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The Chewonki Foundation is a
Founded in 1915 as a summer camp for boys, the Foundation now runs a four-month high school program—Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, boys and girls summer camp programs, wilderness trips for teenagers and families, an organic farm, traveling natural history programs where non-releasable wildlife are brought to schools and libraries, as well as week-long environmental education programs for school groups around New England.
The Chewonki Foundation is located on a peninsula between Westport Island and the town of
Chewonki Foundation
Non-profit organizations based in Maine Summer camps in Maine Conservation and environmental foundations in the United States Organizations established in 1915 1915 establishments in Maine Education in Lincoln County, Maine Buildings and structures in Wiscasset, Maine {{Maine-geo-stub
non-profit institution
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in Wiscasset, Maine
Wiscasset is a town in and the seat of Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The municipality is located in the state of Maine's Mid Coast region. The population was 3,742 as of the 2020 census. Home to the Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset is ...
which runs educational programs with an environmental focus.
Background
Founded in 1915 as a summer camp for boys, the Foundation now runs a four-month high school program—Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, boys and girls summer camp programs, wilderness trips for teenagers and families, an organic farm, traveling natural history programs where non-releasable wildlife are brought to schools and libraries, as well as week-long environmental education programs for school groups around New England.
The Chewonki Foundation is located on a peninsula between Westport Island and the town of Woolwich
Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained thr ...
. The peninsula protrudes into Montsweag Bay. The foundation is also a steward of the former Debsconeag Lake camps on Fourth Debsconeag Lake, and the owners of the public Big Eddy Campground off the Golden Road. With their off-site, program-specific properties, Chewonki took possession of several islands in Mid-Coast Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
to keep them available for public
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access.
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Chewonki Foundation
Non-profit organizations based in Maine Summer camps in Maine Conservation and environmental foundations in the United States Organizations established in 1915 1915 establishments in Maine Education in Lincoln County, Maine Buildings and structures in Wiscasset, Maine {{Maine-geo-stub