Property
The Property
Camp Denman is a developing creative property on Denman Island, British Columbia — 37 acres of forest, field, and oceanfront being thoughtfully renewed as a place for arts, learning, collaboration, and shared experience. Set along Baynes Sound, the property is designed to offer something increasingly rare: a place where people can step away from routine, live and learn together, and create in close connection with land, community, and purpose.
2325 Northwest Road, Denman Island, BC V0R 1T0
A Place Rooted in History
At the heart of the property is the original Elkhaven lodge, a longstanding gathering place that served generations of children and families. Camp Denman is carrying that legacy forward through a new vision for creative and educational life on the property, restoring the site with care while shaping it for contemporary use.
Spaces for Making, Learning, and Gathering
The property is being designed to support a wide range of creative practices, with dedicated studios, classrooms, gathering areas, and shared amenities that together create a cohesive environment for focused work and community life.
The Main Building
The original Elkhaven lodge — two stories of solid construction being restored and reimagined as the creative and social heart of the property. Studios, classrooms, and the kitchen are taking shape within this historic structure.
Residential Property Life
On-Site Tent Lodging
Every overnight participant stays in a canvas tent on the forested property. Tent lodging is included with each residency and balances privacy, community, and connection to the natural setting.
Shared Amenities
Three meals daily from the commercial kitchen. Covered outdoor dining overlooking Baynes Sound. Communal gathering areas and fire pits for evening sessions and informal connection.
Land, Ocean, and Atmosphere
From the forest trails to the oceanfront, from the big open field to the property grounds, the setting is defined as much by its natural environment as by its buildings. The landscape offers room to think, breathe, reflect, and connect — an environment where the experience of place becomes part of the creative process itself.
Grounds, Field & Forest
Beautiful open grounds with a large central field, surrounding forest, and a handful of heritage apple trees that connect the property to the island's agricultural roots.
Oceanfront
Almost 1,000 feet of oceanfront along Baynes Sound, connecting the property to the natural rhythms of the coast.
Outdoor Dining
Covered outdoor dining area overlooking Baynes Sound for shared meals and gathering.
Denman Island
A quiet island between Vancouver Island and the mainland, known for its creative community and natural beauty.
Studio Highlights
The property includes a range of dedicated creative spaces, each designed to support focused work across disciplines.
Recording Studio
A welcoming audio space for music, podcasting, voice, and sound work, designed to hold both technical precision and the creative rhythm of making.
Lounge Learning Spaces
Comfortable hangout spaces for small-group teaching, informal critique, focused reading, and the kind of late-night collaboration that makes camp work.
Art Studio
A light-filled studio for tactile, hands-on practice, where materials, process, and imagination come together in a setting that invites focused creation.
Code & AI Lab
A creative technology space where participants can turn ideas into working tools, digital experiences, and new forms of expression through code and guided AI.
Classrooms
Flexible learning spaces where teaching, dialogue, critique, and collaboration support the deeper life of creative work.
Live Performance Room
A warm, intimate room for live expression, where performance, rehearsal, and shared experience become part of the creative life of the property.
Commercial Kitchen
The kitchen serves as a central gathering place for shared meals and daily connection, while also offering an inspiring backdrop for food-focused content creation, storytelling, and visual work.
Designed for Immersion
Camp Denman is more than a setting. It is a place being intentionally shaped for immersive learning, creative development, and community life. From studio work to shared meals, from structured programs to informal evenings by the fire, every part of the property is meant to support meaningful experience and lasting creative growth.
