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What is another name for Ocoee Lake?
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When is check-in and checkout? All sessions begin on a Sunday and check-in time is from 1-3pm Eastern Daylight Time. Checkout is from 9:30-10:30 am Eastern Daylight Time on each closing day. If you live in Central Daylight Time, check-in time is 12 - 2 pm Central Daylight Time, and checkout time is 8:30 to 9:30 am Central Daylight Time.
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In 1920 Glenn Ellis
and a friend were coming back from a retreat in Black Mountain, N.C. They
ended up camping out beside a new lake named Ocoee that had just been
formed a few years earlier by the Tennessee Electric Company. As they
sat around the campfire that night, Mr. Ellis (Chick) had the idea
that this location would make a wonderful place for a boys camp for
the Chattanooga YMCA. In 1923 his dream became a reality when the
first group of campers from the YMCA came to Ocoee.
In the early years
campers stayed in tents and water was carried by hand from a spring
which is still at camp. The activities were mainly swimming and nature. As
the idea and camp proved it's worth, buildings began to replace the
tents. More and more people started using the camp and getting involved
in the idea of YMCA Camp Ocoee. As time went by a two week girls camp
was begun at the end of the boys camp; then in 1967, Camp Ocoee became
coed.
The camp has grown to the point where facilities are open 8 months
a year with Ellis Dinning Hall being available year round. Glenn
Ellis retired in 1958 seeing his dream come a reality not only for
children but families, church groups, civic organizations and other
individuals who use the location in the outdoor setting to appreciate
God's work. At the present time, the camp serves over 1200 campers
during the summer camp and over 8000 a year from families and rental
groups. The same Christian ideals and spirit that Glenn Ellis had
when he found Camp Ocoee are still prevalent today.
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