Camp DuPortail is the first step in the Scouting experience with Camping. It is the home to our Outdoor Programs for Cub Scouts. During the Summer the camp offers three weeks of Day Camp, where Cub Scouts will work on advancements, swimming, archery, bb gun, craft instruction and more. Camp DuPortail will also be hosting two Cub Scout Resident Sessions and two Webelos Outpost Sessions (three day, two night program).

Cub Scout Day Camp – Camp DuPortail
Week 1 – June 24 – June 28, 2019
Week 2 – July 1 – July 5, 2019
Week 3 – July 8 – July 12, 2019

Cub Scout Resident Camp
Session 1 – July 14 – July 17, 2019
Session 2 – July 17 – July 20, 2019

Webelos Outpost
Session 1 – July 21 – July 24, 2019
Session 2 – July 24 – July 27, 2019

Southern Berks Day Camp – Daniel Boone Homestead
Week 1 – June 17 – June 21, 2019

A bit of history on the naming of Camp DuPortail
Born in France where he was trained as an engineer in 1776, Louis Lebreque DuPortail (1743-1802) was hired by Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane and commissioned to serve as a Colonel of Engineers in the Continental Army. In November of 1777 he was promoted to Brigadier General. In December of 1777 he helped to select the Valley Forge winter encampment site and was responsible for its fortification.
He returned to France in 1782. He resigned his commission in 1792. As the associates of Lafayette fell out of favor with the French Government, he returned to America in self-exile in 1794. Seriously ill he departed for his homeland in 1802, but died at sea