Owned by the Fort Orange Council, and later the Fort Orange - Uncle Sam and Governor Clinton Councils, the camp was open from 1950-1979.  It was sold to the US government in 1979 and remains open to the public as the Grout Pond Recreational Area, and is a wonderful place to visit.

I spent a week at summer camp there in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 & 1977.  I visited in 1978, but did not attend summer camp.  I was tapped out into the Order of the Arrow at SMSR in the summer of 1974.  I also attended 1 or 2 "Freeze-Outs" at Stratton during each of those winters, staying in Mahikan Lodge.

I also have some Super 8 movies (silent) that I have digitized.  These movies show Stratton in both the summer and winter

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The pictures below are courtesy of Wade Linden.  More later on Wade and his connection to Stratton.

Main Administration Building.  This portion is the Trading Post,

Quartermaster and Staff Dining Hall.

Hawley Park, in front of the Administration Building.

Camp Waterfront.

Camp Waterfront.

A distant view of the Public Waterfront, as seen from the

Camp Waterfront.

Below is Wade Linden's Staff Contract for the 1968 camping season:

Nischa-Nimat Lodge 181 neckerchef