boat house

The boat house, the quintessential thing most campers remember when they arrive at summer camp. The breeze through the trees and out into the lake. The canoes or row boats rocking gently in port at the dock, while the rustic boat house sits stately perched over the water. In the U.S. the boat house is more widely seen in the north east and on major lakes or rivers like the one in Central Park. Originally the boat house was a Scandinavian tradition of housing fishing boats, where it was a more simple construction of wood and stone while the bottom was a continuation of the beach. Eventually the structure became a symbol of the water and would have light houses or other structures attached. Now, in more populous areas the facility is known to house club houses, restaurants, or other leisure facilities.