History
The land on which Camp Tawonga is located today was settled more than 4,000 years ago by Native Americans, likely Valley and Sierra Miwoks. The influence of this settlement can be seen today in many human-made marks on the large boulders on the site which feature many carved indentations. “Tawonga” is a Chitumbuka word from Northern. Malawi meaning “We are grateful. Camp Tawonga was established by Louis and Emma (née Loewy) Blumenthal in 1925 and was originally established in 1928 as separate camps known as Camp Kelowa for Boys, and Singing Trail for Girls at Huntington Lake just below the alpine level at 7,000 feet, located in the High Sierras, 65 miles Northeast of Fresno. Historical photo scrapbooks from those early years were donated by the family of Marcia Edith Blumenthal, their daughter, in 2011 to and can be found at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and life at Bancroft Library at University of California Berkeley. Camp Tawonga moved to its current site on the middle fork of the Tuolumne River in 1963.
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