Dartmouth
Area - Camp Harris Facilities
Purpose of the Camp
Camp Harris is operated by the Dartmouth Regional Council through the
Regional Council Camp Committee to provide facilities for Camping and
Scouting to members of the Scouting movement. The camp may be offered
for use by community-based, non profit organizations, with each period
of such use to be approved by the Camp Committee, based on the
organizations merits and availability of Camp Facilities.
Description of Camp
Facilities
Camp Harris is situated some 8 kilometers from Cole Harbour
(intersection of Cole Harbour and Forest Hills Drive) along the
Lawrencetown Highway, turning inland for 1.2 kilometers along the
Mineville Road. The Camp is a forested property on 40 acres of land,
with only a few acres cleared to provide space for buildings and
parking. There is limited walk-in access to a lake and a number of
short trails. The camp is surrounded on all sides by private property (
for example, the access road from the Mineville Road is owned by a
neighbor, Scouts Canada only has a right-of-way'). The untended
telephone at the Camp is listed under Scouts Canada in the telephone
book.
Here is a list of the
buildings in Camp Harris and a brief description
of them.
MacMillan Lodge
Is propane heated, and the central
facility for District and Regional
events (but also available for Group/Section bookings). The building
includes a complete kitchen (with running water, a propane range with
oven and grill, a fridge, a freezer and telephone), two small bedrooms
for leaders (with one bunk bed each), a large hall, and washrooms. This
facility is wheel-chair accessible. Approximately 35 youth can sleep on
the floor in the hall.
Delaney Lodge
Is split interior and purpose: one
side is a bunk house suitable for
'Leaders Only. It is normally used to supplement bunk space for leaders
who have a group in the Wright Lodge or as a central point for a First
Aid Station for large events. It is heated electrically and can sleep
four adults. It is also the office space for the camp committee. It is
equipped with telephone (internal and externally), and a refrigerator.
The other side has a washroom with running cold water and heated with
electric heat.
Wright Lodge
Is propane heated and fitted with
eighteen bunks in a bedroom area. The
building includes a limited kitchen (with running water, a propane
range with oven and fridge),
telephone and a small hall (which can also
accommodate youth sleeping on the floor if required).
Dixon Center
Is also heated with propane. The
building includes a limited kitchen
(with running water, a propane range with oven and fridge), telephone,
small bedroom for leaders (with one bunk bed), and a large hall.
Approximately 35 youth can sleep on the floor of the hall.
Evans Lodge
Is propane heated as well. The
building includes two small bedrooms
with bunk beds, and an open area with a propane range and fridge.
Sleeping is not permitted in the open area, only in the bedrooms. There
is no running water. It is appropriate for use by groups of eight or
less. The fireplace in the building is unsafe for use.
Booth and Fraser
chalets
Are two small cabins without
electricity or heat, fit for summer use
only and fitted with four built-in bunks.
Adirondacks
Six open-on-one-side structures (to
the weather),unheated.
(All 6 have been either rebuilt or repaired by volunteers over the
1998-2000 seasons)
Outdoor Camping
In tents is rustic, with no
developed
or leveled sites. Regional events
have accommodated up to twenty sections totaling 300 campers in tents
on the grounds.
