While I was one of the original four from Pennsylvania who went to look at the property prior to the purchase of Camp Deerpark in 1968, and continued to support it financially over the years, it wasn’t until around 2000 that I became aware of how much repair work was needed on the buildings. I…

Forest History Camp Deerpark was founded in 1969 when the New York City Mennonite churches purchased the Winkler’s Country Club, which was previously owned by the George Brandt family. In the mid 1970s some logging was done at Camp Deerpark in the Orange Trail area on the south side of Brandt Road. Unfortunately, at that…