Today were celebrating something a century in the making: the 100th birth-year of Wandawega.Were grateful for the journey that brought us here. From its blue collar start to its recognition on the National Register of Historic Places, this place is a sanctuary of simple, happy times and shared memories. The honor of being listed isnt just ours it belongs to every camper, stagger and storyteller who left their mark here, and is a testament to the enduring spirit of connection, nature, and community. This century milestone is inspiring us to celebrate in a bunch of different ways in 2025 through custom collaborations, heritage products, and events that honor history. Every space, building, product, and event well be bringing you this year will be a tribute to the spirit we try our best to honor: a place where simplicity, creativity, and community thrive. We invite you to join us as we honor the past, and do our best to carry Wandawegas legacy into the future.For all of our supporters, friends, family, campers, creative partners, followers, and our tiny-but-mighty teamheres to the past that built us, the present that embraces us, and the future that calls us forward.Welcome year number one hundred – were ready for ya!.To learn more about our mission of preservation & restoration, visit our Not For Profit at THE WANDAWEGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY at wandawegahistory.orgTo hear the story of the Saints & Sinners that built the place, check out our podcast & book: American Getaway: The Very True, Very Strange Story of Camp Wandawega (Spotify and Apple Podcasts)…In 2025, we mark the 100th anniversary of the original dreamers: it was 1925 when a group of investors and developers from U.S. Bond & Mortgage Company of Chicago purchased the land around a remote lake (called both Otter Lake and Russel Lake) and re-named it Wandawega. And the rest is history.

January 1, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram