PCM was founded in 1942 by Stan and Ann Steinman with the financial support of Hugh Lorne MacKinnon, in order to give university students involved with IVCF the opportunity to spend their summer months sharing their Christian faith with children in a wilderness setting.
Over the following decades, under the leadership of directors Gordon Stewart and Hildy Leverton, PCM increasingly specialized in Christian spiritual development through canoe tripping, which remains a key feature of its summer programming.
The site can accommodate 40 people, and features 9 open-air cabanas and an A-frame lodge that serves as dining hall and multipurpose space.
The daily schedule includes canoe and wilderness skill instruction, and optional activities such as swimming, kayaking, archery, field games, and crafts.
The Leader In Training program is a month long and includes a whitewater canoe trip and a 12-day MacKinnon Island camp session.