{"id":1556,"date":"2025-03-13T20:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/?page_id=1556"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:50:41","slug":"tales-tall-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/tales-tall-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales &#038; Tall Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1954 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/house-at-pooh-corner\/\" target=\"_self\" >House at Pooh Corner<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/house-at-pooh-corner\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-32.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"House at Pooh Corner\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-32.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-32-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-32-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-32-720x477.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Here is a recording of Shirriff girls singing House at Pooh Corner, &#8220;B&#8221; camp, 2001. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-07T21:04:31+01:00\">7 April 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1945 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/memories-of-camp-waseosa\/\" target=\"_self\" >Memories of Camp Waseosa<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/memories-of-camp-waseosa\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Camp-Waseosa.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Memories of Camp Waseosa\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Camp-Waseosa.webp 500w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Camp-Waseosa-300x226.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">\u00a0 The following recollections are copied from the Lake Waseosa Ratepayers&#8217; Association website found here. Originally, the Canadian Diabetes Association rented space at other existing camps throughout the 60&#8217;s including both\u00a0Camp Beausoleil\u00a0on Beausoleil Island and at\u00a0Camp Couchiching\u00a0in Orillia.\u00a0In the Spring of 1971, the Ontario branch of the Canadian Diabetes Association bought the existing property for&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-07T20:16:02+01:00\">7 April 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1925 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/the-bruces-at-camp-hurond\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Bruces at Camp Huronda<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/the-bruces-at-camp-hurond\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Bruces-pic-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Bruces at Camp Huronda\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Bruces-pic-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Bruces-pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Bruces-pic-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Bruces-pic-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Bruces-pic-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Bruces-pic-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Bruces-pic-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Mike and Jack Bruce. The Bruce family has enjoyed a long history at Camp Huronda. Before the Canadian Diabetes Association bought the camp property on the shores of Lake Waseosa, newly diagnosed 10-year-old Mike Bruce attended Camp Illahee in Cobourg, Ontario the summer of 1967. As a teenager, he tried out a two-week session&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-01-07T15:40:36+00:00\">7 January 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1873 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/the-view-from-the-insul-inn-50-years-of-diabetes-at-camp-huronda\/\" target=\"_self\" >The View from the Insul-Inn: 50 years of diabetes at Camp Huronda<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/the-view-from-the-insul-inn-50-years-of-diabetes-at-camp-huronda\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1571\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/051_051.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The View from the Insul-Inn: 50 years of diabetes at Camp Huronda\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/051_051.jpg 1571w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/051_051-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/051_051-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/051_051-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/051_051-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/051_051-720x469.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1571px) 100vw, 1571px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Jan Glozier Diabetes care has come a long way in the past 50 years, and that can be seen through the many changes in diabetes protocols that have happened throughout the years at Camp Huronda. As a camp counsellor, a camp nurse, and later a diabetes educator and chair of the Friends of Camp&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-23T18:49:41+00:00\">23 December 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1870 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/little-cabin-in-the-woods\/\" target=\"_self\" >Little Cabin in the Woods<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/little-cabin-in-the-woods\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Little Cabin in the Woods\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-22.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-22-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-22-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MLP-HurondaReunion-22-720x453.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">When Uncle Don was called on to lead a song, this was inevitably what he sang. Here is a tribute by various alumni.\u00a0 <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-23T17:47:55+00:00\">23 December 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1857 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/shirley-griffin\/\" target=\"_self\" >Shirley Griffin<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/shirley-griffin\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shirley-Griffin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shirley Griffin\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shirley-Griffin.jpg 928w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shirley-Griffin-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shirley-Griffin-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Shirley-Griffin-720x531.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Left to right &#8211; Trevor Smith, Roothie Lowe, Mike Bruce, Jan Glozier, Shirley Griffin \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0by Mike Bruce \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am here to tell the tale of one of the most colourful characters to ever grace the Wilds of Waseosa at good ol\u2019 Camp Huronda &#8211; Shirley Griffin! I was eighteen, soon&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-07T03:03:14+00:00\">7 November 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"blog.php","meta":{"iawp_total_views":106,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1556\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofcamphuronda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}