Summer Camps – History
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 – Camp 1 | Nigel Peck |
| 2019 | Niut Range – Camp 2 | Peg Neilon |
| 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 This Year | |
| 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 |