A three-mile motorboat ride across Upper Chateaugay Lake brings campers from our dock site in Merrill to secluded Indian Point, the home of Tanager Lodge.

Among the trees and close by the lake shore stand large platform tents which provide a secure and comfortable home for everyone at camp. Tent groups are arranged by age, gender, and compatibility, with three or four campers and a counselor in a tent. The oldest campers live in two- to five-person tents while their counselor lives nearby. Boys and girls have separate latrines. From the tents, the children enjoy the lakes breezes, listen at night to the loons call, and watch the early morning mist rise. Separating the boys’ and girls’ tent areas are several buildings which house the kitchen, dining porches, shop and handicrafts areas, and infirmary. Surrounding these facilities is a rolling lawn bordered by white birch trees, an organic garden, and the waterfront area.