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Summer Camping

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Summer Camping
Written bySam Gesser
Presented byAlan Mills
Louis Thomas
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducerAlan Brown
Production locationMontreal
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release1 July (1957-07-01) –
26 August 1957 (1957-08-26)

Summer Camping was a Canadian musical outdoors television series which aired on CBC Television in 1957.

Premise

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This series, produced at CBC Montreal, featured instructions from Louis Thomas on canoeing, fire starting, fishing, wood carving and other camping techniques. This was accompanied by campfire songs by musician Alan Mills. Children were featured in the studio audience, as the series was intended for young audiences.

Scheduling

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Summer Camping was broadcast on Mondays at 5:00 p.m. from 1 July to 26 August 1957.

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  • Allan, Blaine (1996). "Summer Camping". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2010.