Lac du Bois (camp)

As with all Concordia Language Villages, the Lac du Bois mission is “to prepare young people for responsible citizenship in our global community”.

[1] It is also structured around the values and practices of the CLVway, or the four precepts representing key attributes of responsible global citizenship:[2] The program emphasizes French culture in France and throughout the Francophone world.

Cameroon, Mali, Ivory Coast, Senegal), Northern Africa (Maghreb), the United States (Louisiana and Maine), Vietnam, the Caribbean, and French Polynesia.

Lac du Bois is a total immersion program, and (with exceptions for emergencies) counselors and staff communicate exclusively in French.

Lac du Bois values other areas of learning such as practicing new ways of thinking, leadership, adaptability, collaboration, empathy, creativity, etc.

Village Weekends hosts school groups from across the country who were interested in short-term experiences in French language and Francophone culture within the United States.

The permanent Lac du Bois site is located on Turtle River Lake with several other Language Villages (Skogfjorden, Salolampi, El Lago del Bosque, Lesnoe Ozero, Waldsee) near Bemidji, Minnesota.

This is a Concordia Language Village Evergreen Award presented to Karen "Nicole" Anderson, a longtime Dean of Lac du Bois, for 25 years of service to the organization.

Located near Hackensack, Minnesota, Camp Holiday is the oldest site still being leased by Concordia Language Villages.

Lac du Bois Hackensack is the longest-running French site of Concordia, also hosting the Italian Language Village "Lago del Bosco" during the summer.

The geography of Camp Holiday includes two hills and is located between Mann and Baby Lakes with part of the main road separating the two by just a few yards.