Judge Cameron W. Wolfe

Commemorative

Cameron Wolfe was one of several founding fathers of the Lake Tahoe Park Association He had a great impact on the success of our park. To name a few, but not all of the founding individuals are:

William L. Lambert
Warren Sanford
Charles Snook
A.J. Caton
Gladys Friday

These individuals were instrumental in ensuring the existence of the park and created the Articles of Incorporation and By Laws in 1937.

On November 29, 1913, William J. G. Lambert received a Grant Deed from the Tahoe Park Land and Water Company to hold the park property in trust for recreational purposes for property owners who owned property in one square mile, known as Section 13, Township 15N, Range 16E of the MDB & M, now also known as Tahoe Park, Talmont and Tahoe Woods Subdivisions.

In 1950 Cameron Wolfe started visiting Tahoe Park. He came to Tahoe every year thereafter until the year 2002, when he passed away. He built his home in 1958 and it is still owned and used by his wife, Jean and his two sons, Cameron and Bruce.

Cameron became highly involved in the Association activities in the late 50’s. He recognized the need to maintain and control the Trust property when Placer County attempted to condemn the property and set it aside for public use. The park needed protection against this action and had to have financial support from the membership to ensure its preservation.

To achieve the legal protection and financial needs of the Association, Cameron initiated a court action and filed it in the Superior Court of Placer County. An insert from the court document reads as follows:

“That at the time of the creation of the trust, the trust property was located in an area that was relatively primitive, with no permanent residents and very few summer visitors: that roads were very primitive and access to the area was most difficult: that boats on the lake were few: that very few people used the lake: that today the conditions have changed considerably: roads are good and access is easy: that the boats have increased tremendously and that the use of the lake has increased to include not only simple boating and fishing, but fast motor boating, water skiing, swimming and that by reason of said changes in conditions, it is necessary to provide specific authority for the carrying out of the intent of the trustor to preserve the property for recreation purposes for the benefit of the beneficiaries.” (December 27, 1963)

Cameron obtained a judgment on behalf of the Association on the 27th day of December 1962. The judgment gave the following powers to the Board of Directors of the Association:

Cameron, in all his wisdom, gave the Association these powers, which have allowed present and past Board of Directors and many Presidents to create and support the quality of the park that we all love and enjoy today.

Cameron Wolfe was very active from 1950 through 1977. During this time, he was on the Board of Directors and served as President for many years. From 1977 to 2002 he was always available to the Boards and myself as a consultant and historian.

He was asked once “why are the members who won more than one property only allowed one vote, rather than one vote per parcel owned”? The explanation was that in the 60’s and 70’s, the Talmont and Tahoe Woods subdivisions were new and the original developers held many parcels. A less restrictive policy would have given control of the park to the Developers, not the general membership.

Cameron was a San Francisco Bankruptcy Judge, strong family man, outdoorsman, advisor and friend. He is greatly missed but will always be part of the Lake Tahoe Park Association and the recreational park that he protected.

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