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Mornings at camp are devoted to French language classes and activities: fencing, French cuisine and culture, archery, theater, art, and photography. In the afternoon campers choose each day between swimming, sailing, kayaking, archery, art, rock climbing and sports, all with French vocabulary. Campfires, theatrical and musical productions, beach cookouts, camp-wide games, and astronomy fill the evenings. During the three-week sessions campers board 29-foot Alberg the Triska to seek Orca whales other wildlife that inhabit the Salish Sea. A gala Bon Voyage Banquet and talent show end each session.
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Open House FREE Everyone is welcome Saturday, June 23
 Open House provides a chance for families and friends to tour the island and meet the staff. Campers attending Session 1 may stay over night with full supervision and special activities until other campers arrive on Sunday. A light buffet will be served and the pool and tennis court will be open. Information will be sent upon registration, or, if you just want to visit, contact us by email or phone.
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Session 1 La Révolution Française Sunday, June 24-Friday, July 6 Ages 9 - 16
FULL
Level 1 $1985 Level II $2075 Level III $2260 (multiple fee structure explanation)
 Storm the barricades (with water balloons), sing La Marseillaise, and become Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette for a day. Or be a peasant and demand your rights as you issue your doléances to the king. Search the island for the royalty before bringing them to justice. Participate in the July 4th parade in Friday Harbor and watch the fireworks over Lopez Island. Learn how the American Revolution helped to instigate the French Revolution. Fencing, theater, archery, boating, and sports are all a part of this session.
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Session 2 Les Voyageurs Sunday, July 8 - Friday, July 27 Ages 10 - 16
Level 1 $2745 Level II $3020 Level III $3295 (multiple fee structure explanation)
 Form your own colony, make fire with flint and steel, and venture to neighboring islands as you explore the traditions and travels of the French Voyageurs and Native Americans. Share gifts in a potlatch, shoot bows and arrows, do traditional arts and crafts, and cook outdoors. Overnight trips by kayak, canoe, sailboat, or hiking are offered this session. Celebrate Bastille Day and follow the Tour de France bicycle race.
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Session 3 Le Monde Francophone Sunday July 29 - Friday, August 17 Ages 10 - 16
Level 1 $2745 Level II $3020 Level III $3295 (multiple fee structure explanation)
 Polynesia, Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and Asia: explore other countries where French is spoken. Represent your chosen francophone country with your team as you compete in in the jeux francophonie in your favorite sport and present your region in a World’s Fair of native foods, crafts, clothing, and games. Listen to Cajun music, try Vietnamese food, and paint your face like those in Vanuato. Canoe across the channel to Shaw Island for an afternoon of beach play. All the usual camp activities will also take place.
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Session 4 Les Chevaliers Sunday, August 19 - Thursday, August 30 Ages 9 - 16
Level 1 $1945 Level II $2035 Level III $2220 (multiple fee structure explanation)
 Celebrate chivalry, knights, kings, queens, and dragons from Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde to the Middle Ages. Learn to fence, become Lancelot or Guinevere in theatrical productions, and practice archery and traditional arts and crafts. Go on a quest with your team across the island to find your reward. Use a trébuchet, put on a puppet show, share your special talent during the Spectacle de Jacques Martin, and try traditional sports.
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MULTI-LEVEL FEE STRUCTURE
As Canoe Island French Camp enters its 43rd year, we are embarking on camp infrastructure projects to insure that our facility continues to support our excellent programs. As part of this effort, we have a voluntary multi-level fee structure that allows families to pay more than the base level tuition that has traditionally been requested. Your choice of fee level will be treated confidentially. We thank you, in advance, for your registration at whatever tuition level you are comfortable. We do have a financial aid program for academically motivated children who need financial assistance to attend camp.
Level I is our base tuition level, that requires outside funding efforts to cover the direct and indirect costs of operating, maintaining, and upgrading the camp.
Level II is a higher tuition level that covers about 90% of the true costs of operating, maintaining and upgrading the camp including our low camper to staff ratio and the maintenance and up keep of our buildings, boats, equipment and island infrastructure.
Level III is our highest tuition level that covers all of the true costs of operating camp.
If the session is FULL and you would like to be on a wait list, please contact us at
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