Camp Kotok Update: Up Tomah Stream

August 7, 2025
David R. Kotok
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Today, Camp Kotok campers ventured up Tomah Stream for lunch. Discussions commenced last night under the Chatham House Rule, which allows participants to share takeaways from group discussion but not individuals’ views. Two sessions will be on the record. A brief report follows.

Before everyone else arrived and discussions began, I took the opportunity on Tuesday to head up Tomah Stream to fish and to visit Ray Sockabasin’s cabin, where the group gathered for lunch today. The area is now a destination on our fishing itinerary. It wasn’t always so.

There’s a story about Ray’s cabin and its restoration, dating from 2021:

https://www.cumber.com/market-commentary/east-branch-big-musquash-stream

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