List of Past Summer Camps
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 |
| 2023 | Big Bar Ranch – Camp 1 | Nigel Peck |
| 2023 | Big Bar Ranch – Camp 2 | Laura Cottle |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Mount Renshaw near McBride – Camp 1 | Don Griffiths |
| 2015 | Mount Renshaw near McBride – Camp 2 | Art WinckersCathy 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. PhilipRoy 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 |
| 1946 | Manning Park | J.J. Plommer |
| 1944 | Pavilion Lake, Marble Canyon | A.H. Bain |
| 1942 | Pavilion Lake, Marble Canyon | A.H. Bain |
| 1941 | Garibaldi Park | John DavidsonBert Brink |
| 1940 | Skagit Valley | John Davidson |
| 1939 | Forbidden Plateau, Vancouver Island | J.J. PlommerA.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 |
| 1932 | Garibaldi Park | John Davidson |
| 1931 | Tenquille Lake | John DavidsonJ.J. Plommer |
| 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 |