Custom Search     Lake Stahahe     I remember Camp Tamaqua on Lake Kanawauke, Harriman State Park. Lots of memories from there. Says Penny Sandman I spent a few weeks a summer for 4 summers in the early 60s at Camp HES on Lake Stahahe. I loved canoeing on the Lake, swimming each and every day, participating in the Theatre Club (I think we did Carousel and My Fair Lady; I was a 10 year old playing Eliza's father!); I remember Hot Oatmeal covered in milk, sugar and butter every morning and     I remember Zev Stern, a boy from an orthodox family who was a curiosity in our 10 year old bunk because he reached puberty well before any of the rest of us; I remember my couselor Dan and a lovely and beautiful female counselor who was the epitomy of adult grace (she must have been all of 17) who taught some of us the popular folk songs of the day by playing on her guitar, including Blowin In The Wind. I have pictures of myself with my bunk mates, circa 1964, but can't recall the others' names except for Zev! What was scarier than a walk to the latrine up the hill in the dead of night, or more terrifying than the Tale of Cropsy, the deranged man who wielded an ax and searched the camps       for the heads of sleeping boys? One of my fondest memories: hearing the rain pounding the roof of the wood bunk, the smell of the wet woods during a storm, the cool breeze that flowed through the bunk house on one of those afternoons?   Says Neil Kaplan I spent many of my summers at the museum between Camp Hess and Wabinaki. My parents ran that during the 70's and I grew up on that lake. I remember the snapping turtles that we would have brought in that were too big to get into a 55 gal can. They were huge and typically they would get out of the turtle pit that first night and escape. Says Vince Coletta Well here it is the summer of 2012. Tried to find out if S3 Camp Pequot on Lake Stahahe is open for business this summer. Anyone know? Guess I will try and follow my Camp til the good lord calls....Ken Fairchild Says Ken Fairchild I was a member of the German Ski Club of NY. Our summer camp was camp Eureka. This was back in 1956 and up. We use to race our canoes. And when camp Wabenake boys came down with the canoes my sister and I would swim out under water and tip their canoes. Camp Trexler was right next door and on the other side of us was camp HESS. Which was on both sides of the lake. We swam from one side of the lake to the other. Our tent was up over the road and up in the mountain. I was there and saw when the big fire wave burned down our main hall. They said it was spontaneous combustion. We walk many times to the museum where I got bit by a possum. We had two raccoons as pets. And chipmunks were all around. Salamanders were our other fun project to find. We played badminton and had tournaments. Platte was a German game mostly the men played. And of cause we skied in the winter and had races. They were the best years of my life. Oh and of cause catching snapping turtles by their tails. Frog legs was a food some of our people liked. Not me. What ever happened to Camp Hess? And why is the German Ski club leasing out. When I was there we had a large number in our camp. I assume it is less now. I was there about 20 years ago and it was still the same. A place to remember, a place to have experience and a place everyone should encounter in their life. Says Jennifer (Brick) Kelly It's 2012 Does anyone know if Camp Pequot is open this summer (S3)? And if so under what name. Says Ken I remember camp Pratt as a camper in 1955 in the senior unit, then a junior counselor 1957, and a counselor 58-59. Great times director was Hank Bab then Mr. Atterbury, I remember buddy bishop, Lenny Charity, Bill Ross, from l.i.i hung out with great times going to the red apple rest and overnight hikes to bald eagle. Great swimming. Great memories,oh I forgot Mr. March waterfront dicertor. Says Anonymous For those Camp Trexler Alumni who are on facebook, we have a page/group there 102 members strong! We've got campers/counselors from the 50's up to the 80's! Come join us! Says LisaT Looks like all of us ole Pequot campers are in our Seventies... Next time we tilt our glass, lets toast Annie, Mr. Holt, Nursie, Bob Hamlin, Kipper,The old Woodie, The Waterfront gang, the Colony, The Juniors,and all those that went before us at Camp Peoquot. Lost my brother Don this past year. We used to box and cry almost every week.. He'd get home sick and would only be at camp for two weeks. I stayed 8. Wouldn't it be fun to re'open the camp for one season of ole timers like us?? I know I'd go..... Says Ken Fairchild I Went To Camp Pratt For 6 Years In The 50S . I Loved It; I Went Back As A Junior Consular.Bug Juice, Pigs In The Blanket, Yukon Pete Cookouts. Across The Lake Museum With The Snakes, Lookout Mountain, Etc. Green And White Teams, Arts And Crafts On The Island With Leather Belts And Lanuards.It Was Great. I'M 70. I Wish I Could Go Back In Time. 954-980-0347 Says BILL ROSS I 70 years old and remember camp wabenaki from the 