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The History of Tinnerman Canoe Base:
Operated as a Boy Scout High Adventure Base from 1963-2010.
Tinnerman Wilderness Canoe Base, more commonly known as Tinnerman Canoe Base, is a "high-adventure base" located on the banks of the French River, in Ontario. Since 1963 the base has been owned and operated by the Greater Cleveland Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Tinnerman Canoe Base is supported in part by the Friends Of Tinnerman / Tinnerman Guide Association.
Tinnerman is nicknamed the "Land of the Joli Voyageur".
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the French River area was a major trade route used to exchange furs trapped in the West with various goods made in the East and in Europe. The Land that the Tinnerman base is located on was owned by Albert H. Tinnerman, inventor of the speed nut.
Boy Scout ownership
After Mr. Tinnerman's passing in 1961, his grandson Bill Buttriss of Cleveland Ohio tried to obtain a commercial license for the camp. The Ontario government said that any one area would support only so many camps and they felt the lower French had enough camps at that time. Though appealed, a license was not possible for the camp.
It was at this time the family decided to donate the camp to the Cleveland Area Scout Council. Two weeks after the formal donation, Mr. Buttriss received a letter from the Ontario government stating that since one of the camps in the area had closed its doors (Rainbow Lodge on Bass Creek), the license would now be available.
(SOURCE: www.wikipedia.com, Dec. 2011.)
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Black Bear at Killarney
Image courtesy of the Friends of Tinnerman/Tinnerman Guide Association and Chris Behl.
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Recollet Falls
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Image courtesy of the Friends of Tinnerman/Tinnerman Guide Association and Mark Musial.
Image courtesy of the Friends of Tinnerman/Tinnerman Guide Association and Scott Kermode.
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