Cedar Campus

Cedar Campus is an Intervarsity camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It also holds family camps in the summer.

Geography

Cedar Campus is located in Prentiss Bay on Lake Huron. It is a couple miles east of Port Dolomite quarry on M-134. It is mostly wooded area. Old Mill Point and Mariner's Cove are located across the bay from each other. Both sides have small beaches for boating and wading and there is another bigger beach called Sandy Cove that is separated from Prentiss Bay by Whitefish Point and is directly connected to Lake Huron.

History

The site where Cedar Campus Old Mill Point is located was once an old sawmill. As a result there is a lot of driftwood. Cedar Campus was started about 1954 with the North Shore Area. North Shore is now joined with Mariner's Cove and Old Mill Point.

Old Mill Point

Old Mill Point is on the west side of Prentiss Bay. It is mostly in the Inner Bay and is where most of the boats are moored. It is also home of Sandy Cove, Narnia, and Whitefish Point.

Accomadations at Old Mill Point

Willoughby LodgeWilloughby Lodge is the main building at Old Mill Point and is home to the dining hall.

CabinsCedar Campus is home to cabins for people who don't mind a short walk to breakfast. The cabins include Deck, Bayview, Beach, Harwood, Deer Trail, Gnomes Home and Elf Shelve(duplex), and Cedar Nook. There are also a couple Point Cabins that are right before the Whitefish Point Trail.

Mariner's Cove

Mariner's Cove is located across the bay to the east of Old Mill Point. It is home to Taylor Lodge.

Recreation

BoatingBoating is popular at Cedar Campus, both large boats and small boats. Both sides once had a mainly canoe fleet of small boats but replaced most oof them with kayaks. Sunfish are also very popular and regattas are often held. Larger boats include the Dawn Treader, a large sailboat which is sailed by the rec crew, and the Floating Bear which is used to ferry People across the bay to the other side.

HikingHiking trails include Narnia, Gnomes Rock Trail, Whitefish Point Trail, and Birch Trail. Narnia is a long trail but is rewarding at the end. Gnomes Rock Trail branches off of the Whitefish Point Trail and goes to Gnomes Rock, a large rock full of holes where people place painted rocks called Gnomes. Whitefish Point Trail goes in a loop to the end of the point and back. Birch Trail is a trail that goes to Sandy Cove.

OtherThere is also a wood fueled sauna at Old Mill Point. Old Mill Point also has H.J. Taylor Pool. Both sides have rec halls with table games like foosball, Ping Pong, and Pool. Both sides also have carpetball tables. They also have a volleyball court on both sides and a basketball court at Old Mill Point.

Traditions

Cedar Campus is also home to tradition. One tradition is ringing a bell for meal times. A tradition at Willoughby Lodge is hanging the pennants from colleges whose students attend camp.

Book

In 2008 the book "From a Kite" was written by Daniel Harman,a Cedar Campus mechanic, and his wife, Kelly Harman with pictures of Cedar Campus and the Les Cheanaux area that were taken using kite aerial photography.

Website

Official site [http://www.intervarsity.org/cedar/]