1960-1969

Lakeview Cabin enlarged to house the Camp Director and his family.
Skippers meeting were now held on Sunday evenings.
Third barge purchased and two additional lifeboats acquired from the Steel Company of Canada.
The Tuck Shop was renamed the Trading Post and was open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Approx. 200 persons were treated by the camp nurse and doctor.
Picnic tables used for the first time (as an experiment on the composite troop site).
A new paddle shack was built at the end of the season.
The marshy area (where the Snack Shack was located until 2005) was cleaned up and filled and it was hoped that this space could be equipped with picnic tables for visitors.
First stairs were built from the bottom of the Hub Hill to the top.
Underwater cable was first used to connect telephones at the Camp HQ (Kennabi Lodge) to the programme centre.
116 (excluding composite) Troops camped at HSR: 92 from GTR and 24 others.
438 Swimmer's badges were past at camp.

1962

1963

In May, purchased about 150 acres of the south shore of Kennabi Lake from the Trapper's Cabin to Mud Bay, from Mr. Neil Gregory, described as (see Parcel #3 on map below):
- Concession 5, N 1/2, lots 22 to 25.

The bell tower at the Hub (with the original bell donated by the 101st Toronto Troop which received it from the old Swansea Fire Hall tower) was pulled over by Ernie Tidy and Harry Hutchings and the bell was cracked. The current bell was later secured from a local school house in Haliburton.
Sonaqua Composite troop located on the south shore of Hurst Lake.

1964

Ken J. Cooper (64-68,70-89) became Camp Director
The Snack Shack built was built between the parking lot and the main arrivals/departures dock to provide refreshments, light meals and souvenirs to campers and their families on Saturdays.
Sonoqua composite troop located on the south shore of Hurst Lake and Manitou composite troop located on the north shore of Hurst Lake (who used the Rover Cabin for the leaders).
The weekly regatta was "revived" for Lake Troops.
Staff-in-Training program started with twelve SIT's who lived in tents. The 1964 Administrator recommended that the staff be housed in cabins and that they be paid at least a small amount!

1965

Started to buy aluminum boats.
The Rover Cabin built in the early 1950's at Hurst Lake has become unsafe and is knocked down.
Last year which the Nature Museum operated (in what is now Northern Lights Cabin). This activity was started by Dr. Jim Anderson (54-57?) in the late 1950's.
Composite sites of Sonaqua and Manitou (both at Hurst Lake) were moved to Smokey Hollow and Rover's Rest respectively.
On December 14th parcel #4, a small part (approx. 1 acre) of lot 10, Concession 7, on Drag Lake (see pink dot on map below for general area) is purchased from Thomas Irwin Limited of Burlington for $4,000 for storing canoes and providing access to Drag Lake.

1966

1967

1968

Rifle program started.
The "HSR Bear" starts showing up on the yearly crest.
The first camp telephone switchboard (a restored Type 551) was installed in the Admin office in Kennabi Lodge by Murray Crimless (68-73,81-95). Twenty new acquired and restored mini-crank telephones were also installed and would serve for the next twenty years.

1969