Camp Androscoggin is an all-boys summer camp in Wayne, Maine

Wayne, Maine

Wayne is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,112 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne...

, and one of the oldest in the state. It is ACA (American Camp Association

American Camp Association

The American Camp Association , formerly known as the American Camping Association, is a 501 nonprofit that serves the United States. It is an association for camp owners, camp professionals and others interested in summer camps and similar camp programs.ACA runs an accreditation criterion for camps...

) accredited. It was founded in 1906 by Edward M. Healy, who became President of the American Camping Association (ACA) in 1916 shortly before his death.

The camp has an average intake of between 225 and 275 boys aged 8 to 15 years, and takes enrollments nationally and internationally.

History

Camp Androscoggin was established in 1907 on Sans Souci Island, since renamed "Androscoggin Island", in Lake Androscoggin. During the camp's inaugural summer, only 7 campers were enrolled. In 1937, a new "Junior Camp" was added on the lake's shore, which was initially for campers aged 8 to 11 years. The two camps briefly combined during World War II due to a fuel shortage, and combined permanently inland in 1972. Androscoggin was the site of the third and fourth 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...

 camps in 1995-96.

Activities

Camp Androscoggin is part of the Central Maine Camp League (CMCL), competing with Cobbossee, Caribou, Manitou, and others camps in sport, including baseball

Baseball

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, soccer, tennis

Tennis

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, basketball

Basketball

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, and swimming.

Land sports take place on its two baseball fields, two soccer fields, three basketball courts, twelve tennis courts, archery and rifles ranges, and a climbing wall. A recent addition to sport facilities is the Foster Fieldhouse, with a high school regulation-sized basketball court.

Water sports use a 2000 feet (609.6 m) shoreline for competitive and instructional swimming

Swimming (sport)

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, sailing

Sailing

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, fishing

Fishing

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, canoeing

Canoeing

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, kayaking

Kayaking

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, windsurfing

Windsurfing

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, waterskiing and wakeboarding

Wakeboarding

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.

Arts and crafts

Arts and crafts

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, pottery

Pottery

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, woodworking

Woodworking

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, and animation

Animation

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 take place in an arts center, and a theater holds musical talent shows and plays, and the final event of the camp's Color War

Color war

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, during which campers sing Alma Mater

Alma Mater (song)

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 and fight song

Fight song

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s.

Also, from 1988 to 2001, more than 52 network ID's, promos, interstitials and commercials for clients like Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

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, PBS Kids

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, Disney Channel

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, and The WB have been produced here.

Androscoggin also has an overnight and day-trip program, including trips to Mt. Washington

Mount Washington (New Hampshire)

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, the Allagash River

Allagash River

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, and Montreal

Montreal

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.