant and made it possible to complete the waterline project.
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 2022, which enabled the camp to purchase four more deluxe Woodmaster wood burners. Thank you!
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 2022, which enabled the camp to purchase four more deluxe Woodmaster wood burners. Thank you!
Counselor Auggie Barthelt works with his young campers using the Burn Masters to help them design and make their own wood-burned picture frames.
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