CAMP ESSELEN

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1954 SUMMER CAMP BULLETIN
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CAMP TOTOCANO 1927-1934
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CAMP ESSELEN 1938-1953
COUNCILS BEFORE 1933

1938 - 1953
Big Sur State Park

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After Camp Wing was abandoned in 1937 Camp Esselen was constructed in another part of Big Sur Start Park and occupied during summer months.
 
Program handicaps, proximity to civilization, and conflicts of jurisdiction, forced council to request State of California to make reimbursement of the council's $8,000 investment in Camp Esselen, which was done in August of 1945.
 
Camp Esselen continued to be used from 1946 to 1953 for three to four weeks during summer months until the opening of Camp Pico Blanco in 1954.
 
 

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This website is for collecting and displaying history of Camp Pico Blanco, Camp Esselen, Camp Wing and Camp Totocano.