The Spring 2008 Vol 37 (1) of Discovery, published an article titled, VNHS Summer Camps from the Beginning to the Present by Kitty Castle. Click HERE to see a PDF of the article.

Nature Vancouver (VNHS) Summer Camps

Year	Location	Director or Leader
2019	Niut Range	TBA
2018	McGillivray Pass – Camp 1	Nigel Peck
2018	McGillivray Pass – Camp 2	Peg Neilon
2017	Smithers – Camp 1	Peg Neilon
2017	Smithers – Camp 2	Art Winckers
2016	No camp held
2015	Mount Renshaw near McBride – Camp 1	Don Griffiths
2015	Mount Renshaw near McBride – Camp 2	Art Winckers Cathy Walker
2014	Manning Provincial Park – Camp 1	Nigel Peck
2014	Manning Provincial Park – Camp 2	Don Griffiths
2013	Blowdown Lake – Camp 1	Peg Neilon
2013	Blowdown Lake – Camp 2	Don Griffiths
2012	Butler lake, Niut Range, Chilcotin – Camp 1	Nigel Peck
2012	Butler lake, Niut Range, Chilcotin – Camp 2	Peg Neilon
2011	Waterton Lakes National Park	Nigel Peck
2011	Waterton Lakes National Park	Don Griffiths
2010	Meadow Mountain – Camp 1	Ian McAskill
2010	Meadow Mountain – Camp 2	Don Griffiths
2009	Cinnabar Basin, South Chilcotin – Camp 1	Hugh Hamilton
2009	Cinnabar Basin, South Chilcotin – Camp 2	Cancelled
2008	Smithers Driftwood Lodge – Camp 1	Hugh Hamilton
2008	Smithers Driftwood Lodge – Camp 2	David Foreman
2007	Blowdown Lake	Hugh Hamilton
2006	Monica Meadows, Selkirk Mountains	Hugh Hamilton
2005	Big Bar Ranch, South Cariboo	Elly Brok
2004	McGillivray Pass, near Gold Bridge	David Foreman
2003	Ghost Peak, near Revelstoke	Lorne Payne
2002	Oyster River, Vancouver Island – Camp 1	Lorne Payne
2002	Oyster River, Vancouver Island – Camp 2	Gordon Squire
2001	Cinnabar Basin, South Chilcotin – Camp 1	Gordon Squire
2001	Cinnabar Basin, South Chilcotin – Camp 2	Lorne Payne
2000	Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park – Camp 1	Al Tone
2000	Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park – Camp 2	Lorne Payne
1999	Manning Park	Lorne Payne
1998	Crooks Meadow, Kootenay National Park	Lorne Payne
1997	Joe Lake & Snowy Mountain, Keremeos	Lorne Payne
1996	McGillivray Pass, near Gold Bridge	Lorne Payne
1995	Monica Meadows, Selkirk Mountains	Lorne Payne
1994	Cinnabar Basin, South Chilcotin	Adonna Rudolph
1993	Snowshoe Plateau, south of Barkerville	Dan Phelps
1992	Wells Gray Recreation Area	Dan Phelps
1991	Waterton National Park	Dan Phelps
1991	Denman/Hornby canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1991	Broken Islands canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1991	Redonda Islands canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1990	Manning Park	Al Payne
1990	Meares Island canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1990	Denman/Hornby canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1990	Broken Islands canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1990	Nitinat Lake canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1990	Savary Island canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1990	Village Bay Lakes canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1989	Cinnabar Basin, South Chilcotin	Dan Phelps
1989	Denman/Hornby canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1989	Broken Islands canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1989	Nootka Island canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1989	Megin River canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1988	Spruce Lake, W. Kootenays	W. Paterson
