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Fishing for Patience
What do you learn when you learn to fish at Pine Island? You learn to tie a surgeon’s knot, and how to cast from shore and from a boat…
Another Great Summer!
Pine Island’s 2026 season was another great success! Campers earned ranks in their favorite activities, explored the remote Maine North Woods, performed in Campfire skits and Saturday Night Shows, and, most importantly, built…
PIC UVA Connection
More than fifteen years ago, then-director Ben Swan walked into the office of University of Virginia nursing professor Theresa Carroll with a simple question:
Mid-Summer Pine Needle
We are excited to share the Mid-Summer Pine Needle, a collection of articles, trip reports and artwork created by campers during a journalism session earlier this month.




