Since 1978

The idea for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Camp stems back to the early 1970s. At this time the Western Pennsylvania Region of the Ukrainian Orthodox League was renting outside facilities to host weekend retreats for the Junior U.O.L. and week-long Teenage Conference program.

In 1976 the Western Pennsylvania Region of the U.O.L., which had established a Campgrounds Fund several years earlier, determined that they would need their own camp in order to achieve their aims for the youth of the Church. A comprehensive search revealed that an existing Y.M.C.A. Camp, approximately 80 miles north of Pittsburgh was for sale. Once the committee determined that this camp was, indeed, suitable for their needs, economically feasible and desirable, the Western Pennsylvania Region U.O.L. proceeded with plans for the acquisition of the camp. Situated on 95 acres along the Allegheny River...