LODGE AS SEEN BY A CANADIAN ‘TRAVEL’ ARTICLE 1982 – Flash Back Fridays
Strathcona Lodge is Canadian in outlook What you see is what you get. Jim Boulding in the city is the Jim Boulding you’ll meet in the wilds of Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island. Granted, there may be...
View ArticleYouth Potential: an interview with Jim Boulding 1982 – Flash Back Fridays
“The great potential of this country is our young people. There is a real need to have trained staff in these fields to staff other programs. We don’t mind that they go elsewhere. There’s enough here...
View ArticleTERESA STRUKOFF 1982 – Flash Back Fridays
Teresa lived at the Lodge off and on over a period of eighteen years beginning in 1983. Her first visit was to a folk weekend in 1982. She came with her friend and former Simon Fraser roommate Danusia...
View ArticleJANET BRENCHLEY-KRUG summer of 1982 – Flash Back Fridays (#FBF)
Janet was 21-years-old when she worked at the Lodge for four months in 1982. Following in her footsteps, her brother, Derrick Brenchley, came to work for the Lodge two years later. I was an...
View ArticlePARK USE PERMITS FOR TRIPS 1983 – Flash Back Fridays! (#FBF)
Vancouver Island, Canada Strathcona Park Lodge and Outdoor Education Centre P.O. Box 2160, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada V9W 5C9 August 30, 1983 Province of British Columbia Ministry of...
View ArticleTIM RIPPEL 1983 – Flash Back Fridays! (#FBF)
I was accepted in the 4 month Guide program at Strathcona Park Lodge in March of 1983. After the course I was hired and worked six seasons instructing and guiding school groups, and led the COLT -Land...
View ArticlePATRICK FULLER- Flash Back Fridays
Jim had electric lines, water lines, septic pipes and propane all in the same trenches. One day Patrick came upon an outdoor electric socket with water pouring out of the plug. He found out that a join...
View ArticleTop 10 Things to do while you are at the Lodge this summer!
10. Try rappelling at the Lake Bluff 9. Check out the local Waterfalls (Lady Falls, Lupin Falls and Myra Falls) 8. Stand Up Paddle board Yoga on the Upper Campbell Lake 7. Paddle to the mouth of Burman...
View ArticleCome prepared for your fall school program!
Exciting times are happening, you are coming to Strathcona Park Lodge this fall with your school! Some of you will be really excited and some of you will be really nervous and that is alright. We have...
View ArticleKRISTIN FINKBINER 1982 – Flash Back Fridays
My first visit to Strathcona Park Lodge was in August 1982, when I was 16. My cousin Brad Mielke was working at the Lodge as a chef for the summer. I returned as a volunteer in 1989 when I was 23. I...
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