Camp Shady Oaks - Fun by the Lake Since 1958! For over four decades, Camp Shady Oaks was the premiere youth camp for a summer filled with nature, survival skills, and fun in the remote woods of the Hiawatha National Forest. In 1999, it was forced to close abruptly when tragedy struck.What is now the abandoned location of one of Michigan's most notorious unsolved mysteries gains national attention when former camper Quinn Harstead pens a best-selling account of the events that occurred.The camp remains empty and frozen in time for twenty-three years before Quinn receives an invitation for its grand reopening.Will she return to the place that continues to haunt her memories in search of answers, or will the secrets of Shady Oaks stay buried forever?