The "Campmasters" of Camp Boyhaven do not share the long history of the "Gophers" although the campmaster role has been played by many volunteers over the years. With encouragement and direction from Council Camping Chairman Jim Burgess, a Boyhaven Campmaster Corps was organized in the early 90’s. For several years a group of two dozen Schenectady and Saratoga District Scouters under the leadership of Bart Chabot worked with the four Camp Rangers who held that post during this period of time. Functioning both as Campmasters and as Gophers, these men realized many successes in program, construction and maintenance activities. The "Boyhaven Historic Trail" was re-opened and expanded to include a total of two dozen "stops".  The garage on the back side of the White House was converted to a bedroom equipped with electric baseboard heat and insulated to the hilt. A number of Campmasters spent weekends at Camp assisting Rangers with unit check-in and check-out and other administrative duties. Several Campmaster/Gopher "Spruce Up" weekends were held to keep up with the never-ending list of maintenance tasks. The Campmaster Corps disbanded in 1997.

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    The primary function of the "Campmasters" is to support the Ranger in satisfying the multitude of maintenance and administrative needs of Camp Boyhaven. 

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    Drew Chesney is currently in the process of re-organizing the Camp Boyhaven Campmaster Corps.  If you are interested in joining the New Campmasters of Boyhaven, please contact Drew at CampDirector@CampBoyhaven.org .