 Canadian Communist Party leader Tim Buck was a frequent speaker at the camp, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police monitored activities and goings-on there from time to time through the late 1940s and 1950s.The Mounties were known to 'stake out' the park entrance, recording license plate numbers of those entering for public events.At its peak in the 1930s to 1950s, Camp Kinderland served up to 300 children each summer.