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PLEASE BE AWARE THAT AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM OUR REGISTRAR BY APRIL 1, 2019 WITH CONFIRMATION THAT YOUR CHILD HAS/OR HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTED INTO CAMP. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS WE PROCESS ALL 500 REGISTRATIONS.
Please note - once a camp reads "FULL", a wait list has already been filled as well. We are sorry to everyone that wasn't able to make it into the camp of their choosing. We wish we could take everyone! Thank you for your understanding.
Never visited Camp Shagabec before? Our video tour of Shagabec can give you an idea about the place lots of us call home over the summer. To take this video-tour, click on "about" and then "video". You can also see these videos below.
Welcome to our website!
We've set our dates for 2019... go to the "Camps" link to find out what's in store!
- We are a United Church Camp, but campers of all faiths and non-religious campers are welcome. We are located in the beautiful Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park in Southwestern Saskatchewan. During July and August we run seven weeks of age-specific camps, for children from five to eighteen.
- Rental: Shagabec provides an excellent environment for school groups, retreats, conferences, outdoor education, workshops and leadership training. If you are interested in renting the camp, please find our rental coordinator's information under "Contacts". Please note: due to our location within the Provincial Park and their regulations, we cannot rent our camp out for family reunions.
- Our Mission Statement is: "At Camp Shagabec we strive to be a place where campers feel welcome and accepted, and where all may come to experience God in creation and community."
- Each summer over 500 people enjoy the Camp Shagabec experience - come and join us for a week you won't forget!!
CANADIAN TIRE MONEY: At Camp Shagabec we are so grateful for all the Canadian Tire Money donations that come our way year after year. With these wonderful donations we are able to purchase supplies for the Sports Shaq, Property and the Kitchen, etc... We are always on the look out for Canadian Tire Money, so please feel free to drop it off at camp during the summer or contact Kat Fletcher (403) 892 0777 and she will gladly take it off your hands! ;)
2019 News
Care Camp
Jan 1, 2019
Just a reminder: Care Camp begins at 10am on Saturday, May 18. Lunch will be provided. All are welcome to come help get Camp cleaned up and ready for the 2019 season. Hope to see you there!
Next Camp Meeting
Jan 1, 2019
Fall Meeting: Nov 16, 2019. In Swift Current, First United Church at 9:30.
News: Changes to the registration process for next year.
Apr 18, 2019
For the next season, we will be changing some procedures in order to make things more fair for those registering for camp. We will no longer be accepting mail-in forms. On-line registrations will open at 12 midnight, Feb 1st. We will also be building a new camper cabin this year, which will allow us to increase camper enrolment. Thank you for your understanding, and we want to give our love to all campers who were not able to get into Shagabec this year.
Dates Have Been Set For 2019
Jan 1, 2019
Registration officially begins on February 1st, but the dates have been set. PLEASE NOTE: Junior Scampers (unlike most of the other camps) will run from Monday to Friday this year (not Sunday to Friday).
2018 Year in Review
Jan 21, 2019
Camp Shagabec has had another record breaking year! The number of campers keeps going up each year, and we are having to find new ways of accommodating them. The camp saw over 600 young campers over the course of this camping season and over 160 volunteer positions were filled. In addition, the camp had six full-time summer staff members (Alley Mackinnon of Medicine Hat, Heather Caswell of Bracken, Simon Bristow of Eastend, Krista Opheim of Lethbridge, and Dave & Kat Fletcher of Lethbridge) on for the entire summer to manage daily operations of the camp. Camp Shagabec also hosted two wedding ceremonies this year, and we celebrated the 80th birthday of Shagabec with an open house tea. Although most of our campers and counsellors come from the nearby towns and cities, we do get some from BC, Calgary, Saskatoon, and even one annual camper from Halifax!
This year, two new staff cabins were built, and we also constructed a giant gazebo (which acts a craft centre and performance arts centre). We are currently raising funds to build a much-needed new camper cabin, and to renovate the washhouse site (built in 1970). The renovations to the washhouse will not only give it a necessary/sanitary upgrade, but it will also make the site wheelchair accessible. We do not want to pass the burden of site improvements on to the campers, so we are raising these funds separately, as a capital campaign. If you are interested in making a financial donation, we would certainly appreciate any and all assistance we could get in making these additions to camp happen.
This year, two new staff cabins were built, and we also constructed a giant gazebo (which acts a craft centre and performance arts centre). We are currently raising funds to build a much-needed new camper cabin, and to renovate the washhouse site (built in 1970). The renovations to the washhouse will not only give it a necessary/sanitary upgrade, but it will also make the site wheelchair accessible. We do not want to pass the burden of site improvements on to the campers, so we are raising these funds separately, as a capital campaign. If you are interested in making a financial donation, we would certainly appreciate any and all assistance we could get in making these additions to camp happen.
