There is so much to discover at Camp Samac, you may need help navigating all your options and opportunities.
Buildings to rent
- Cabins with bunks, kitchens, dishes,
- Cabin 1 (28 bunks)
- Cabins 2, 3 & 4 each with 18 bunks
- Cabins 5 & 6 each with 20 bunks
- Cubland with 36 bunks
- Kitchie Lodge with 80 bunks
- Buildings for meetings & program
- Council Hall Annex and Fireside Room with kitchen
- Admin Building meeting room
- Conlin House – STEM lab and Ham Radios
- Nature & Forestry Centre (program under development)
- Program Centre building
- Woodworking Shop (coming soon)
Campsites to rent
Level grass covered & treed campsites with city water taps and access to privies. Available year round. Accommodation from 20 to 1,000 campers. Each has a campfire pit and 1st load of wood. We have established a new wilderness site that will accommodate 20 for a weekend.
Facilitated programs you can book
- Archery session (3 hours blocks) indoor and outdoor
- Pellet rifles indoor range (3 hour blocks)
- Fire building & lighting
- Shelter building
- Orienteering a GPS navigation
- Snowshoe rental & trial guide
- Stream exploration
- Escape room
Self-guided programs
- Vertical climing wall
- Challenge course
- Hiking routes
- Chapel for ceremonies and spiritual events
- Campfire pits
- Giant Chess pad
- Canoes on Lake Samac (summer)
Activities in a box
Housed in the Program Cabin, there are many boxes of activities you cam bring back to your cabin or campsite to work on over the weekend. Contact the the Program Committee to navigate something suitable for your weekend.
Outdoor pool
Operated by the City of Oshawa from mid-June to Labour Day weekend. Pay as you go. Public swim sessions in afternoon and early evening every day.
Trails to explore
- Sunset Trail
- B-P Trail
- Remembrance Trail
- Jamie Caswell Trail
- Snowshoe Trails – Big Shoe and Little Shoe
Campfires & picnic shelters
Evening Campfire Pit rentals available year round at Beaver Meadow,, Kitchie Lodge and Camp Pits (with access to washrooms)
Picnic shelters available on the west side of Lake Samac / Dam
Trailer storage
A flat grassed area near the Admin building is available for groups to store their equipment trailers. Annual fee and & insurance required.
Annual Events
September – Huck, Duck, Hunt (3rd Saturday)
November – Remembrance Trail, Honoring our Veterans
December – Light the Forest, night hike (early December)
January – Winter Troop Camporee
April – Earth Day (near the 22nd of the month)
May –
August – Join in Jamboree (August long weekend)