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Locker Room

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The locker room was built to serve the I-Pool and I-Learners.

Original requirements document:

The design of the locker rooms underwent many revisions.

1959 Concept:

Final Design:

When it was decided that a new pool was required, the locker room was expanded to include more changing space and an office at the front entrance:

The original locker room had a single roof:

As part of the addition, a second roof layer was added which covered both the new and old sections:

Entrance to girls side of locker room:

Interior of Locker Room (mockup):

Behind the far wall was the towel room. This is the towel room exterior:

Sewage from the building drained into a leaching pit in front of the building:

1990s

Demolition of the Camp

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The camp ceased operations after the summer of 1993. In 1995, the city demolished many of the camp buildings and features.

The pools were excavated and removed rather than filled in.

The following buildings were demolished:

Kitchen, Outdoor Patio, Nurse’s Building, Locker Room, all pool buildings, all cabin buildings – except one in each unit area, Garages, Jr. & Sr. A&C, Pottery, Photography, Nature.

The following features were demolished:

All treehouses, all playground equipment (except one swing set in the Muppet area) Mini-Golf. the Tennis and Basketball Courts, Outdoor Stage, Baseball Fence.

Remaining Buildings & Features:

Both A-Frames, commando course, paddleball wall, 3 cabin buildings

1950s, Swim, Swim Club

Locker Baskets

July 6, 2014 ForestValley Leave a comment

After the T-Pool locker room was built, approximately 400 wire baskets were purchased to fit inside the lockers.

These baskets were initially used by Swim Club members in the 1960’s. After the Swim Club closed in the 70’s, some of these baskets continued to be used in the locker room by campers. A large number were stored away in the various swim buildings, but some found other uses around camp.

Many were used in Central Supply. Cabin requisitions were filled and placed in the baskets. Consellors would pick up the baskets and return them – along with any left-over materials – when they were finished their activites.

These are 2 of the actual baskets purchased in 1959:

Some baskets were used to store documents, like this one marked “SEPT 1976”:

This basket shows the original numbered badge. The baskets – made by Andrews Wire Works in Watford, Ontario – were originally bare metal. Some time after they were purchased, many were painted blue. This paint has almost fully worn off: