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Above: A music lesson
takes place at Camp
Wannakumbac. Members
The campfire circle is pictured at Camp of Camp Wannakumbac
Wannakumbac. Managers Mitch and take part in a fishing
Sarah-Anne Gustal said that it is the expedition off the west
summer camp’s most popular feature. shore of Clear Lake.
(Tyler Clarke/Trending) (Submitted)

years as a phase they’ve moved past. dates back to Mitch’s childhood, during which he said
It’s in nature, where they can walk out of their that his time at the camp — particularly, bonding with
backyard to a network of trails, where the lake is camp counsellors — stuck with him.
a short stroll away and where the aurora borealis “The counsellors were always my role models,”
shines bright, that they have found their happy place. he said. “From the beginning, camp felt like a place
It’s an environment they’re intent on sharing where I was accepted no matter what.”
with as many other people as possible, through the A camper from the ages of nine through 15, a
efforts of the Riding Mountain Conference Centre counsellor in training at 16 and then a counsellor
and its Camp Wannakumbac summer program they for three summers, Mitch said that he was
now manage. “taught the value of community, leadership, public
Their journey to the 70-year-old not-for-profit speaking … compassion and patience,” among other
camp, situated at the western edge of Clear Lake, valuable skills.

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