Camp Kootaga

Camp Kootaga is a 634 acre Boy Scout camp on the Hughes River in Wirt County, West Virginia, officially known as the George A. Stevenson Reservation of the local Allohak Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The property was purchased in 1922 by Don Lowe, representing the local active Gim-O-Gash Tribe of the Boy Scouts, and the first formal summer camp was held there that year on the Hughes River for Boy Scout troops from Parkersburg, with Lowe serving as camp director. In 1929, a Kiowa Indian named J. Dougannah helped run the summer camp program, gave many leaders Indian names, and named the camp Kootaga, meaning Good Friends. Since then, Camp Kootaga has served as an active yearlong campground whose main mission has continued to be training and helping develop young men into outstanding individuals and citizens.

West Virginia · United States