Camp Pathfinder was established on Source Lake in 1914 by Rochester educators Franklin Gray and William Bennett. Pathfinder has been in continuous operation ever since. Owners Herman Norton, William Swift, Roy Thrall, Mac Rand and currently Glenn Arthurs and Michael Sladden, have stewarded the camp on Pathfinder Island as a simple, technology-free outpost, a unique community in the heart of wild, world-famous Algonquin Provincial Park, from which Pathfinder trippers explore the back country.Young people come to Pathfinder for experiences that last a lifetime. Primarily a summer canoe tripping camp for boys,Pathfinder has become well known in Canada and the United States for its wilderness tripping and staff leadership programs.