50s when it was on upper lake Cohasset and later moved to lake stahahe. Ralph Hittman and his wife Rose ran the camp then. I worked on the water front teaching boating, swimming, and life saving. The summers at Wabenaki will always be in my heart as among some of the best times of my life. Remember George, Richie, and Celso, Harold and Bob B also the Durans, and the kitchen staff. Can't forget the Saturday night socials. Special thanks to Ralph and Rose. Says Don OK campers hear comes a couple more memories for you. Remember hiking up Lookout Mountain or hikes to the iron mines. Boxing & movies Sat. Nights in the mess hall. Three swats with the wet broom! Says Ken Fairchild Kk campers let's hear the cheer! Al-a-mam Al-a-mam cock tay go, ishka ta boomba elka belka spanna spanna rabison al a ka zam yeah! Pequot.Not bad for seventy some odd years ago.....Ken Says Ken Fairchild I drove by and took pic of Camp Pequot last year. Remember hikes to Kenawake Roller rink to skate and hold hands with Mary Hahn from a near by village. I love this web site! Says Ken Fairchild Remember all the songs we sang at Trexler. There's a camp along Stahahe shores...mini ha ha. The basketball games aganist other camps.The huge turtle. Says Craig Kuckens I spent some of the best summer's of my life at Camp Trexler from 1944-1950. I used to spend 8 week's there each yr. I have been back to the camp several times since 1990 & went swimming in the ''CRIB'' last summer (2010) on my way from N. Y. To Pa. After my first visit in 1990 I happened to find out that Dr. Heineken was still alive & living in Middleberry Vt. So I gave him a call & made arrangement's to visit him for a 3 day weekend. His son Mickey was the head coach at Middlebury Collage. When I visited he camp the 2nd time I remembered that I was in ''love'' with the nurse Marion Lore & had carved FK-L- ML in front of the infermry & it was still there 60 yrs later. The Rec. Hall is no longer there, I found out it had burned down a few yrs. Earlier. One time I was there their were children there in the mess hall & it was being used as a DAY CARE. The Council Fire Ring is gone... But the Chief's Chair'' was still there As of last summer the Museum was still there between Camp Pequot which is still in use but under a different name. My best friend's at Trexler were Ned Bosworth & Garhart Grahl my favorite counselor was Dave Eibers (LEG'S) I vividly remember the annual Lake Swim which I done 1 time & won Ice Cream from 3 counselor's The Eureka German Ski Club is still running but they now lease their lots for the season. Says FRED KELLER To Kenny, who posted first on this page. I remember that tragic summer. I was one of the counselors out that night and my friends were in that car. It was a tough summer, but we continued on with our business and hopefully some of you kids still had a wonderful time. Kids? I'm 54 now so Kenny's probably late 40's. Lake Stahahe was a beautiful little lake. Godzilla the snapping turtle lived there. I had him hooked once. Biggest snapper I've ever seen in my life. His front claws were as big as my fingers. Says Jim I think every camp had a ''hike'' to the the Red Apple!!! My brother went to Trexler in the late 60's, I went in the early 70's. My mother went to Mahetu in the 40's and my sister went there in the early 7o's. I was a white kid from Bklyn and my best friend was a black kid from Harlem named ''Dorsey''. I have the fondest memories of those summers in Harriman, however I remember one tragic camp experience. One night, counselors from both camps went for a drive at night and were killed in a car crash. I remember a memorial service held around a campfire the next day. It was my first experience with death. I am now a 25yr veteran of the FDNY and have seen more tragedy than most, but that experience will never leave me. I have so many more wonderful memories of my summers at Trexler, but was wondering if anyone remembers that tragic summer... Says Kenny YMCA Camp Pratt, 2 years, 1958-59. Learned to ''Gunnel'' a canoe. Deep knee bends while standing on the gunnels of the canoe. 65 now and living in Benbrook, Texas. Time flies when you are having fun; boy did we have fun. Says Peter Kau Mr. Holt the Camp Pequot Camp Director used to use me as his caddie when he played golf with friends near Southfield Our pay was Ice Cream. There are too many wonderful memories to recount them all. Bob Hamlin waterfront Director. Kip the head counselor. His wonderful B17 war stories of bombing Germany. Campfires in the baseball field. Turning over the wet leaves down by the craft house for night crawlers to fish with. Learning how to make a lanyard so I could wear a whistle like the counselors. I used to pack my knap sach in anticipation of going to camp somewhere around January 1st. I wonder if the Museum that was on the lake between Pequot and Camp Trexler still exists? After Camp Trexler was the German Ski Camp. I remember the YMCA camp Glen mentioned. Remember what you had to do to be allowed to take a Canoe instead of one of the old wooden grey rowboats. Enough for now fellow campers.. As they say in Pennsylvania ''We are too soon old, and too late smart'' Says Ken Fairchild I spent 7 summers at Camp Pequot from 1948 to 1954. They were the best summers of my entire life. The camp was in Harriman State Park. We were pretty wild at times. Just being boys. The camp was moved to somewhere in Connecticut the year after I left. I'm now 71. Says Alan Buckley In the mid to late 40's my parents sent me to a camp that I think was Camp Pequot in the Catskills. As I recall, we got on a bus at Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. The camp was on the east side of the lake. I remember that (like most camps)they had canoes, and fishing near a dock that had a rectangular area off of it to play water polo and learn to swim. There was a large hall where they held boxing matches and military style tents up the hillside for groups of 10 to 12 of us. There was also a small crafts building. Older campers and counselors would paddle canoes across the lake to go to the girls camp. Does anyone know if this sounds like the same Camp Pequot as on Lake Stahahe? I'm 75 and have wondered over the years what happened to it. Would love help. Says Joe Hoehlein So does anyone know what happened to camp trexler? Thanks Says Steve In the early 50's, I went to Camp Pratt, a YMCA camp on Lake Stahahe, when I was 7. I was terribly homesick. I remember the ''color wars'', where the kids were assigned to either the red or white teams. There was a little island near the store, and we used to catch a lot of bluegills from the little bridge. Everything was painted brown. My counselor's name was ''Linc,'' short for Lincoln. My worst memory was getting a fishhook throuhg my finger. Says Alex Demas I attended camp Pequot in 1948/1949. Mr Holt was the camp director. Howie Kyle was my counselor in the ''colony'' section. I belive St. James Epicopal church in Manhattan was the sponsor of the camp. I remember the cooks from South Carolina. John and Odessa. The feared Annie Washington, who weilded a ping pong paddle after any wise guy camper waiter. Says Ray Does anyone know what happened to Camp Trexler? Thanks. Says Steve I ATTENDED CAMP PRATT IN THE FIFTIES, I REMEMBER BEING BROKEN UP INTO TWO TEAMS, THE GREEN AND THE WHITE. Says ALONZO IVEY I too spent several summer terms at Camp Pequot about the same time as Ken Fairchild and Ingrid Wolsk. I am 77. I see a listing for a Camp Eureka on Lake Stahahe now. In October 2004 I visited the site and saw that the installation I knew as Pequot is still there. I also visited the Red Apple Rest nearby in its last days. The camp's counselors all talked about wild times at the Red Apple. One year in camp a group of us went to the Red Apple. I bought my first pack of cigarettes (Kools) for 11 cents. Says Ken Cowans I was a camper at S2, Camp Nendawen, Orange, NJ - YMCA. Starting in 1959 ending as a counselor 1967. We had softball games with all the Lake Camps at the lake field next to Camp Trexler. Its a beautiful day at Camp Nendawen! Says Michael Sorrell I went to Camp Wabenake back in the early 60's. It was run by Ralph Hitman and his wife Rose. It was part of the Boys Brotherhood republic (BBR) located on east 6th street in Manhattan. I grew up in NYC and remember those days well. I am now 57 but remember it and the counsellors like it was yesterday. Best years of my life!! Says Steve Alexander Ken, I am 78 today, but as a kid, I went to a Fresh Air fund camp on Lake Stahahe. I was told then that there were 16 camps around the lake. I do not remember the name of the camp I was in but I do remember the name of Pequot. It may have been because it was described to us as the widlest of the boys camps. Wild in behaviour that is not wild life ! I guess I was in an all girls camp. I lived in N. Y. C. And was sent here with my sister as part of the program to get city kids out into the fresh air for a while. I still remember the star gazing walks to the lake late at night. Being fearful of water, I was cajoled rather insistantly into learning how to swim, so that I got my Red Cross beginners card. For the resistant like my self we were once taken to a camp on the lake for handicapped children. We saw children missing limbs that could swim. We were then told there is no such thing as I can't. ! A life lession was learned then, I guess. Says Ingrid Wolsk Camps Sebago and Wabenake are both on Wabenake Rd with the latter closer to County Highway 106 Says Lea I'm 73 now but still relive the years spent on Lake Stahaha at then Camp Pequot. That's over 63 years ago. Does anyone know the camps name now? I even still remember the camp cheer. Says Ken Fairchild As a kid growing up in the early 60s my dad use to take us there and I wonder what it's like now. Says Paul I attended Camp Pratt on the lake in the 1950s. It was a YMCA camp back then. Lake was pristine and the fishing fabulous. Says Glen Southwick          Map Detailed Map Marinas Marinas on or near Lake Stahahe Weather Local weather forecast