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Overall timeline of Massawepie history before and during the Scout era
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History of Childwold, its founder Addison Child, and the Childwold Park Hotel (later Hotel Childwold)
that operated at Massawepie during 1890-1909
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The Sykes family, who ran the Emporium Forestry Company and Grasse River Railroad in Conifer,
also owned Massawepie
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Events leading up to the 1951 purchase of Massawepie by the Otetiana Council, BSA
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Funding Massawepie (1951), Building Pioneer (1951-52), and Operating the first summer camp (1952)
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Building Mountaineer (1952-53), Building Voyageur (1956-59), Raising more funds, and Operating three camps
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Annual attendance grows to over 3000 Scouts; Forester (4th camp) opens in 1969 on Deer Pond
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Pioneer and Voyageur are closed as camp attendance drops, but Mountaineer and Forester keep going strong
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Troops and staff enjoy having camp options: Mountaineer (dining hall) or Forester (patrol cooking)
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