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General Information



Camp Name: Promised Land Opened: 5/6/1933
Camp Type: State Forest Closed: 7/1/1941

Alternate Names: Pocono

Location


HISTORIC INFORMATION

County: PIKE
Historic Directions: 14 mi. N Canadensis

Location of Closest
Post Office: Greentown Telephone: Newfoundland
Express Mail: Cresco Telegraph: Stroudsburg
Railroad: Cresco

MODERN INFORMATION

Tourist Region: Northeast
Modern Directions: Promised Land State Park is in Pike County, 10 miles north of Canadensis, along PA 390. The park is easily reached from interstates 80 and 84. The park is within a one to three hour drive from Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Reading, Harrisburg, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, and is about 100 miles north of Philadelphia and 35 miles from the New York and New Jersey state borders.
Current Landholder: Dept. of Forests and Waters

Administrators

NamePositionTenure
David HoldrenSuperintendent **/**/1938 to **/**/1941
E C PyleDistrict Forester **/**/**** to **/**/****
George D StreepySuperintendent **/**/**** to **/**/****

Companies

Company NumberDates Occupied
1399**/**/1938 to **/**/1941
337**/**/1933 to **/**/1935
5463**/**/**** to **/**/****


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