Camp Abbot | |
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Deschutes County, Oregon, near Bend | |
Location in the United States Location in Oregon | |
Coordinates | 43°52′23″N 121°26′42″W / 43.873°N 121.445°W |
Type | Military cantonments |
Site information | |
Owner | U.S. Forest Service - public; Sunriver Resort Limited Partnership - private |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
Built by | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
In use | March 1943 - June 1944 |
Demolished | ca. 1945 |
Camp Abbot was a military training center in the northwest United States, located in central Oregon south of Bend. Active for less than sixteen months, the U.S. Army camp was used to train combat engineers during World War II and was named for Henry Larcom Abbot.
A large part of site is now the residential and Resort community of Sunriver, and the rest has been incorporated into the Deschutes National Forest. The only remaining structure from Camp Abbot is the officers' mess hall; now part of the resort and known as the Great Hall, it is used for large conferences and special events.