The only indication of when it was made is that it is preprinted as requiring 1 cent postage, which puts it some time before 1952.

If you know where in Marstons Mills Camp Clark was located, please e-mail the webmaster here. [No guessing!]

I attended as a camper for the summers of 43, 44, and 45, I guess to get me out of my mother's and Grandparent's hair. It was a good experience.

It belonged to the New Bedford YMCA. The photo provided appears as it was in the early 40's. Transportation was provided by a old Ford woody.

This is indeed an old picture of the waterfront at the former Camp Clark formerly owned by the New Bedford YMCA.

It was located on Lawrence Pond [in Sandwich]. I was there from 1962-1969, initially as a camper and finishing as a counselor.

Hello, I know its been awhile since anyone has contacted you regarding this subject, but I ran across your website while doing some research of my own, and there might just be a connection!

If you look on any map of Sandwich for Cove Road you will see that Cove Road's line on the map glides along into a large patch of unincorporated territory, and it's "line" becomes segmented, then winds along through a large empty space on the map between Route 130 and Pickerel Cove section of Wakeby Lake. I saw this years ago and thought it was odd, so I ventured out to see it for myself.

The road was blocked right where the line became segmented, but there are many paths leading into the area, so naturally I followed them. Lo and behold, a quarter mile or so into this path there is an abandoned camp ground! I have been trying in vain to figure out what the name of the camp was, and until I ran across your site, all I had were rumors. Perhaps this is the location you've been searching for?

Now, as I have helped you, perhaps you can help me? Rumor has it, and although rumors are unreliable, the same story comes out of anyone who knows of this campground. As the "legend" goes, a little girl was murdered by a counselor or priest at the camp in the 50's. Maybe this is all nonsense and hearsay, but I have been out there, and the aura is incredibly overwhelming, particularly in the remnants of the mess hall/kitchen, hence my desire to find out what exactly is going on out there.

Hopefully my information can help you, hopefully you or another visitor to your site can shed some light on my dilemma. Anyway, thank you for your time.

I was a camper there starting in 1964 (I was 10), and progressed to C.I.T (counselor in training), to Jr Counselor, to Counselor. The picture is well before my time, but the scene looks familiar with the field behind the beach with a small hill toward the right.

The last year I was a counselor was 1971, as the New Bedford YMCA sold the camp to the Cape Cod YMCA. The New Bedford YMCA needed the money for their new building in New Bedford.

Apparently, they were having cash issues and needed to sell the camp to finance the building. Bummer. Lots of people thought it was absolutely the wrong thing to do.

I then went to Camp Burgess for one more year in camp world. In my first year as a counselor in 1970, I made either $100 or $150 for 9 weeks (one work week followed by four two-week camp "periods").

This was the classic location of the swimming area, positioned all the way inside the cove. There was a year or two around 1966 where the swimming area had to be moved around to the right on the northern edge of the cove because the water level had dropped so much.

Wow, that was awhile ago. If you'd like more info, let me know. I could still tell you the names of the cabins (changed by now??) and I bet my name is still written on the walls somewhere.

I was a camper and counselor there for 7 years in the late 1940's and early 1950's. I have visited the site frequently in the last few years, including a reunion of the former Camp Clark alumni.

The original camp letterhead used Marstons Mills and the post office at Marston's Mills for convenience, even though the camp site itself is in Sandwich.

The camp purchasing was done close to Marstons Mills in the 1940's and the Sandwich post office was in the other direction.

The notion that the postcard depicts a camp in Plymouth is highly unlikely since Marstons Mills is next to Sandwich. The maker of the postcard is not likely to

I am not too proud to say I might be wrong, but I spent many years at CC in Plymouth and the landscape of the waterfront sure looks the same to me.

We have a Camp Clark Reunion (at the camp in Plymouth) on June 12th, 2004 and a couple of real old-timers are supposed to attend.

The picture you show on your website is from Camp Clark in Plymouth. It is the waterfront at Camp Clark.

I am involved with the Camp Clark Alumni group and we have quite a few pictures that would substantiate my claim. I hope this information is helpful, please feel free to contact me.

Given the age of the responses, I'll assume that by now you know all about Camp Clark as the present Camp Lyndon.

As a camper at age 12 and 13, a dishwasher at 14 and a counselor from 15 to 19, I'm here to tell you that it was one of the greatest camps possible.

It was populated by a corps of counselors who had largely been campers themselves, which led to long traditions and a corps of campers who came back for years.

The Photo has to have been at least in the '40's, for by 1951, when I showed up, the waterfront and the equipment, etc. were very different. Also, I never heard the Marstons Mills address, which was always Sandwich.

I know where it was. I was there for about 14 years – 1940 – 1954, as camper, counselor and finally Assistant Waterfront Director.

My best guess is that the year is about 1944 - because the tent just visible on the extreme right (“Tent Two” ) was replaced by a cabin (“Gordon Cabin”) in 1945.

Camp Clark began on that site, operated by the New Bedford (MA) YMCA in 1928 on the former farm owned by a Mr. Clark. It was sold by the New Bedford Y to the Cape Cod YMCA in 1971 (’72?) and renamed Camp Lyndon – as a memorial to the late, youthful Lyndon Lorusso.

The Lorusso family provided funding to the Cape Cod Y to purchase the camp. It’s current address is 117 Stowe Road, Sandwich, MA. Basic info on Camp Lyndon can be found here.

Camp Clark maintained a mailing address in Marstons Mills throughout the 1940's and ‘50's, changing it to Sandwich sometime following that period.

The New Bedford YMCA wanted to sell the site to private developers in the early 1970's. The writer and a group on concerned former campers and staff banded together to prevent that from happening and were finally successful in having the campsite sold to the Cape Cod YMCA.

We are on the case! I believe the Sandwich location is correct. My sister Karol will contact some friends who grew up on Triangle Pond in the late 40's.

Also the Marstons Mills PO Box address makes sense because that was the most convenient location to get mail. There wasn't too much traffic on Race Lane or River Road.

I am told Camp Lyndon was indeed Camp Clark before becoming a part of the YMCA Cape Cod. However, Camp Clark was operated on the current property and the property is located in Sandwich. Camp Clark did maintain a post office box in Marstons Mills for mailing though, so perhaps that's where the connection is?

[Without providing us with their real name [at least we hope it's not their real name], Basic Classic says: "The answer to that question is, Camp Clark is now Camp Linden located in Sandwich, Mass".

Well, this is helpful but it is the answer to another question, and the first question still remains: Where was Camp Clark?

Also, we couldn't find a Camp Linden in Sandwich, but we did find Camp Lyndon. We sent them an e-mail to see what they know about any of this ...]

[Fran gave us the name of a woman in Cotuit who may have more information. We'll contact her to see what she remembers]

[The webmaster contacted them on August 16, 2002 as it looked like it just might have moved from Marstons Mills to Plymouth. Brian Stuart wrote:]

I'm sorry, but we're not the same organization. Our Camp Clark is in Plymouth and is only about 12 years old.

We received a similar inquiry a while ago and I asked some of our long-time staff people, but they were not aware of a Camp Clark on the Cape. I don't think it was a YMCA camp. Best of luck on your research!.