Camp Arcadia
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Camp Arcadia is an all-girl sleepaway camp emphasizing basic wilderness skills, located on Pleasant Lake in Otisfield, Maine
. However, official camp stationary and addresses imply the geographical location to be Casco, ME, even though it is, in fact, Otisfield. The camp's main goal is to teach girls to be strong physically and emotionally through fun outdoor activities, kind staff members, and encouraging strong friendships with other girls of all ages. Camp Arcadia is the absolute best place a girl could be over the summer. Every girl should be able to experience the amazing summers at Arcadia. Every girl who goes to Arcadia is guaranteed to make true friendships that will last forever, learn valuable outdoor skills, and just have an all around great time being goofy and not worrying what anyone else thinks about them.
The owners now are Anne Fritts and Louise Henderson and Louise Fritts Johnson.
Otisfield is about 45 minutes from Portland, Maine
and is centered around Pleasant Lake, which is also home to Seeds of Peace
Camp.
Camp Arcadia's large lakefront is the main for all water activities.
ing, sailing, tennis, nature, gymnastics, dance, dramatics, music, diving, synchronized swimming
, knitting, weaving, photography, and writing in the camp's journal, Chipmunk Chatter.
Camp Arcadia also has a trips program in which campers are brought to either hike in the White Mountains
or canoe in the series of lakes in Maine. Some of these include Mount Washington
, Mount Lafayette, Mount Katahdin
, Sebago Lake
, and other wilderness adventures.
Otisfield, Maine
Otisfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,560 at the 2000 census. Otisfield is a summer recreation area and home to Seeds of Peace Camp and Camp Arcadia.-History:...
. However, official camp stationary and addresses imply the geographical location to be Casco, ME, even though it is, in fact, Otisfield. The camp's main goal is to teach girls to be strong physically and emotionally through fun outdoor activities, kind staff members, and encouraging strong friendships with other girls of all ages. Camp Arcadia is the absolute best place a girl could be over the summer. Every girl should be able to experience the amazing summers at Arcadia. Every girl who goes to Arcadia is guaranteed to make true friendships that will last forever, learn valuable outdoor skills, and just have an all around great time being goofy and not worrying what anyone else thinks about them.
History
Camp Arcadia was founded in 1916 by George Meylan. As of 2011 the camp was owned and operated by Meylan's family.The owners now are Anne Fritts and Louise Henderson and Louise Fritts Johnson.
Otisfield is about 45 minutes from Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
and is centered around Pleasant Lake, which is also home to Seeds of Peace
Seeds of Peace
Seeds of Peace is a peacebuilding youth organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1993. As its main program, the organization brings youth from areas of conflict to its international camp in Maine. It also provides regional programming to support Seeds of Peace graduates, known as...
Camp.
Camp Arcadia's large lakefront is the main for all water activities.
Program
Camp Arcadia accepts girls aged 7–17 for programs lasting between one and seven weeks. The Arcadian program is based around teaching each girl that they should plan and carry out their own individual program and attain proficiency with guidance. Instructional activities include boating, campcraft, swimming and canoeing, and other electives such as arts and crafts, horseback riding, archery, kayakKayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...
ing, sailing, tennis, nature, gymnastics, dance, dramatics, music, diving, synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming
Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....
, knitting, weaving, photography, and writing in the camp's journal, Chipmunk Chatter.
Camp Arcadia also has a trips program in which campers are brought to either hike in the White Mountains
White Mountains (New Hampshire)
The White Mountains are a mountain range covering about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine in the United States. Part of the Appalachian Mountains, they are considered the most rugged mountains in New England...
or canoe in the series of lakes in Maine. Some of these include Mount Washington
Mount Washington (New Hampshire)
Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at , famous for dangerously erratic weather. For 76 years, a weather observatory on the summit held the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface, , on the afternoon of April 12, 1934...
, Mount Lafayette, Mount Katahdin
Mount Katahdin
Mount Katahdin is the highest mountain in Maine at . Named Katahdin by the Penobscot Indians, the term means "The Greatest Mountain". Katahdin is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park: a steep, tall mountain formed from underground magma. The flora and fauna on the mountain are typical of those...
, Sebago Lake
Sebago Lake
Sebago Lake is the deepest and second largest lake in the U.S. state of Maine. The lake is deep at its deepest point, with a mean depth of , covers about in surface area, has a length of and a shoreline length of . The surface is around above sea level, so the deep bottom is below the present...
, and other wilderness adventures.