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Camp Michaux

Camp Michaux was a World War II POW camp, located at the current location of Michaux State Forest, near Pine Grove Furnace State Park. This top-secret camp was used from 1943 to 1946 for interrogation of officers and non-commissioned officers (NCO). The camp was used only for this purpose and was not the final destination for prisoners. Originally, German soldiers were interned here, but later Japanese were brought in. Germans and Japanese were housed in separate areas and kept segregated.

This camp was formerly Bunker Hill Farm, a producer of wheat until 1919. In 1933 the Civilian Conservation Corps created this camp and named it Camp S-51. About 200 young men worked here, building those structures later used as the POW camp.

This camp is now part of Michaux State Forest, with only a sign and a few foundations left to show its location. For more information and a schedule of tours and programs to this site, contact King's Gap Environmental Education Center.