A place to be yourself.
FAQ
So is the food good?
Typical Menus?
Dessert?
What are the other girls like?
Who will my counsellor be?
Are the toilets flush?
Showers?
Our food is served family style which means each table of usually eight campers and two staff gets a platter of each part of the meal eg. one of meat, one of potatoes, one of veggies. Every one is served a first helping. If you want more you take turns getting it at the counter. There is lots of food.
Breakfast; about three times a week we get BIG breakfast which means bacon or sausage, french toast, pancakes, scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, hash browns... that kind of stuff.
The other days we get things like granola, yogurt, cereal, home made bread, muffins.
There is fruit, juice, hot chocolate too. You will not be hungry.
Sunday mornings are Bakers breakfast, that is when we all go to breakfast in our pj's - if you don't want to you can just wear t.shirt and shorts or whatever (not a big deal). You sit with your cabin or zebo group anywhere in the dining hall, eat fruit and all kinds of bakery items yum yum croissants, danish, Sunday buns (like Chelsea buns) yum!
Lunch. Things like make your own sandwiches; we put out buns, cold cuts, egg salad, veggie tray and you make your own. Or, pizza, hot dogs etc. all kid friendly stuff!
Dinner: Meat, veggie and potatoe.
Once a day we get fresh fruit, the other is something like cake, pie, ice cream, cookes yum yum!
What are the other girls like?
We have girls come to camp from many places. About half come from the Toronto area, many from Kingston, Ottawa, Peterborough, Quebec, some from the States and lots of other cool places like England, France, and Mexico! You will be with other girls about your age, and with forms you fill out in the Spring, we do our best to put you with other girls we think you will have a ton of fun with! Bottom line is; it is like recess all day - you get to know your camp friends very quickly because you are together playing ALOT, eating and hanging out too. It is pretty rare that you have to sit and listen, you basically play all day. Many camp people have found their best friends to be their camp friends!
Our counsellors have usually been campers themselves, and completed the two year counsellor in training program. They are either in their last year of high school or university students. Bottom line is the main priority for them to work at Oconto is to love working with kids. To give their campers the best time possible. They also have to have all of their certifications to teach you their activity. They are great girls. Very special people!
Yes, we do not have kybos. However, when you go on an overnight or canoe trip you dig a pit for a latrine. But in camp, they are flush toilets.
Yes, with hot water. Two shower houses in camp - one at each end. You go at free time. There is a shower stall with a private little change room attached - all the privacy you need!
