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Lac de Conche

Coordinates: 46°15′53″N 6°51′45″E / 46.264722°N 6.8625°E / 46.264722; 6.8625
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Lac de Conche
LocationCollombey-Muraz, Valais
Coordinates46°15′53″N 6°51′45″E / 46.264722°N 6.8625°E / 46.264722; 6.8625
Basin countriesSwitzerland
Surface area0.48 ha (1.2 acres)
Surface elevation1,687 m (5,535 ft)

Lac de Conche is a lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located in the municipality of Collombey-Muraz, at an elevation of 1687 m, close to the French border.[1]

Girl Guides and Girl Scouts World Camp

At the 15th World Conference of WAGGGS it was decided to mark the centenary of the birth of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Guiding, by holding a World Camp with four locations — Doe Lake, Ontario, Canada; Quezon City, Philippines; Lac de Conche; and Windsor Great Park, England, from January 19 to February 2, 1957. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Lac de Conche".
  2. ^ Gosling, Mike. "1957 World Camps" (PDF). SIGMAH.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.