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'Camp Cherry Valley' is a summer camp on the leeward side of Catalina Island, California, operated by the San Gabriel Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It is located two coves north of Two Harbors at Cherry Cove. The camp, valley and cove get their name from the catalina cherry trees native to the island. [1] It also offers non-Scouting programs on a year round basis.
The camp has operated as a Boy Scout camp since the 1920's, but other groups use it as well. The camp is on the ocean allowing snorkling and scuba diving (and there is no swimming pool). Scouts sleep in walled, two person canvas tents set on wooden platforms located up the canyon under the cherry trees.
To access the camp Scouts must take a three-hour ferry ride to cross the 26 mile distance from San Pedro[2] and hike two-miles to the camp from Two Harbors. The camp promotes itself to scouts with the Tribe of Torqua. The "Tribe" was instituted by Council Executive, H. Benjamin "Skipper" Robinson as a special group of honor campers.[3] A popular activity is the hike to Silver Peak, the highest point on the West end of Catalina ().
There is a small silver mine[4] located in the cove left from the time the western part of Catalina Island was full of such mines. The 1935 film Mutiny on the Bounty used the cove as part of its filming.[5]
★ Catalina Island Marine Institute
★ Scouting in California
★ Official Site
★ Camp Cherry Valley Alumni Association
1. http://trees.stanford.edu/ENCYC/PRUNUSlyo.htm
2. http://www.colapublib.org/history/catalina/faq.html#t3q1
3. http://usscouts.org/usscouts/honorsociety/tribetorqua.html
4. http://www.catalinachamber.com/visitor/history.asp
5. Camp Cherry Valley Alumni Association
| Contents |
| Program |
| History |
| See also |
| External links |
| References |
Program
The camp has operated as a Boy Scout camp since the 1920's, but other groups use it as well. The camp is on the ocean allowing snorkling and scuba diving (and there is no swimming pool). Scouts sleep in walled, two person canvas tents set on wooden platforms located up the canyon under the cherry trees.
To access the camp Scouts must take a three-hour ferry ride to cross the 26 mile distance from San Pedro[2] and hike two-miles to the camp from Two Harbors. The camp promotes itself to scouts with the Tribe of Torqua. The "Tribe" was instituted by Council Executive, H. Benjamin "Skipper" Robinson as a special group of honor campers.[3] A popular activity is the hike to Silver Peak, the highest point on the West end of Catalina ().
History
There is a small silver mine[4] located in the cove left from the time the western part of Catalina Island was full of such mines. The 1935 film Mutiny on the Bounty used the cove as part of its filming.[5]
See also
★ Catalina Island Marine Institute
★ Scouting in California
External links
★ Official Site
★ Camp Cherry Valley Alumni Association
References
1. http://trees.stanford.edu/ENCYC/PRUNUSlyo.htm
2. http://www.colapublib.org/history/catalina/faq.html#t3q1
3. http://usscouts.org/usscouts/honorsociety/tribetorqua.html
4. http://www.catalinachamber.com/visitor/history.asp
5. Camp Cherry Valley Alumni Association
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