Camp Lambec
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| Camp Lambec | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Camp entrance | |
| Location | East Springfield, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41°59′44″N 80°27′12″W / 41.995678°N 80.453377°WCoordinates: 41°59′44″N 80°27′12″W / 41.995678°N 80.453377°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Type | Sleepaway |
| Land | 92 acres (37 ha)[1] |
| Operated by | Camping Association of the Presbyteries of Northwestern Pennsylvania (CAPNP)[2] |
| Established | 1947 |
| Slogan | To know Christ and make Christ known[3] |
| Website | camplambec |
Camp Lambec is a camp located on Lake Erie in East Springfield, Pennsylvania. Located in the historic Erie Triangle, it is just north of Pennsylvania Route 5 and 20 miles (32 km) west of Erie, Pennsylvania. The camp is a 92-acre (37 ha) facility operated by the Camping Association of the Presbyteries of Northwestern Pennsylvania (CAPNWP). In 1947, the property was purchased from the YWCA of Youngstown, Ohio by the CAPNWP. Lambec Pond, and the surrounding wetlands, were created from the damming of Beaver Creek, which flows into Lake Erie.
Background[edit]
Located near Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 314 and the David M. Roderick Wildlife Reserve, Lambec was founded in 1947 by six presbyteries[4] of the Presbyterian Church in the northwestern Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and northwestern New York region. The camp was purchased from the YWCA, to offer programs and offer outreach to the people in the area.[5][6]
At that time, other programs run by the presbyteries were moved from Camp Caledon.[6] The six presbyteries that formed the Camping Association of the Presbyteries of Northwestern Pennsylvania (CAPNWP), a 501c3 charitable non-profit based in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.[7][8] 'LAMBEC' is an acronym of the presbyteries' first initials. The camp was founded to provide a summer camp experience to local Presbyterian youth.[9] Lambec is open three seasons of the year from March 1 through early November. It offers summer programs from late June through early August. Changing times, and economic difficulties, have caused a decrease in camp attendance at this camp, and others in the region.[10]
Lambec is close to YMCA Camp Fitch. It operates in tandem with Westminster Highlands,[11] a larger sized camp also operated by CAPNWP, was founded later.[12]
Lambec Music Camp[edit]
One week each summer the camp offers a music camp. The Lambec Music Camp use trains elementary and secondary school age children in choral and instrumental music as a means of Christian evangelization.[13]
Children throughout the region attend the camp.[14]
Wetlands[edit]
The camp is situated along Beaver Creek[15] that flows into Lake Erie, but when the water from Lake Erie was deemed unhealthy, the small stream was dammed up and a Lambec Pond was created. The pond is suitable for fishing, boating and nature walks, and there is a wetland on the camp property.[16] The camp itself is a designated area along Lake Erie.[17]
The camp sits approximately 29 feet above the elevation of the lake. The wetland is forested and the bluffs that form this part of the lakeshore are composed of lacustrine silt and sand deposited from glacial lakes. The wetland lies in a valley with a small tributary that flows into the lake. The stream was dammed to for the lake.[18]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Camping ministry planned". New Castle News. 1974-05-18. p. 7.
- ↑ "Official website". CAPNP. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
- ↑ "Briefly: Check your Bible for 'Lambec'". The Layman. 2002-03-04.
- ↑ Erie County Park Plan, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Erie County Metropolitan Planning Commission. 1970. p. 7. Retrieved 2014-02-13. Search this book on
- ↑ "Summer camping plays big role in life of youth". The News-Herald. Franklin, Pennsylvania. 1969-07-30. p. 21.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Rev. McMurray to Teach at Lambec". The News-Herald. Franklin, Pennsylvania. 1948-07-14. p. 11.
- ↑ Neal, William J.; Carter, Charles Henry; Haras, William; Pilkey, Orrin H. (1987). Living with the Lake Erie shore. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-0678-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Minutes of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Part 2. Office of the General Assembly. 1960. Retrieved 2014-03-14. Search this book on
- ↑ "Second Church Youth At Camp". New Castle, Pennsylvania: New Castle News. 1957-07-31. p. 2.
- ↑ Weiss, Gerry (2009-06-11). "Camps rough it: In struggling economy, facilities work hard to pack in the campers". Erie, Penn: Erie Times-News. Archived from the original on 2009-06-16.
- ↑ "Presbyterian Camp Season Opens Sunday". Simpson's Leader-Times. Kittanning, Pennsylvania. 1976-06-16. p. 3.
- ↑ Our Organization. Camping Assocation of the Presbyteries of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Search this book on
- ↑ "About Us". Lambec Music Camp. 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ↑ "Black Swamp Arts Council Honors 2016 Scholarship Recipients". The Village Reporter. Northwest Ohio Publishing. 2016-06-20.
- ↑ Shaw, L. C.; Busch, W. F. (1970). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams. Bureau of Engineering. Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. p. 266. Search this book on
- ↑ Biological Services Program (U.S.), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of Biological Services. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. 1981. Retrieved 2014-02-13. Search this book on
- ↑ THE GREAT LAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (June 1975). SHORELINE EROSION AND FLOODING - ERIE COUNTY. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. Search this book on
- ↑ Camp Lambec Wetland. FWS/OBS |Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. 1981. p. 46. Search this book on
External links[edit]
- "Synod of the Trinity". OGA. Presbyterian Church (USA). Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- "Camp Lambec". Camp Business Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- Camp Lambec Pond - November 3, 2013 on YouTube
- "Camp Lambec". The Camping Association of the Presbyteries of Northwestern Pennsylvania. 2002. Archived from the original on April 28, 2002.
- "Old Web Page". camplambec.net.
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