In December 2016, when a contingent from the North Country accepted a $61.4 million package of Regional Economic Development Council grants from the state, Eagle Island Inc. was awarded $498,825. Eagle Island boathouse Camp Eagle Island, also known as Eagle Island Camp, was a resident summer camp located on Eagle Island in Upper Saranac Lake opposite Gull Point. EAGLE ISLAND, INC. 442 Gilpin Bay Road Saranac Lake, NY 12983. For the last year-and-a-half, Eagle Island Inc. has been working to restore its historic buildings for a future youth summer camp. Eagle Island, Inc.has announced that registration is open for Girls’ Overnight Camp on its private 30-acre island on Upper Saranac Lake. Located on its own wooded island on Upper Saranac Lake in New York's Adirondack Mountains, Eagle Island is a youth camp, a National Historic Landmark, and one of the best-preserved examples of Adirondack Great Camp architecture. “They did not tear down walls and put up Sheetrock. EAGLE ISLAND, INC. 442 Gilpin Bay Road Saranac Lake, NY 12983. She said there’s still work to do on foundations and roofs, including on the dining hall and kitchen. PO Box 245 Livingston, NJ 07039. The buildings look much the same as they did in the ’30s, which is pretty incredible.”. Eagle Island is located in Upper Saranac Lake, NY. 97 Main Street. Following the great camp period, Eagle Island was home to a Girl Scout Camp for 70 years and is now owned and operated by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity. A Children’s Camp in the Heart of the Adirondacks. Camp Eagle Island Community, Saranac Lake, NY has 1,013 members. The park features a popular swimming beach, grassy picnic area and more than five miles of trails for horseback riding, hiking or walking your dog. There is also an Eagle Island in Upper Saranac Lake. Michelsen McGovern’s original goal was to help the Girl Scouts reopen the camp, but when that didn’t work, she focused on opening the camp to operate in much of the same way it had before. Paula Michelsen McGovern, center, executive director of Eagle Island Inc., directs volunteers on shingling the roof of a workshop that was built in 1903 on Eagle Island. Shopping Hours: Mon. Michelsen McGovern said the building complex, constructed in 1903, maintains its character from architect William L. Coulter. Privacy Policy The buildings look much the same as they did in the ’30s, which is pretty incredible.”, “They hired architects to give them good advice to treat the buildings properly with preservation, and they are selectively hiring good people in the right skills and experience,”, You Know What …? Accessible Features 2 campsites with accessible privy, picnic table, tent pad and grill. MISSION To inspire and empower girls and young women to be confident, collaborative, and courageous. (News photo — Aaron Cerbone) SARANAC LAKE — The Eagle Island Camp Board of Directors has decided not to hold summer camp activities this year, saying it could not find a “safe and permissible … As a part of the Saranac Lake Islands Campground there are now five campsites.. Full listing of DEC's Accessible Recreation Destinations. (local history), by Howard Riley, The Hunter’s Home: Robert Louis Stevenson and the Saranac Connection, Friends and Neighbors: Everyone has a story. PO Box 245 Livingston, NJ 07039. To inspire and empower girls and young women to be confident, collaborative, and courageous. Eagle Island is a summer youth camp located in Saranac Lake, NY on a National Historic Landmark site. Coronavirus. UPPER SARANAC LAKE — The Girl Scouts operated Camp Eagle Island continuously for 70 years, from 1938 to 2008. Eagle Island Inc. purchased the island in November 2015 from the Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Council for $2.45 million, thanks to an anonymous donor. [Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the amount of the Cloudsplitter Foundation grants.]. Mission. Located on its own wooded island on Upper Saranac Lake in New York's Adirondack Mountai... See More. Sun. Use this popup to embed a mailing list sign up form. Hannah Grill cuts wood for the shower house floor earlier this month on Eagle Island. Privacy Policy 79 talking about this. The mainland camp, now known as Pine Brook, was originally a part of the Morton camp. There is no formal time frame for improvements, but the goal is to open some private family camps there next summer, with the youth girls camp opening in the summer of 2019.