northern ireland see kilcoo county down . this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources kilcoo camp news newspapers books scholar jstor free images march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message kilcoo camp type private founded ontario canada 1932 as kilcoo camp headquarters 150 eglinton avenue east suite 403 toronto ontario key people david lub latimer camp director patrick tingley assistant director duncan fitzhenry tripping director kim bouchard secretary website kilcoo.com kilcoo camp is a residential boys camp located on gull lake near minden ontario canada and has been in operation since 1932 . the camp tends to draw campers from toronto although it has been known to have campers attend from around the world . kilcoo camp offers many activities such as swimming canoeing kayaking sailing windsurfing cliff diving woodcraft archery arts and crafts mountain biking rock climbing and many others . kilcoo also has the facilities for basketball ball hockey baseball soccer football and other sports . in addition to regular programing a number of special camp wide events take place each month . each sunday is characterized by a non denominational chapel service carried out on the historic and memorable chapel point . each month is highlighted by its own campwide event the bushpede in july and the kilcoo olympic games in august . kilcoo also maintains an out tripping program sending groups to local destinations in ontario and quebec as well as more remote locations like the nahanni river in the northwest territories and strathcona park vancouver island . kilcoo maintains strong contact with its alumni a good number of new campers are sons or grandsons of past kilcoo campers . there are several reunion events which afford the opportunity for past staff and campers to reconnoiter . amici a charitable organization that endeavors to send children to summer camp was founded and continues to be run in majority by kilcoo alumni . the camp is divided into five sections based on age . from youngest to oldest these are trailblazers pathfinders nor westers trappers and voyageurs . history edit kilcoo camp was founded in 1932 by charlie plewman . during plewman s tenure the camp grew extensively and gained a strong clientele among parents and children in toronto . john chief latimer purchased the camp from plewman and became director and owner . during his time as director he still instituted plewman s ideas and combined with his own unique directing style . after chief retired as director hal hannaford currently the headmaster of selwyn house in montreal was named director . following hal s directorship john s son david lub latimer became the current director . david has been the director of kilcoo for over 30 years . references edit external links edit kilcoo camp amici camping charity coordinates 44 50 49 n 78 46 06 w 44.84686 n 78.76836 w 44.84686 ; 78.76836 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kilcoo camp & oldid 734556342 categories summer camps in canadahidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from march 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from april 2015all articles lacking reliable referencescoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 august 2016 at 03 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view