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Camp O-AT-KA is an all-boys camp located on Sebago Lake in Sebago, Maine, U.S. The camp was founded in 1906 by Reverend Ernest Joseph Dennen, making it the oldest continuously run summer camp for boys in the country. It is accredited by the American Camp Association.

History
The camp's founder, Reverend Ernest Joseph Dennen, was an Episcopal priest who was, at the time, serving at the St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church in Lynn, Massachusetts. In the first few summers, he took boys of his parish to the camp, rewarding them for participating in a character building program called the Order of Sir Galahad, parts of which are still used at O-AT-KA today.

The Bungalow, which serves as the summer office, was built in 1907, and the Commons (dining hall), Great Hall (used for all-camp activities and dances), and the rest of the camp buildings were finished by 1930.

Program
O-AT-KA hosts about 100 campers at one time, who are split up into three units: Junior, Middler, and Senior.