Welcome to BillytheBrownBat.com – your source for all thegiddy gossip generated by generations of gals at Chippewa Trail Camp for Girls,the finest camp in Michigan.

 But don’t let me do all the talking! Sign up, log in andstart tattling on your camp buddies. Share a story from when you were at camp,or some embarrassing indiscretion from recently. As you know, I’m a bat, andI’m all ears!

 Biography of Billythe Brown Bat

 William Hornblower Brown Bat is rather cagey about his age.Suffice to say he’s old enough to know better, but young enough to enjoy whatlife has to offer.

 As a teenager, William decided to forgo formality andlegally changed his name to Billy. However, he also added ‘the’ to his lastname, creating a slight rift among the rest of the Brown Bat clan that existsto this day.

 Billy took up residence at the top of the Chippewa TrailCamp belltower in 1927 and began reporting on the activities of all the campersat that time. His small size, flights of derring-do and incredible hearingability made him the perfect reporter of all things embarrassing. If you snuckcandy into your cabin, Billy knew about it. If you wore your bathing suitbackwards, Billy was right there to see you do it. But more than that, he toldpeople about it! The industrious little bat would write his weekly updateletter, then secretly give it to a camper or staff member for delivery.  Every Friday night at camp, a highlight ofthe Log program was the Editor in Chief asking the audience, ‘Has anyone heardfrom Billy?’ 

 Even though Chippewa Trail Camp closed its gates after thesummer of 1984, Billy decided to stay at the bell tower and keep a watchful eyeon the property. In the fall of 2004, the first of several Chippewa Trail CampReunions was held and the ‘letter from Billy’ made a triumphant return. You canfind that letter elsewhere on this site. Since that time, Billy’s been keepingup on the goings on a Chippewa and is proud to launch his first website.

 While he enjoys traveling, stamp collecting and anoccasional pilates class, his first love will always be Chippewa Trail Camp forGirls and his perch atop the bell tower.