CAMP MAKES MEMORIES THAT LAST A LIFETIME.
Hand carved bears have been guarding the doors for longer than anyone can remember.
O-Kwa-Ri-Ga means home of the standing bear, and the bears are everywhere once you start looking. Two of them, carved and seven feet tall, stand at the front door. Smaller ones are cut into the porch railings, into the posts on the stairs, and into the rail that runs the length of the boat house deck.
The Main House went up in 1895. For a stretch of the last century this was a sportsman’s club, and from 1926 it was a boys’ camp run by Frederick Raab of Rochester, who put the standing bear on everything he touched. Later owners rebuilt it carefully, preserving the character of the camp.
Most of the families are returning campers. Please contact us early September for interest and availability, as we often have an open week or two for the following seasons.
ONE CAMP, 3 BUILDINGS
THE MAIN HOUSE
Seven bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a covered porch that wraps a hundred and fifty feet around the house. A stone fireplace in the living room, the Stickley oak table next door, and a kitchen with a Queen Anne wood stove and a breakfast nook in the bay window.
THE BOAT HOUSE
Three slips at water level with the canoes, kayaks and the Sunfish, and life vests available. Upstairs there is a game room with a pool table, shuffleboard table and a piano, and a south facing deck that hangs out over the water.
THE CABIN
A century old structure rebuilt through the nineties in rough hemlock, published in Ralph Kylloe’s book Cabins and Camps. Every room looks straight out at the water.
THE CAMP, ALL YEAR
THE WHOLE COLLECTION
The photographs above are only a part of it. The rest of the camp, season after season, is kept in a gallery of its own.
FOUR DIFFERENT CAMPS IN ONE YEAR
SUMMER
Swimming off the dock, the Sunfish out on the water, and the fire pit going after dinner. Seaplanes take off from the far end of the lake.
FALL
The quietest and, some would say, the best of it. Colour all the way around the shoreline and a fire in the stone fireplace every night.
WINTER
Old Forge and Inlet are a few miles off for snowmobiling, skiing and skating. Come back cold and sit by the fire with the lake frozen out front. We currently do not rent in the winter
SPRING
Mist on the water most mornings, the loons back on the lake, and nobody else around for weeks at a time.
WHAT A WEEK COSTS
We rent by the week, Saturday to Saturday, and a good many families take two or three weeks in a row. New York State sales tax will be an additional cost of 8%.
Dogs may be permitted upon request, permission, and fee.
Summer weeks open for booking the September before. If you want next summer season, write to us this fall.
Rental agreement, PDFOPEN WEEKS
Write to us with the dates you have in mind and we will tell you straight away what is open.
If the week you want is already taken, tell us anyway. Plans change more often than you would think, and we keep a list.
Tell us your week
Send the dates you are hoping for and how many are coming. Two weeks in a row is common.
We answer with what is open
MB and Ron read every note themselves, usually the same day, and will suggest near dates if yours is taken.
Hold it with the agreement
Once you have settled on a week send us the rental agreement and deposit the week is yours.
Summer weeks open for booking the September before, so if you want next July, write to us this fall.
Weekly rentals run Saturday to Saturday. September and October may be taken for as little as three nights.
BEFORE YOU PACK
Beds and linens
Every bed has a mattress pad, pillows, a blanket and a comforter. In the Adirondack tradition, sheets and towels are not part of the rent, so many people bring their own.
If you would rather not pack them, add the linen service and we will have linens and towels waiting for you. You make up the beds yourselves. There is no housekeeping during the stay.
The kitchens
Both kitchens are fully equipped. Pots, pans, utensils, drip coffee makers, paper towels, napkins, dish and dishwasher detergent and dish towels.
There is no disposals in the sinks, we are on a septic system throughout camp.
Some toilet paper is supplied. Bring bar soap, shampoo and washcloths.
Trash and recycling
Guests take their own trash to the Town Dump on Limekiln Road, open nine to six daily except Tuesday (closed for lunch), and daily through the summer.
Recycling sorts into three: newspaper, glass and metal, and rinsed number one and two plastics. Bottle and can deposits can be left at the dump, where they go to the local library.
Fires
Firewood is provided for the fireplaces. For the fire pit on the lawn, use fallen wood you gather on the property or wood you buy in town.
On the water
A canoe, kayaks, paddleboard and a Sunfish come with the camp. Life vests are kept in the boat house. Larger boats can be rented on the lake. Adirondack and lawn chairs are at the docks.
In the house
High speed wireless runs through all three buildings. There are two televisions in the Main House, two telvisions in the Cabin, and one in the Boat House
WRITE TO MB AND RON
Tell us the week you have in mind and how many are coming and make-up of your group. We read and answer every note ourselves, usually as fast as we can.
Inlet, New York
Your note is on its way to MB and Ron. You will hear back, usually the same day.