- City:
- Killingworth, CT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Swimming Pools, Lakes and Ponds, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
Camp Roosevelt: C.C.C. Company #171 operated from May 23, 1933 to March 31, 1937, and worked to develop what was later designated as Chatfield Hollow State Park. It was originally “developed as a Civilian Conservation Corps recreation area within Cockaponset State Forest.”
Source notes
https://www.outandaboutmom.com/2015/06/30/chatfield-hollow-state-park/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/map-widget/ccc-map/
Historical Museum of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Shenipsit State Forest: exhibit information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Lodge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatfield_Hollow_State_Park
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 19, 2018.
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