More Random Reservation Photos, Still from the Air!

This is the final week of our “Aerial Boxwell” series. Over the last two months, we’ve visited all the camps and a few random locations here and there.  This week we finish up with three final images of random parts of the reservation–random in that they follow no specific pattern!

The first photo takes a rare look at the Ferhmann Training Center.  Known to “old timers” as either Ittabeena or Akers Cabin, Fehrmann Training Center is the home of the Scoutmaster Steak Supper and various training activies.  It will also be the location of the dinner and campfire programs for the 2014 Reunion!

The second photo is “Horseshoe.” Perhaps more appropriately named “Horseshoe Bay,” this far corner of Camp Stahlman is an old quarry that filled when Old Hickory Lake was built in the 1950s.  From the early 1960s until about 1976, this was also the area where the Reservation Pump House pumped water from the lake, purified it, and sent it out to the Reservation as drinking water.

The third photo is a nice view of Camp Light, or more appropriately, the High Adventure Area.  Located in this area, and seen in this photo, are the shotgun range, COPE, the pool, and the High Adventure Center.  If you haven’t been to Boxwell in a while, this has been a high growth area!

Next week we’ll return to some more traditional “From the Archives” material, picking out some photos that are legitimately old!

Previously known as Akers Cabin or Ittabeena, the Ferhmann Training Center was “refitted” as part of the 1994 Capital Development Campaign.

Home of the long abandoned Pump House, here is Horseshoe from above.

Once a wilderness camp, Camp Light is now the home of the Josh Sain High Adventure Area. Included in this area are the pool, the shotgun range, the High Adventure Center, and the perennially popular COPE.

Camp Craig From the Air!

Our “Aerial Boxwell” series continues into part five this week with a look at Camp Craig.  We continue our lesiurely flight along the “coast” of the reservation, looking at the different camps from an aerial perspective.

The first photo gives a whole camp look at Craig. In the bottom right is Craig Dining Hall and what was the original Craig Waterfront, but what is now home to Site 17.  To the left is Duck Head and you can just barely make out the “new” waterfront on the backside.  In between is Don Stafford chapel.  In the background you can see the High Adventure Area where COPE, the shotgun range, and the pool are located.

The second photo gives a better view of the Craig Dining Hall. From here you can clearly see the dining hall’s unique design as well as the area that was the Craig Waterfront.

The third photo is a view of Duck Head from the “top” of the head.  This gives us a clear view of the Craig Waterfront. As with other areas of Boxwell, the docks now stay up year round.  This photo provides a nice perspective on the size of the Craig Waterfront Bay, which is off the channel–a definite improvement from the original waterfront!

To wrap up February, we’ll take a look at some random shots from around the reservation, including the Crab and the Chapel from above!

Here is an aerial view of all of Camp Craig. Note the dining hall, the Chapel, and Duck Head.

Camp Craig Dining Hall from above.

A good view of the Craig Waterfront. This waterfront was built as part of the 1994 Capital Development Campaign.