About
Harold Nashman was born in Toronto in 1927 and was a graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. During his final year of law school, Harold and his mother, Anne Nashman (Bubby Nash), rented Camp Hiawatha. That first successful camping season at Hiawatha sparked what became both Bubby Nash’s and Harold’s lifelong passion and purpose – to open and run a camp of their own. Harold practiced law for five years. At age 30, he took an “early retirement” to devote all his energy to running Camp Wahanowin. From its opening season in 1955 to now, Wahanowin continues to grow and innovate, honouring Harold’s original vision while evolving it to meet the needs of today’s campers. “It’s hard to know where to begin… In 1955, my father, Harold Nashman, and my grandmother, Anne Nashman (Bubby Nash), founded Camp Wahanowin. In 1958, my mother, Yetta Nashman, married Harold and joined the team. Out of my five siblings, I was the lucky one to have experienced camp at every stage of my life – as a baby and young child, as a camper and then as staff, director and owner.