Lake Canadohta Historical Society

Goal: $10,000.00

Specific Need

The Lake Canadohta Historical Society collects artifacts, documents, photos and treasures that define our long and rich history of our resort area. We need safe secure systems designed to protect these treasures that are entrusted to our group. We have been researching and starting the archives for our future museum. We have accumulated a wonderful collection.

WE need YOUR help though. We were delighted when Damon and Billie Jo Higby offered us a great space at the Old Flying D (it was the former snackbar/ Jo Jo pizza shop). They have have been very generous to help us with turning this into a temporary headquarters at a cost we can manage. We plan to open to the public in a few weeks.

We hope you will help us to raise funds to have a permanent museum. We are looking for a safe and accessible place to house our collection that furthers our mission to preserve the past. Funding from Crawford Gives will enable us to keep the lights on in our new Headquarters and start the fund for a permanent home. Your donation will be appreciated by current and future generations of Lake Canadohta.

Mission

To collect, preserve and maintain documents and artifacts relating to and the history of the Canadohta Lake Area and to engage and promote historical educational activities in and around Canadohta Lake, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Profile

An all volunteer organization that is community minded. Lake Canadohta Historical Society since 2020

We have been holding our Historical Speakers Series since 2021. Past speakers included the Hotel with George Eisentrout, Life in Lincolnville with Dale Burgess and Gayle Amann and The Canadohta Roller Rink with Rick and Andy Mason. Also last year we had Baxter Wellmon present on the Founders of Bloomfield Township and the cemeteries and buial grounds. The grand finale last year was Storytellers, Music and Memories featuring a very famous band, The Raiders. We had record attendance.

This year, 2024 we had Leon Sam Briggs as our feature speaker in June. His interesting talk and display of artifacts of Indigenous people in our area really delved into some very interesting questions and answers. We also had Bruce and Carol Mixer- original owners of Camp Athodnac and Dr. Robert Martsolf - a camper at Camp Athodonac. This July presentation was full of campers and even a counselor or two. It was very informative and it solved a few mysteries that we wondered about. They also donated their sizable collection of artifacts, photographs, documents and other camp memorbilia to LCHS.

Our year was super busy with an Ice Cream Social that celebrated the 130th birthday of Canadohta Lake. We unveiled a special collection of Canadohta Lake merchandise. We have new tshirts designed by Lake artist Clair McClain, featuring a Native American in a canoe on the lake. We also have charcuterie boards, ornaments, magnets and coasters that were laser engraved on wood with this same design. These items are sold at reasonable prices and will help us with expenses. We had a couple of pop-up shops where we sold this merchandise too. Look for another pop-up shop on Labor Day weekend.

We had a really fun Mix and Mingle at the Frog Pond in July. We will have another on Thursday August 29 from 7-9. Come meet our members and board. Merchandise will be available.

We also had a great volunteer outing at the Bloomfield Burial Grounds on Lake Road where we learned to clean grave stones with enviromentally safe supplies. See our FB page for some amazing before and after pictures of the tombstones. We will be continuing this as we have adopted this cemetary as the founders of our township are buried there. We will also sponsor sessions to show others how to do this.

This fall we will be setting up a Historical Geo Caching Adventure at the Lake. More info to follow.

We also have Lake Canadohta Historical Society memberships available. An annual membership for an individual is $15. Family in same household is $30 annually. This is good for the rest 2024 and for 2025 too. Individual lifetime membership is $189.40. Lake Canadohta Historical Society members have free admission to events, and a special perk by sitting in the front reserved area for our special Speaker Series and Events.

Our last event is Show Us Your Treasures and an opportunity to get your Canadohta photos and articles scanned so you can have them electonically.
This event will start promptly at 10:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday August 31, 2024 at the Bloomfield Twp Building at 22978 ShreveRidge Road. Come and enjoy what will be an educational and informative look at the history of our lives. For more information contact us at 1-814-440-0146 or email at canadohtahistory@gmail.com. Please check our Facebook Page - Lake Canadohta Historical Society for more information.