Camp Wopowog-A Walk Back in Time

Please join
The Chatham Historical Society in their "Cabin Fever Winter Talk
Series" on February 1, at 3:00
pm at the  East
Hampton Library, 105 Main St., East Hampton, CT.. Warren
Edwards will give  an illustrated tour of Camp Wopowog.  

Camp Wopowog was a rustic summer resort that
accommodated 400 adult & children campers from the early 1900s
to the early 1960s. Later it became Camp Halburn and Camp Ramah.
In 1969 the state purchased it. The name Wopowog is derived from a
Native American word that means "the crossing place” or "the land
at the narrows." The old camp contained Adirondack style cabins,
tennis & hand ball courts, high-dive platforms, docks, and
boats.

Warren
Edwards grew up at the camp where his father was the caretaker.
He has many stories, photos, and stories to share with the
audience. 

Directions:
From the Stop & Shop on Route 66 in East Hampton go south on
Main St. for approximately .5 mile. The library is on the left
side of the road.

For more
information contact Marty Podskoch at 860-267-2442 or podskoch@comcast.net