Camp McKenzie

Camp McKenzie (HMEUW)

Location: Philadelphia, GA 31808 Harris County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 37.014', W 84° 58.957'

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Side 1:
On this site was Camp McKenzie, a 350 acre tract used for approximately 75 years as the official campsite for the local councils of the Boy Scouts of America. Under the leadership of W. W. McKenzie and Fred H. Schomburg, together with J. Homer Dimon, Jas. B. Key, Dan Joseph, J. Dupont Kirven, H. B. Crowell and J. A. Thomas, Camp McKenzie was incorporated in March 1921. Through the efforts of Frank G. Lumpkin Sr., Sidney Colquitt and many others, funds were raised to purchase the acreage and construct facilities.

Side 2:
In 1965 a group led by Cason J. Callaway, Jr., donated an additional and adjacent 320-acre tract to the Chattahoochee Council. The new area was named Camp Callaway. In 1955, the Council signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 900 acres of land on the West Point Lake and camping facilities have been moved to that location. This marker is erected to honor those men who had the foresight and the will to make Camp McKenzie and Camp Callaway possible for the thousands of boys who learned to love them both and who will forever hold fond memories of their experiences here.
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HM NumberHMEUW
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Year Placed2001
Placed ByOle Scouts of Camp McKenzie and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 11:16pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 689282 N 3610614
Decimal Degrees32.61690000, -84.98261667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 37.014', W 84° 58.957'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 37' 0.84" N, 84° 58' 57.42" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 11143-11215 Whitesville Rd, Philadelphia GA 31808, US
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