History The DeGraff-Hentschel family started a small campground with 17 sites in August 1971, on their lakeshore property on the southwest shore of Gull Lake. It didn't take long for those 17 sites to fill with campers who wanted to "stay forever", for it was a cozy, pretty, garden like, safe, family setting. Then, the government bought the farmer's field next to them, and talked of putting in 600 campsites. They fled to the other side of the lake and started a new opening in May, 1980, on an empty field, with no house, no road, not a tree in sight and nothing but rocks along the shore. Margrit DeGraff, founder and owner of DeGraff's Camp Resort, ran the campground in the summer for 35 years. Along with the hard labour of running a campground, during the winters she trained for cross country ski racing, and also taught skiing for 30 years. Margrit was known far and wide as "The Grand Dame of Cross Country Skiing". Margrit was Masters Class Canadian Champion for years, and was on the Canadian National Masters Ski Team for three World Championships, bringing home medals from Austria, Alaska and Quebec. Margrit's son, York Hentschel, contributed to the purchase of this property by playing professional football, helping the Edmonton Eskimos win three straight Grey Cups. York has since passed on, but his legacy lives on through this beautiful resort. In the early years the entire family pitched in to make the new resort a success. Superior customer service has been, and will continue to be, the hallmark of DeGraff's Resort. You are important to us and you can expect us to go the extra mile for your business. We welcome feedback from our residents, beefs or bouquets, so that we can better serve you.