Not right for everyone. Although I do enjoy the inclusive, cultured and liberal values the structure can sometimes be irritating. For example you always have to be with someone else (even to walk to the the bathroom) yeah! Thank you very much but I’m perfectly capable of going to the bathroom myself. Also if someone doesn’t feel like they want to do something don’t make them. I do see that it could be a liability but, it’s an island where am I going to go? At the time I went I was a young camper and it may change as you get older, but I am speaking from my experience and my experience is all that I have. I know that the majority of campers that go here have a great time. I hope that this review didn’t taint your view on camp Nor,wester too much because overall it is a fun experience for most campers.

This is going to be my 3rd year at camp in the 2017 1st session. I have been going since my vagabond year, following my dad who came here all 6 years. I absolutely love this camp. I have developed such strong relationships with everyone I have met. It is such a different experience that is unbelievably amazing. I have loved every moment I spent here. The counselors are very well prepared to make sure you are having the best time you can! I love all the staff, outside of my unit, they are all super enthusiastic. They are all ready to teach us such beneficial life lessons and I treasure every moment I spend. Thank you, Camp Norwester for everything, I cant wait to be back❤️

This is the best place I have ever gone too, I was very scared to come here last year when it was my first time and now I’m dying to go back next year! Everyone is so nice and you just have a blast.

What a great Summer Camp! I just finished my 3rd year 2019, and love the staff and community. The scenery from the forests and ocean is very pretty and tipi living is also very fun an unique!

Wow. What a camp. I would spend my entire life here if I could! The counslers were exquisite and my friends soon became family. I highly recommend you send your children here and they will have my same experience.

My sons have been attending Camp Nor’wester since they were each 9. They are now 12 and 10. Camp Nor’wester has been an incredible experience for each of them. They both grow and mature a lot during their 4 weeks away at camp each summer. Highly recommended.

Wow. My uncle can back his 30 RV right up to the power jack. Very nice to have that. Also my brother can back his boat, a 1976 MFG, easily because of the angle. He caught lots of bass and one musky. Also my uncle can ride his customized golf cart anywhere with its ATV style tires. So Norwester was paradise, as far as Im concerned

The programming + philosophy are inspired by the Kwakwakawakw (Kwakiutl) Nation. The guest cultural adviser is Professor + Curator Emeritus Bill Holm, Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Native Art, Burke Museum, Univ. of Washington, Seattle. Founded in 1935, it became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corp. in 1996. It is located in San Juan County in the Salish Sea.

My name is Carter Halpin and i am an 8 year going camper. Those eight years were probably the best years of my life. I am currently 17, the year after my final year at camp and i still think about it every day. Camp Norwester is unlike any camp. I mean, aside from it being on a San Juan island, getting to live in tipis and the fact that youre there for a whole month! Well aside from that, its still pretty awesome! There is an amazing craft shop with different sections such as, wood shop, clay place, and theres even a hangout area with a whole bunch of bean bags you can sit on and sow something up! Theres archery, adobe oven where you can bake a variety of treats, and it has its very own ropes course and water front filled with even awesomer activities! Now this might sound like a normal camp but it is just extended to a non local place thats extended a little bit. It is Not. Johns island where camp Norwester is located is where i consider almost more of a home than Seattle (where i live) as you are staying there for a month you really grow close to the people around you and when youve gone the maximum 8 years as a camper as i have, not being at camp is like being at a job you hate for eternity; you would do anything to just go home even for just a day. No one can describe Camp Norwester accuratly in a puny little review, no one can. But i can say right now proudly, those eight times i went there, almost 7 months, i could not have done anything better with those seven months and i long to go back. I strongly suggest anyone who is reading this to go at least check out thew website and please go. It was the best thing in the world for me and i hope it is for you too.

The staff are SO rude, I will never waste my money having my kids camp here.

Good place