Camp Chickagami

What group facilities does the Camp offer?

Camp life centers around the Dining Hall and the Chapel,located on Lake Esau’s shore.

 

Fletcher Hall seats 120 for meals and makes a pleasant place to read by the fireplace, work jigsaw puzzles and stage rainy day recreation.

St. Andrew’s Chapel is a lovely outdoor worship area with an historic stone altar, rustic seating and farm bells to call campers to worship. In foul weather worship can be held in Fletcher Hall.

 

Our Swimming Beach on Lake Esau is a short walk from the Camp’s center. Its sandy, gently sloping bottom makes it ideal for swimmers of all ages and skill levels. Two rafts are provided and canoes, paddleboats and rowboats are available at the Kauffman Building.

 

Lee Field is ideal for sports and games. Here you will find a tennis court, baseball diamond, half court basketball area, and volleyball.

 

The Craft Hut is a large structure set aside for “creative messy” activities inappropriate in other buildings.

 

Trails are available for hikers and walkers.

 

Campfire sites are located by Fletcher Hall and on the beach by the Pioneer Unit.

Lodges

Esau and Huron lodges are located directly on the lakefront. Both offer living room with fireplace, two bedrooms, full bath, kitchen and screened porch. Esau has one double bed and three singles. Huron has one double bed, one single bed and two sets of bunk beds.

 

Grand Lake Lodge is located at the other end of camp and away from the waterfront. It has one bedroom with a queen size bed. It also has a kitchen/dining room, full bath with a tub/shower and a living room with a view of the lake. The living room has a double sleeper sofa.

Cabins

Lighthouse Cabin, reserved for adult use (or small family), is a bright high ceiling single room near the dining hall. Ramps provide easier access for campers with mobility limitations. Lighthouse sleeps 4 with a double bed and a bunk bed. The common bath/showers facility, “upper unit head” located nearby is also ramped.

Bell Bay Cabin, next door to Lighthouse is a small single room that sleeps three in a set of bunk beds and a single bed.

 

Kauffman and Johnson cabins are adjoining cabins located directly on the lakefront above the boathouse. These cabins are heated and can be used all year. Johnson features a large picture window overlooking Lake Esau. Johnson has a double bed, bunk bed, sleeper sofa and a couch. It has a large kitchen and bath. Kauffman offers a living room with a sleeper sofa, two couches and a bunk bed and a bedroom with a double bed. It too has a large kitchen and bath. A locking door separates these units when two parties desire privacy or both cabins are rented individually. The lakeside deck is for use by all guests staying in these adjoining cabins.

Dorm Units:

The Lower Unit structure includes six individual carpeted rooms: Mary, Martha, Naomi,Sarah, Ruth, and Rebekah. Each of these rooms has 4 sets of bunk beds that can be separated into single beds.

 

All Lower Units, except Naomi, have picture windows over looking the lake. Bathsheba is a handicap accessible bath/shower facility with laundry room located directly behind the Lower Units. Also using Bathsheba are two new sleeping cabins, Adam and Eve, that each sleep 12 in 6 sets of bunk beds. They are surrounded by trees and are vinyl sided and carpeted.

 

Woodland Units are three heated cement block cabins located in the woods a short walk from the lakeshore and the dining hall. Matthew and Mark are dorm style units that sleep ten in wooden bunk beds. Luke offers a living/dining room with efficiency kitchen with hot running water. Luke has two small bedrooms with a double bed in one and one set of bunks in the other. The Woodland bath/shower building, John, serves all three of these units. There is a pavilion with an outdoor grill and tables located in front of these cabins.