Camp Wahanowin is a summer camp for children set up in Ontario, Canada in 1955. For over 57 years, the Nashman Family, along with their caring and dedicated staff, have provided a significant and memorable camp experience to thousands of children and young adults.Wahanowin is committed to this tradition of giving children the opportunity to establish lifelong friendships, learn new skills, gain an appreciation for the outdoors, achieve independence and be a contributing member of "our" camp community. Wahanowin had been financial successful and has been investing a large amount of its profits back into the camp’s facilities and activities.
Mission of the camp: “Providing an opportunity to create friendships and memories to last a lifetime.”
Camp Wahanowin is committed to provide a safe, enjoyable and exciting experience for all campers in our care. The opportunity to gain new skills through activity involvement as well as life lessons from community living and staff guidance is a fundamental aspect of the camp’s philosophy.
The Camp is spread across a wide area of 150-acre providing a cottage country atmosphere. The camp provides a range of activities like land and water activities, sports, scuba diving, trapeze flying and riflery. The campsite is a rolling countryside made up of attractive woodlots and spacious open fields. Since 1955, the camp has expanded in numbers of campers, property size and the range of facilities it provides to the campers. It was recognized as an accredited member of the Ontario Camping Association and had been a premium camp aimed at the middle and higher income groups. Each day at camp was full of fun and activities. There were both scheduled and choice based activities for children. The Wahanowin camp provided different sessions catering to different age groups. During the full season, the enrolment was maximum and the age group allowed was from 6 to 16. During the full season campers were also given the option