The story of Camp Kawanhee starts with the lives of George and Raymond Frank. George and Raymond were brothers born near Portland, Maine, but their adult lives had taken them to Columbus, Ohio and Engelwood, New Jersey respectively. Both George and Raymond were involved in youth work- George was a teacher and Raymond, a church youth worker. George began coming to the western mountains of Maine in 1909. On one of his visits, George and his cousin Burt Mitchell shot a deer and decided to take the deer to the top of nearby Mt. Blue for a feast. It was on top of Mt. Blue that George Frank first saw the beautiful Lake Webb. George made regular visits to the lake and when he was married in 1912, George honeymooned on the lake.
