Rock Island Drone Photo

The third Boxwell was a happy accident. The Rock Island location was intended to be temporary. The Council would spend one summer there–1949–and then move to something more permanent. One year turned into eleven and eventually, Camp Boxwell became Parish Reservation, and then Camp Tubb at Parish Reservation.

Today, Camp Tubb is not wildly different from Camp Boxwell, 1949-1959. The general layout is the same. Virtually all of the campsites today are where the campsites were in the 1950s. The assembly area with the three flag poles is the same area where Scouts assembled in 1949. The roads have not changed. The Lodge sits on the same site the dining hall tents and kitchen once occupied. With a _little_ imagination, it is not hard to see the Rock Island Boxwell.

Seen here is an exceptional aerial photo of Camp Tubb. The road in the center leads to the Lodge where the original dining hall was located. The “black hole” to the right is the assembly area, both then and today. The Rock Island for which the area is named is in the upper right hand corner. If you were to continue up the river on the right, you would quickly arrive at the waterfront and its legendary swimming cribs.

Rock Island Drone Photo. Collection of Ben Whitehouse.