by Maine summer camps. There are 125 of them according to MaineSummerCamps.org. You can scour the listings, but there is only one summer camp on an island in the ocean – Burnt Island, part of Southport Island. Burnt Island’s history of summer camps began in the early 2000s for Maine elementary school students.
Last month, summer camp resumed at Burnt Island Light, completely restored in 2021 and its 200th anniversary observed in November. And, it was free for the 35 summer day camp kids – all from the Boothbay Region Elementary School – who were ferried to and from the island aboard the Balmy Days Wednesday – Friday, July 6-8; 20-22 and 28-30.
