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fishing, and additional camp facilities were located on a hill on top of the campus. The hilltop camp consisted of a chapel, barrack style residential cabins, dining hall, & an outdoor covered area for communal events. Every day the boys would wake early, go to chapel, eat a hot breakfast in the dining hall, and engage in activities including archery, rifle range shooting, horseback riding, and boating. Afternoons included a snack time and theology lectures by the
Salesian brothers who ran the camp as well as the similar morning activities. There was a day and resident camp. For resident campers, evenings included an after dinner entertainment consisting of skits or performances by campers or the brothers. An outdoor swimming pool was built in 1977 and used until after the camp's closing in 1998, of at which time it was razed. During the school years the Salesian order hosted Boys' Club for boys 7–15 on Saturdays until 1993 as well.
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