Schedule for Monday, July 8th, 2019

Hi everyone:

We start the 2019 camps off tomorrow with a perfect day in the sun with lots of fun activities. Here's a look at our schedule:

- The I.P.Y.N.C Staff

Camp 1 2019 Mystery Creature clue 1 and 2

Hi Campers!

Every week of camp we give clues a mystery creature found in St. Margaret's Bay.  The answer will be revealed on Friday after you make their guesses.  Keep you answers a secret until guessing time on Friday.  Here are the first two clues of this weeks Mystery Creature:

Clue 1: There are around 200 these kinds of animals in the ocean around the world 

Clue 2: They can live up to 30 years and are either black, brown, purple, red or green in color.

Good luck in guessing the Mystery Creature!

- The I.P.Y.N.C Staff

Reminder, The IPYNC will be at Chapters on Saturday

Hi everyone

Tomorrow Scott will be diving into St. Margaret's Bay in hopes in finding some interesting sea creatures to show off at Halifax's Chapters on Saturday. I'll be reliving my past life as a naturalist at the NS Museum of Natural History!

Seacreature Touch Tank at Chapters Saturday, June 30!

Hi everyone:

Please join camp owner Scott and Junior Counsellor Zoe at Chapters in Bayers Lake from 12 pm to 2 pm thsi coming Saturday.  You will meet, touch and learn fun facts about moon snail slime, alien dead man's fingers and many more sea creature found lurking in the Bay next to the camp.

Hope to sea you there!

- IPYNC Staff

2019 Seastar Times

Hi everyone:

We are happy to announce that the 16th edition of the camp newsletter has now been published! We are looking for 5 more campers, so please spread the word that we have a few spots left for camps that start now in less than a month!.  Here is the latest Seastar Times containing the camp activities and information in what is sure to be a fun summer on The Bay :)

- The I.P.Y.N.C Staff

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Camp Testimonials

Hi everyone:

We still have about 10 spots to fill in this summer camps, so we are now looking for new campers. Here are some testimonials from Campers, Parents and Staff about the fun we've had here for the past 15 summers on The Bay.    

The Indian Point Young Naturalist Club is a unique, one of a kind summer camp. Scott’s innovative and creative approach gives campers the opportunity to explore what nature has to offer while incorporating fun and lively summer games and activities”

- Karen Bolivar, Camp Counsellor in 2016

IPYNC has featured very prominently in my children's love and attachment to Nova Scotia and the sea. We live abroad but come home every summer in an attempt to maintain roots in Nova Scotia and provide for our children with a sense of belonging to this place. The highlight of each summer is always their week at IPYNC. They have been going to IPYNC for about 8 years now.  First, they attended as campers, then as junior councilors and counsellors and then as campers of the “Big Kids Camp”.

They have learned a great deal about the ocean and the creatures that inhabit it. They have learned conservation and stewardship and a love of the sea. And most importantly, they have just had ‘good clean fun’; something that I sometimes think is lacking in the modern world of a child these days.

IPYNC is a very special childhood experience, one my children will never forget, and that I am eternally grateful for.”

- Mary Shakespeare, parent of three campers who live in Dubai and summer in St. Margaret’s Bay

I like everything [about camp]!  I love all the stuff we do around the ocean like looking for crabs and lobsters.  But, I also really enjoy the laser tag, the bubble slide, and my favourite: the final scavenger hunt at Micou's Island.

-Will, age 10, camper for two summers

If I only do one thing this summer I want to go to Scott's camp.

- Lily, age 13, camper for four summers

I enjoyed swimming every day and the "Amazing Race" event.  It was an awesome week. 

-J.J, age 13, camper for three summers

I am so thrilled this jewel of a camp is available in our own ‘‘backyard’. My children love it, and I am amazed how much they learn about the nature. Scott is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic.  The children don’t even know how much they are learning because they are too busy having fun!

-Angela mother of two campers.

The 2019 Summer Camp Registratgion Has Begun!

Hi everyone:

We excited to announce that there are still a few spaces left for this summer's 16th annual summer camp.  Here are the dates for the two age groups of camps:

Camp 1: July 8th to 12th, 2019 for ages 5 to 12 years of age.

Camp 2: July 22nd to 26th, 2019 for ages 5 to 12 years of age.

Camp 3: August 5th to 9th, 2019 for ages 5 to 12 years of age.

Camp 4: August 19th to 23rd, 2019 for ages 12 to 15 years of age. 

Please contact Scott for more information on registration and the fun we'll be having this summer by email him at  indianptyoungnat@eastlink.ca .

- IPYNC Staff