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Appalachian Trail, canoeing down the Connecticut River and biking along the New England Coast. If a Pioneer Village (see Programs, above) graduate is 16 or older at the start of the summer season, they may apply to become a
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Eight years later, in 1894, Incarnation parish raised $ 7000 for the purchase of the farmhouse, an adjacent barn and five acres "to be used for the purposes of a summer home for the poor of the parish." Also that year, a parishioner made a contribution to have a swimming pool installed, complete with
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Incarnation Camp is located in
Ivoryton, Connecticut on 740 wooded acres, which surround a mile-long private lake. Its facilities include a Conference/ Retreat Center that can accommodate 300 guests, campgrounds, a working farm, miles of hiking trails (open to the public Sept.- May), a Nature Center
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Incarnation Camp (overnight camp) range from age 6 to 16. Campers sleep in 16 foot platform tents with their tent mates and counselors. Meals are served in Gibney Dining Hall. Pioneer Village is Incarnation Camp's program for teenage campers, ages 14–15. This program offers a more rustic
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Water flowing from the lake powered the main shop of the company, which became Pratt, Read and Co. after a 1936 merger with a similar operation in Deep River. In early June 1982 the dam which held the mile long Bushy Hill Lake gave way due to heavy rain and drained the lake. That summer the camp
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Incarnation Camp offers many activities (see below) in which campers can choose to participate. In addition to more typical camp activities such as athletics and swimming, Incarnation Camp has full facilities offering expert instruction in arts and crafts, ceramics, culinary arts, woodworking,
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Incarnation's two day camps include Pequot
Sherwood Day Camp and Bushy Hill Day Camp. Campers for both programs range in age from 4–15 years old. Through traditional camp activities and nature exploration, children gain leadership, teamwork and independence skills. Both day camp programs offer
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Incarnation's conference and retreat facilities offer a serene and natural setting that invites guests to relax as they reconnect with themselves and one another. The retreat center hosts a variety of groups throughout the year, including: youth & adult retreats, religious retreats, family
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The mile-long and spring-fed lake at the center of the camp property was created in 1873, when the Clarke family which owned the land at the time allowed the
Comstock, Cheney and Co. piano makers to build a 20-foot dam that impounded a brook flowing through the property.
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Incarnation Center's programs include a year-round retreat and conference center, Bushy Hill Nature Center (which operates Bushy Hill Day Camp for campers aged 6–12), Incarnation Camp (co-ed sleepaway camp for campers aged 6–13), Pequot
Sherwood Day Camp (co-ed
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Messerschmidt. The following year Incarnation Camp was able to rebuild the dam because of a massive fund raising effort garnering donations from alumni and the local community including
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pumps that replenished it with water from Lake
Mohegan, half a mile away. A second home was built in 1895, called Brooks Cottage, which was used specifically for the parish's Bethlehem Day Nursery. In 1925 Incarnation Camp was relocated to St. Johnsland in
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Playground After School, Steward Outdoor School (a residential school for middle school students) and a variety of community-based education and recreation programs. Additionally, Incarnation hosts
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