10The camp property boundaries have existed pretty much as they are since the 1920s.   As far as a can tell there have only been a few owners since that time.  It stayed in the Patten family for years until it was sold to the Kevit family in the 50s or early 60s.  We purchased it from the Kevit family in 2024. 

Apparently, the Patten family were a fairly big deal back in the day.   The pond was originally call Flipper Creek Pond, a homage to Flipper Creek on the east side of the pond.   Somewhere along the way it was changed to Patten Pond.

The cabin was built in 1964.  It appears they used logs from the property to build it.  Some of those logs have significantly deteriorated and will need to be replaced.  The cabin walls are fairly short with the tie beams holding the upper walls together only about 6 feet off the floor.  

The cabin is completely off-grid.  No electric.  There is an outhouse with a floor that feels like it could cave in at any second.  No water other than what can be pumped via a hand pump from the pond.

The cabin was only accessible via row boat from the neighbors property until we added a driveway.  It is about an 10 minute row (300 yards) from the neighbors shoreline to the cabin.  There is now a driveway, almost 1 mile long, that leads to the marsh that you must cross to get to the cabin.  It is 180 feet across the marsh and another 360 feet to the cabin.  Not the easiest access but better than nothing.

The property has about 2,600 feet (over 1/2 mile) of shoreline on the pond.  There are 2 small islands close to shore that I believe are also on the property.  I have not attempted to go on those islands.

The property was advertised as 120 acres and I think it originally was that size.  There have been some plots divided from the property when the Pattens still owned it.   A 1 and 2 acre plot and a 6 acre plot on the pond reduces the actual acreage to 110 acres, give or take.