1987	Silver Cup Ridge, north of Nakusp	W. Paterson
1986	Castle Mountain, Banff	W. Paterson
1985	Cancelled due to forest fires.
1984	Chilco Lake	W. Paterson
1983	Clachnacudainn, Arrowhead, Revelstoke	W. Paterson
1982	Paradise Valley, Cascades	J. Philip
1981	Trophy Mountain, Wells Gray	J.Philip
1980	Cinnabar Basin	J. Philip Roy Edgell
1980	Talchako Lodge, Bella Coola	Robert Harris
1979	Helm Lake, Garibaldi Park	J. Philip
1979	Elton Lake, Stein Basin	Norm Purssell
1978	Blowdown Creek, Upper Stein	J. Philip
1978	Lizzie Creek expeditionary	Norm Purssell
1977	Tyaughton Creek	J. Philip
1977	Broken Islands canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1977	Stein Valley expeditionary	D. and M. Macaree
1977	Murtle Lake canoe trip	Dorothy Pollitt
1976	Meadow Mountain	Roy Edgell
1976	Tweedsmuir Park expeditionary	J. Philip
1975	Telkwa, Bulkley Valley	Rosamund Pojar
1975	Warner Pass, Bridge River	J. Philip
1975	Cortez Island – Camp 1	Peg Briault
1975	Cortez Island – Camp 2	W. Paterson
1975	Nitinat Lake canoe trip	Dorothy Pollit
1974	Jesmond, Clinton area	A. Uydens
1974	Cape Scott	C. Bawden
1974	Kluane Park	D. Godfrey
1974	Cathedral Lakes	Theda Mackie
1973	Queen Charlotte Islands	Charles Ney
1972	Jackson Basin, Slocan	John Pinder-Moss
1972	Cape Scott	Norm Purssell
1971	Nemaia Valley, Chilcotin	W. Hughes
1970	Amethyst Lakes, Jasper National Park	Robert Harris
1969	Elizabeth Mine, Shulaps	Bert Brink & R.Harris
1968	Black Tusk Meadows	Roy Edgell & W. Smith
1967	Tulameen	Roy Edgell  R. Wheeler
1966	Kokanee Park	Roy Edgell
1965	Tyaughton	Arnold Greenius
1964	Cathedral Lakes	Norm Purssell
1963	Crown Lakes	Richard Stace-Smith
1962	Larch Valley, Lake Louise	Bert Brink
1961	Oliver-Fairview	Bert Brink
1960	Tenquille Lake, Pemberton	Stewart Bradley
1959	Manning Park	Bert Brink
1958	Cosens Bay, Kalamalka Lake	Bert Brink
1957	Noaxe Lake, Lillooet	Bert Brink
1956	Grouse Nest, Sooke	Stewart Bradley
1955	Black Tusk Meadows	Bert Brink
1954	Nine Mile Creek	Stewart Bradley
1953	Glacier National Park	Stewart Bradley
1952	Denman Island	Stewart Bradley
1951	Cathedral Lakes	Bert Brink
1950	Pavilion Lake	Bert Brink
1949	Akasik-Nikaia, west of Lytton	Bert Brink & others
1948	Tenquille Meadows	No record
1947	No Record
1946	Manning Park	J.J. Plommer
1945	No Record
1944	Pavilion Lake, Marble Canyon	A.H. Bain
1943	No Record
1942	Pavilion Lake, Marble Canyon	A.H. Bain
1941	Garibaldi Park	John Davidson Bert Brink
1940	Skagit Valley	John Davidson
1939	Forbidden Plateau, Vancouver Island	J.J. Plommer A.H. Bain
1938	Liumchen Plateau	J.J. Plommer
1938	Seymour Mountain	J.J. Plommer
1937	Garibaldi Park	H. Selwood
1936	Lucky Four Range	J.J. Plommer
1935	Bootahnie Valley	John Davidson
1934	No Record
1933	No Record
1932	Garibaldi Park	John Davidson
1931	Tenquille Lake	John Davidson J.J. Plommer
1930	No Record
1929	Bootahnie Valley	John Davidson
1928	Garibaldi Park	John Davidson
1927	Garibaldi Park	John Davidson
1926	Cameron Lake	John Davidson
1925	Bootahnie Valley	John Davidson
1924	Savary Island	John Davidson
1923	Bootahnie Valley	John Davidson
1922	Bootahnie Valley	John Davidson
1921	Cameron Lake	John Davidson
1920	Savary Island	John Davidson
1919	Departure Bay	John Davidson
1918	Savary Island	John Davidson