August 30 – September 1st 2027

Since 1936 campers and staff have enjoyed summers spent on the shores of South Tea Lake.

From time spent in the lake, on canoe trips, playing sports, completing artistic projects, singing in the camp plays, competing in Colour War and much much more.

Come to beautiful Algonquin Park to relive your childhood, create new memories.

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WHAT

Tamakwa Family Camp is a weekend with those you love most in the place we love most. This is the perfect opportunity for everyone to be campers for the first time or to relive their days of years past as part of a cabin group with other families creating friendships and memories together. The schedule will include a mix of activities. Highlights will include sing songs, evening programs, wonderful food, a Tamakwa-Classic medley marathon relay race, music and lots of laughs. An event in Algonquin Park you won’t want to miss.

WHY

Family Camp is the perfect end to your summer and will allow you to connect with your family and friends and enjoy an incredible time together just before another school year begins. For those with young kids, this is also a perfect opportunity to prepare your soon-to-be-campers for their first experience at overnight summer camp. It will also help parents not yet familiar with the Tamakwa experience understand how incredible camp is and how much fun their kids will have in a safe and nurturing environment like Camp Tamakwa in Algonquin Park.

WHEN IS ALL OF THIS HAPPENING AND HOW MUCH IS IT?

August 30th – September 1st, 2027
$1,200.00 CDN + HST (Up to a family of 4)
Each Additional Family Member | $250.00 + HST

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THE SCHEDULE’ish

MONDAY

2:00pm Arrivals

6:00pm Schmooze (Main Camp)

6:30pm BBQ Dinner

8:00pm Opening Ceremonies @ Slope

9:00pm Camper Snack @ Dining Hall

10:30pm Snack @ Dining Hall (Adults Only)

TUESDAY

8:30am Breakfast

10:30am Softball Game at the Ballfield

12:30pm Lunch

2:00pm Windsurfing, Canoeing, Sailing, Kayaking, Landsports, etc…

3:00pm Tootsie Frootsie “Everybody Gets”

6:30pm Dinner (in the Dining Hall)

8:00pm Services @ Slope

9:00pm Camper Snack @ Dining Hall

10:30pm Snack @ Dining Hall (Adults Only)

WEDNESDAY

9:00-11:00am Buffet Brunch

12:00pm Departures

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DIRECTIONS TO CAMP

FROM TORONTO

Take Hwy. 400 NORTH to Barrie. Merge onto Hwy. 11 NORTH. Take Hwy. 11 for 135 km( 85 miles) to Huntsville. Just past Huntsville is the junction to Hwy. 60 EAST (right). Take Hwy. 60 EAST for 40 km (25 miles) to the West Gate of Algonquin Park. Pass the West Gate (Info Centre) and continue EAST on Hwy. 60 inside the park 12 km (7 1/2 miles) to Smoke Creek Bridge. Just past the Smoke Creek Bridge, on the left is an UNMARKED road, which will lead you to our parking lot area. At the bottom of the hill is TAMAKWA’S boat landing.

FROM DETROIT

Option 1: Tunnel or bridge to Windsor and follow the signs to Hwy 401 EAST to London.

Option 2: 696 EAST, then I-94 EAST and follow signs to Port Huron, then signs to Canada (or Blue Water Bridge). Cross to Sarnia, take Hwy 402, which merges onto Hwy 401 EAST at London. From London, take 401 to Toronto. As you approach Toronto, take Express Toll Route “ETR” Hwy. 407 EAST to Hwy. 400 NORTH. Take Hwy. 400 NORTH to Barrie and follow the same directions as outlined in the “FROM TORONTO” directions given above.

FROM BUFFALO AND WESTERN NY

Take the New York Throughway to Buffalo. Cross the Peace Bridge into Canada and follow the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way) for about 1 hour until you come to Hwy. 427, just before entering Toronto. Take Hwy. 427 NORTH to Hwy. 401 EAST to Hwy. 400 NORTH and follow the same directions as outlined in the “FROM TORONTO” directions given above.

FROM MONTREAL

Take Hwy. 40 WEST to Ontario, where it becomes Hwy. 417. Follow Hwy. 417 past Ottawa, where it becomes Hwy. 17. Continue WEST on Hwy. 17 to Hwy. 60. Take Hwy. 60 WEST to Algonquin Park’s East Gate at Whitney. Continue WEST inside the park about 40 km. Go 2 km. past (WEST) the Portage Store/- Canoe Centre. Turn right onto our UNMARKED dirt road. If you cross Smoke Creek Bridge, you have gone too far. Take the UNMARKED dirt road to the end to our parking lot.

2027 FAMILY CAMP REGISTRATION

Coming SOON!

We are proud members of the Ontario Camps Association (OCA). This organization plays an important leadership role in promoting and encouraging children and youth camping in Ontario, as well as setting high standards for safety and care of campers.

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