History of Chickagami

Date/Event	Details
6/21/1941 Camp Chickagami Opens	Camp Chickagami opened and was dedicated during a special Dedication Camporee
5/7/1977 Tapawingo Hosts OA Conclave	The area 5B OA Conclave was held at Chickagami that weekend. 8 Lodges attended.
12/1977 Weeklong Winter Camp	A 5-day Winter Camp is held over the holidays.
2/1978 Winterspeil	The concept of an annual council-wide winter camporee / Klondike Derby is started again this year. It would continue for 29 years until the camp closes in 2007. Only one would not be held at Chickagami and was a day event held at Hiram College.
1983 Buildings Moved and Changed	Cook's Lodge moved to Powell; Camp Office moved to Cooks Lodge site; Lincoln Lodge demolished all in preparation for the new shower building.
4/1985 New Shower Building Dedicated	The Rotary Join Hands Committee dedicates a new year-round shower facility. This was intended to allow for more than Scout use of the camp as well as potentially supporting a swimming pool in the future.
5/4/1985 Tapawingo Hosts OA Conclave	The area 5B OA Conclave was held at Chickagami and the new OA Lodge was dedicated that weekend.
9/1985 Frontier Festival	Diamond Anniversary Camporee with reenactors and Native American dancers and historians. The event was featured on the cover of SCOUTING Magazine.
1990 Joint Summer Camp	An experimental partnership with the Columbiana Council where 4 weeks of camp were held at Chickagami then they moved everything to Camp McKinley for two more weeks of camp.
8/10/1991 50th Anniversary Celebration	Chickagami turns 50. A time capsule is buried.
8/6/1994 Tornado	A tornado destroys the C.O.P.E. Course, much of the pines, and floods the lake, taking out most of the docks.
1995 Last Year of Boy Scout Summer Camp	This was the last year summer camp was held. Now part of the Greater Western Reserve Council, summer camp was relocated to Camp Stigwandish in Madison.
1/27/2007 Final Winter Event	The last Boy Scout Winter Event for the Arrowhead District is held at Chickagami.
7/14/2007 Final Retreat	The final retreat ceremony before the closing of camp is held.
10/10/2009 Chickagami Park Opens	The camp is reopened as Chickagami Park under the management of the Geauga Parks District. Pack 101 from Arrowhead District becomes the first unit to camp there.