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Lodge Camp Ondessonk- What Is serendipity and what does it have to do with the Council Ring

What is serendipity and what does it have to do with the Council Ring?

By Pati Egan What does the Council Ring have to do with the word serendipity? First, we need to define the word. According to the dictionary it means the “faculty…
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Wooden bridge over forest trail in autumn.

One of the original four – Brébeuf!

By Pati Egan According to a Newsletter from 2000, a new Brébeuf made its debut as a rebuilt unit.  It was the last of the original four units to be…
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Ahatsistari Girls Unit

Ahatsistari is the big number one…Second to none…No doubt about It…You’ll hear us shout it…Ahatsistari’s number one…

By Pati Egan Seeing the majestic Clydesdale Horses enter Busch Stadium to start the 2026 season is a long-standing St. Louis Cardinals’ tradition. This long-forgotten cheer entered my mind as…
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Smiling girls covered in mud, fence.

The Primitive Units of Couture and Teondechoren – 1969 through 1971

By Pati Egan This iconic picture showing the Primitive Unit of Teondechoren after going through Augustine’s Agony has come to epitomize the spirit of adventure of the staff and campers…
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Goupil Camp Ondessonk (

Looking for footprints…one of the original four – Goupil

By Pati Egan Every time I go to Camp, one of the units I stop and spend some time in is Goupil. When I was a camper, I usually tried…
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Wooden treehouse with people on a balcony.

Amantacha – a unit and a bridge!

By Pati Egan What came first, the unit or the bridge?  I suppose that depends on your definition of the bridge.  Amantacha was the first tree house unit and it…
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