Mowglis is a seven-week overnight camp for boys aged 7-14. Founded in 1903, It's located in a remarkably beautiful cove on Newfound Lake in central New Hampshire. The camp offers a wide variety of activities including swimming, crafts, riflery, archery, sailing, and dramatics. Boys are grouped together by age in six dormitories. Each "dorm" goes on several day hikes and at least two overnight camping trips to the mountains, lakes, and rivers of northern New Hampshire. There is one week devoted to crew racing in custom-made wood-strip boats. Every boy gets a chance to row for the Red or Blue Crew, and the experience teaches many lessons about sportsmanship and grace under pressure.

Everyone who goes to Mowglis remembers the fun they had and the friendships they made. But behind the scenes the program has been designed to be active and productive, full of learning and challenge. Our goal is to help each boy gain the confidence and strengths he needs to successfully travel the road to manhood. Today, with electronic media invading every aspect of our lives, there is great value in a program that steps back from all that and teaches boys how to lead an active outdoor life. Goodness knows, all that "stuff" will be waiting for them when they return home.

Charlie Walbridge attended Mowglis from 1959-1962 and was a counselor there from 1963-1972. Mowglis was where he was first introduced to the outdoors and where he learned to paddle a canoe. Being on the staff got him started teaching outdoor skills, a job he has continued throughout his life. Later on, after taking up whitewater paddling in college, he became the canoe instructor and introduced this activity to the boys. He is currently a member of the camp's board of directors and was the author of their staff handbook.  He often returns to run the annual "Red Ribbon" whitewater canoe trip.

Here's the information you need to contact Mowglis:

Camp Mowglis

Robert Bengston, Director

P.O. Box 9

East Hebron, NH 03232

phone 603-744-8095

email: director@mowglis.org

www.mowglis.org