August 2021
This time of year always reminds me of Camping and swimming. Mary
Angela Lynch Bourquardez was born 1 June
1887, she was the daughter of John and Anna Devine Lynch both of Ireland. She
died 28 October 1947 Tobyhanna, Coolbaugh Twp., Monroe County. She is buried at
St. Catherines Cemetery, Moscow, Lackawanna Co., Pa. I could not find her cemetery stone
but did find the information on her death certificate. I could not find any
information on her husband Alfred Bourquardez, but know they had lived in
upstate New York for a little while.
Mary founded Camp Tegawitha. The camp consisting of 600 acres along Route 611 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County. The camp was from about 1924 until 1994, became the home eight weeks out of the year for girls in the United States and abroad. The camp had cottages, the main house, and a private chapel. In 1929 Constance Applebee introduced field hockey in this country and the Pocono Hockey Camp at Camp Tegawitha started. The hockey camp was three weeks long and many college teams practiced at Tegawitha.
Lake Lynchwood on the grounds of the camp was a manmade lake and was constructed for ice harvesting in about 1906. In 1999 public monies were used to purchase the property and the Pocono Mountian Economic Development Corporation created an industrial park on the Camp Tegawitha property.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIYnij_rnms
https://www.poconorecord.com/photogallery/PR/20100611/news/611009999/PH/1
http://camptegawitha.com/index.html
https://www.pmedc.com/
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1703556/saint-catherine's-cemetery
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