Welcome to Alton Bay

The Advent Christian Campground, located at Alton Bay, was founded in 1863. It is the oldest camp association in New England. The campground, in the early days, covered four acres of land leased from the Boston and Maine railroad. As it developed, it grew to seventy-eight acres.
In the late 1800's, most of the people staying on the campground lived in tents and held religious services in the pine grove which was located in the middle of the campground. Through the years cottages were built and at the time of the fire in 1945, there were over four hundred. Other additions to the campground, prior to the fire, were a Tabernacle, Book Store (several thousand dollars worth of Bibles, pictures, and literature were lost in the fire), Bakery, Boarding House, and Store. The Tabernacle, and Book Store were lost in the 1945 fire.
In 1967, the Campground suffered the loss, by fire, of the Boarding House and Store.
Considerable rebuilding since both fires will be mentioned in the following interviews.


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