Pathfinder 110 has begun! With 3-days under our belts, here are the headlines.  ​ Saturday's Canada Day and Pathfinder Big Moment saw fine weather and warm swimming waters. A fire ban remained in place but recent showers brought optimism it could lift in the Park soon. The camp staff bustled around all morning, primping Pathfinder one last time. The crew that started work May 1 looked proud of the new builds and repairs that had Camp shining. A final all-staff swim break before lunch, then Campers began to arrive, bringing their trunks and parents to the Motorboat Dock. The energy lev ..read more

,,By Aidan Walters Hey everyone, just a little bit of context before I begin. I wrote this speech sitting on the cliffs of Eustache with my feet dangling over the edge. There’s something special about edges, up there you can see the changing wind and it feels like you’re on the cusp of something. Of discovery. All learning happens of the edge. I hope I can bring a little bit of that feeling here tonight - that feeling of expectant wonder - that there is something to be discovered. Anyway, on to the speech. Being here right now is wonderful. I mean, look around; out of the billions of people wh ..read more

Season 2022 Edit June 25, 2022 The Nitty Gritty Measures for '22 You can read more on our web site this week about the Covid Plan for Pathfinder 2022. All camper families will receive an e-blast directing them to our site for the final details before the Big Moment. Spread of a sub-variant of Covid is very high right now. Our objective is to onboard all campers July 1 with a solid confidence all are Covid-free. Your role is as crucial as any! a. Now’s The Time to limit camper interactions outside the household and to track household health and prepare to at-home test. b. Please refer to and us ..read more

Attention Pathfinder Families! Please read the whole blog post. There's key info here for you, including: Health and Health Form Transport and Transport Form Packing and Clothing/Gear Form Read details here and on the webpage, then jump back into your camper enroll web page to complete: https://www.camppathfinder.com/health-and-transport https://www.camppathfinder.com/packing-for-camp Ice Is Out - The Game is On! We've completed one week since our 2022 Spring Crew arrived on May 1. The crew is moving quickly and making record progress getting camp opened up for out first school group arrival o ..read more

Each year, Pathfinder's Aug. 19 final banquet program includes short speeches from an invited Camper and Staff member, representing their respective community on the Island. This year's were poignant. In 2021, having endured a closed 2020 season and the challenges of a Covid-adaptive 2021 season, our big crew filled the banquet Dining Hall with happiness, hunger and relief -- We had all remained healthy, and learned after much difficult waiting that Pathfinder life remained the same. But everyone had paid a price to reach Source Lake that year, we were intensely missing the guys who could not ..read more

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May 26-May 27 Spring on Source Lake has become, over the past two decades, a busy scene with camp projects and outdoor education classes. Despite Pathfinder’s early school programming being cancelled for a second year, we just hosted a unique early-season educational event. Camp was called into service by the government, and in the process got to witness some cool rescuer moves, and practice our Covid-adaptive safety measures on the island. On May 26-27, Pathfinder served as the host site for a large-scale Algonquin Park inter-agency training session, merging four of the entities serving cent ..read more

Pathfinder Island / Source Lake, Algonquin Park Greetings Pathfinder Families – Here’s Where We Stand Tonight May 25- I say, Pathfinder - Let’s wait no longer. Let’s plan to move ahead, and be ready to have a terrific season! I’m able to share a well-deserved update with you, after more than a week’s constant news-making developments, positive and negative, across Ontario, Canada, and the United States. Our planned May 17 camp update came and went, as pandemic and political events churned in Ontario over recent days. The past week has been a crazy procession of hope and anxiety. Ontario Healt ..read more

Greetings from Pathfinder! Camp is moving ahead with plans for Summer 2021. And, we have options for our families. The Latest As promised in the April 20 parent bulletin, Pathfinder has given the past two weeks a hard look for progress toward Ontario accepting camps' health guidance, and authorizing the reopening of overnight camps. And, for the Canada border authorities creating an exemption to allow American campers to come up north in July. Canadian policy makers insist they want what we want: for camps to be open to our kids, and for the U.S. kids to get back to their camps. Yet on May 3 ..read more

Stay tuned for our May 3rd bulletin ,Read the outline of our ,Pathfinder Covid Plan, for Summer 2021. ,Jump to a Bulletin Topic ... ,Ontario Headlines - mid-April 2021 ,Pathfinder – April 20, 2021 – Where We Stand Today ,Call To Action For Our Camps ,Pathfinder's Covid-19 ,Plan for Summer Ontario Headlines – Mid April 2021 Ontario is fighting a new surge of Covid-19 cases, just as camps are finalizing plans to get Ontario’s go-ahead to reopen for Summer 2021. Everyone agrees camps are essential to the well-being of children this year. Despite this latest Covid challenge, optimism remains hig ..read more