Lac du Bois (camp)

Lac du Bois ("Lake of the Woods" in French) is a French language and culture camp at the Concordia Language Villages based in Minnesota. As with the other Concordia Language Village programs, it is a language immersion program. The Lac du Bois experience is offered in Bemidji, MN. A second site, Voyageurs (camp), provides similar language learning with a different curriculum and structure. All Concordia Language Villages programs are accredited by the American Camp Association.

Locations

Permanent site

Entertainment at Lac du Bois.

Lac du Bois Bemidji has a to-scale model of the Eiffel Tower.

The permanent Lac du Bois site is located on Turtle River Lake with several other Language Villages (Skogfjorden, Salolampi, El Lago del Bosque, Lesnoe Ozero, Waldsee) near Bemidji, Minnesota. The site is designed to be as authentically French as possible, with French style architecture, including three sets of cabins named Corse , Bretagne and Provence and with details that reflect the appropriate region of France. The cabins themselves are named after major cities within those provinces. The main building is called Paris. There is also a regulation pétanque or boules court, and a small store that sells authentic European candy and treats.

A notable addition to the Bemidji site is a traditional African Round House, called a "Boukarou". This is a Concordia Language Village Evergreen Award presented to Karen "Nicole" Anderson, a longtime Dean of Lac du Bois, for 25 years of service to the organization.

See also

• Concordia Language Villages

External links

• Concordia Language Villages French programs page