Small camp- Big Adventure!

Hidden Bay is smaller than your average camp, each week we host a maximum of 48 overnight campers and 36 day campers. This allows us the room for flexibility as well as adapting our programs to meet every campers’ needs.

This flexibility allows our campers to explore their interests for a little longer, or if the weather changes suddenly allows us to pivot to a new exciting opportunity without disruption to the flow of the day. This also means that community gatherings (meals, campfire, pond time) are less overwhelming for some of our campers.

But what about Leadership?

Everyone participates in our daily leadership lessons, Pond Time.  This is where the counsellors take turns leading a 20 minute session to teach campers about an aspect of leadership, like integrity, communication, trust, and others, as well as courtesy, respect, responsibility, confidence, care and compassion (CRRC3) our foundational leadership principle.

For our youngest children this take the form of attending Pond Time, as well as being expected show their CRRC3 traits, and show responsibility for taking care of their space.

As campers get older, they are provided with more opportunities to try out being a leader, including being the leader in their cabins, as well as spending part of their day doing leadership challenges with the camp leadership team.

As campers become young adults, the Leader in Training (LIT) and Counsellor in Training (CIT) programs allow them to take on formal leadership roles within the camp and prepare them to be leaders in their schools and work as camp counsellors.

There are lots of great reasons to attend Hidden Bay, but these are the two most unique features of our camp and we believe make us a special place and a great choice for your camper.