Moorecroft
A beautiful park with a special history
Category: History
Kennedy Lodge
Miss Moore built what was to be called Kennedy Lodge in the late 1930s to function as an activity centre for the girls. Beach logs and cement were used as vertical supports. It had a big river rock fireplace at…
Read MoreArchery
Archery was a favourite sport of Miss Moore. She taught women at UBC during her tenure there and so it was a natural extension to include it as one of the activities at the camp. Campers reminiscing about their experiences at…
Read MoreIf the Woods Could Talk
Tucked away in the woods, just south of Miss Moore’s cabin, is a quiet clearing with twenty or so stumps just begging to be sat upon. Was this a meeting place for campers to discuss the wonders of the nature…
Read MoreGertrude Moore
Gertrude Evelyn (Dinty) Moore graduated from the Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression (MES) in 1921. According to his Ph.D. thesis on the school for the State University of New York at Buffalo, John Byl stated “MES played a…
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