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 Camp Barnard - Sooke, British Columbia, Canada Posted by:  The A-Team
N 48° 24.174 W 123° 45.840
10U E 443454 N 5361364
Located at 3202 Young Lake Road in Sooke, British Columbia, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMJN1X
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 12/07/2013
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Camp Barnard is part of the Cascadia Council in the BC/Yukon administrative region of Scouts Canada. The camp's website provides the following history of the camp:
In February 1945 Senator Barnard gifted 2 parcels of land -his 'hunting lodge' - to the Victoria Council of Scouts Canada. This amounted to some 200 acres of second growth forest and included 17-acre Young Lake. Currently Camp Barnard comprises 251 acres and is used year-round. Provincial Jamborees have been held at Camp Barnard in 1974, 1982 and 1987 and we are now preparing for PJ 2015.
Senator Barnard (1868 – 1954), a lawyer, was elected Mayor of Victoria in 1904. He served two terms, during which time the Causeway was built to replace the James Bay Bridge. He also promoted the building of the Empress Hotel.
In 1908 he was elected to the House of Commons (Liberal-Conservative Party) where he promoted Victoria as a seaport resulting in the building of the Ogden Point Wharves. In 1917 he was appointed to the Canadian Senate, where he served until 1945 when he retired to Victoria. Senator and Mrs. Barnard’s Victoria home, the Duvals, still stands at 1642 Rockland and an easy search of Ross Bay Cemetery will find you the Barnard family plot.
Camp development began in earnest in the 1960’s with the building of McPherson Lodge, followed ten years later by Totem Lodge- a Katimavik project. Mor Kitchen was a jamboree addition and has just undergone renovation. The current bunkhouses were completed in 1992, Keego Kitchen in 1998.
Visit Instructions:
As of 1/26/06 you will need to post a photo of the camp gateway that also shows you and/or your GPS. If the photo is not posted, your log will be deleted.
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