The registration information for the Summer 2015 camp season at Voyageur Council’s Camp Opemikon is available on the camp’s website. Click here for the Summer Camp Guide , or here for the registration site. Whether its Brownsea, Campcraft or Paddling, there are usually a few youth from 3rd Ottawa at OPE over the summer.
On Sat., Feb.07 2015 the 3rd Ottawa Scouts entered in the annual Heritage Area Klondike Derby which took place at Lac Beauchamp, QC this year.
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This event is in its 51st year, with over 20 challenges ranging from hill traverse and fire skills to physical challenges like the infamous gully crossing. Success demands a high level of teamwork and cooperation.
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We are proud to say that our team of Scouts, a mix of first, second & third year scouts competing as “mongoose patrol” won FIRST PLACE in their category for the event! (Intermediate Category) Congratulations Scouts on a great effort and fantastic result.
3rd Ottawa Venturers supported the event this year, serving 70 litres of hot chocolate at morning & afternoon stations, paying back for their past years of lounging at the HC station.
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Go 3rd Ottawa!
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The 3rd Ottawa Venturer Company held their 2015 Winter Camp Jan 30-Feb 1 at Johnson Lake in the Pontiac.
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We had classic winter weather with lows in the mid -20s. Activities included building a super quinzhee (slept 7), doing some ice fishing, and inventing a new sport…Quinzheebogganing.
Click this link to see a video….Quinzheebogganing
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3rd Ottawa Scouts enjoyed a brisk winter camp Jan 16-19, 2015. With the temperature plunging to -30 Saturday AM, it was one of our coldest winter camps to date. We had to scrounge a bit to find enough snow for our quinzees, but they set up solidly!
With the colder weather, a bit more energy was spent staying warm, but we managed to get in a spectacular star hike with the milky way clearly visible (no moon), some stories around the campfire, and a bit of tobogganing too.
Click through the slides…
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Leaders from all sections (Beavers, Cubs Scouts & Venturers) and 3 members of the 3rd Ottawa Venturer Company participated Jan 1st, 2015 in the Great Canadian Chill…..a quick dip in the Ottawa river.
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This event is a great way to start the year & raises funds to support research & services for families affected by Childhood cancers.
3rd Ottawa was the top group fundraiser for the event!
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Despite some borderline weather, ROVENT 2014 was a great experience for our Company, 003 Venturers. We arrived in darkness to Camp Opemikon swarming with almost 350 Guides, Venturers & Rovers. We managed to find a few square feet to pitch our tents & mingled with the masses at mug-up after munching some brownies (didn’t quite make it to the tastiest treat competition)…
Saturday featured a noble quest, medieval tests of bravery, agility & strength, testing of catapults (the range was a bit short for ours) and a bit of a siege!
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The day ended with a banquet, dance/campfire and as much of The Hobbit movies as the Company could stay awake for….
Sunday started with an offer of service that included transporting the OPE docks for winter storage..apparently they steer just like you’d expect…That’s our guys at the stern.
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Overall an awesome camp, I’m sure we’ll be back next year….
Some more pictures are here…
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On October 06 (a breezy fall night) 3rd Ottawa Scouts hiked down to an investiture ceremony on Westboro beach. Members of the 003 Venturer company provided some ambiance with a beachside fire (well contained of course…we are the good guys). New members of the troop sweated over recitation of the Motto, Law and Promise
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The 3rd Ottawa Venturer company got together for a few hours on the weekend to work on a Trebuchet for the upcoming ROVENT.
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A variety of raw materials were turned into a mobile trebuchet.
With a bit of tuning we are now ready for medieval madness!
Here are a few images
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On Sat., Feb.08 2014 the 3rd Ottawa Scouts entered in the annual Heritage Area Klondike Derby which took place at Wakefield, QC this year.
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This event is in it’s 50th year, with over 20 challenges ranging from hill traverse and fire skills to physical challenges like the infamous gully crossing. Success demands a high level of teamwork and cooperation.
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We are proud to say that our team of Scouts, a mix of first, second & third year scouts competing as “cougar patrol” won FIRST PLACE in their category for the event! Congratulations Scouts on a great effort and fantastic result.
Go 3rd Ottawa!
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We held our annual Scout Winter Camp for Winter 2014 Jan 17-19
Like the previous couple of years we held this camp at the beautiful facilities at Gracefield. We headed out in the morning of January 17 and were setting up tents and piling snow for Quinzees by noon.
Saturday morning was beautiful and after a satisfying boiling-bag meal we excavated our Quinzees.
Check out some video
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Some of the scouts had a chat with coyotes
In the afternoon we hiked up to the look-out (through some pretty deep snow) and did some compass work
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In the evening we had some stories and songs around the campfire under the starry sky
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..before sleeping snug in our Quinzees
It was the first winter camp experience for 8 youth & 2 Scouters and all of us slept in Quinzees
Sunday morning saw us packing up, after working hard to bring down our Quinzees and working on a fire-lighting challenge.
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Here are some more pictures (click to advance)
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