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In
1939, a 35-acre site on Lake Erie was
purchased by the Rotary Club of Fremont for
the Fremont Council of Camp Fire Girls. Four
prominent men, all Rotarians, led the move
to purchase. They were Harry Gottron, Sr.,
“Tubby” Caroll, LaMar Christy and Stan
Wolfe.
The site was named Camp Yukita. “Yu kit a”
translated means “a settlement to grow and
flourish in friendly alliance”.
The Rotary Club of Fremont purchased 6
cabins along with the first canoes and
rowboats ever used at Camp Yukita. By late
1950’s, the Club funded the building of 2
new log-type cabins.
Nature’s devastation, many years of wear and
tear on buildings, wiring, waterlines and
shorelines and a change in public thinking
regarding camping for kids, made the sale
inevitable. The equity built into Camp
Yukita, through all those years, became the
purchase and remodeling money for Misty
Meadows in 1976. The new site has more
acreage than the original site.
The Rotary Club of Fremont continues to be
supportive of Camp Fire. In 2000, the Club
funded new chains on the 6 swing set brought
here to Misty Meadows. It was brought here
after the new owners of Camp Yukita offered
to give it back. |
