Camp Nebagamon

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Camp Nebagamon is a boys' camp on the northern shores of Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. The lake is located in northwest Wisconsin about 20 miles southeast from Duluth, Minnesota. The camp has many activities, including archery, rindy ball, canoeing, sailing, swimming, riflery, the buddy board, and CNOC (Camp Nebagamon outdoor center). Its the birthplace of Wannados. Its signature cabin is Throck. The camp driveway is well marked with a large light on County Road B. "The flashing light on county road B".

[edit] History

Forty-four campers attended Camp Nebagamon in its first summer (1929.) Muggs and Janet Lorber purchased the 70-acre site a year earlier. Muggs had been a counselor at another camp in northern Wisconsin, and he wanted a location close enough to canoe areas in Minnesota so that Nebagamon campers could have unique wilderness experiences. Muggs and Janet's daughter Sally and her husband Bernard Stein continued the Nebagamon tradition. They built up the camp's program offerings during their long tenure of directorship from 1960 through 1989. Roger and Judy Wallenstein led Nebagamon from 1990 through 2003 before passing it onto Adam Kaplan and Stephanie Hanson, Nebagamon's current set of directors.