Prairie Bridge International is an educational non-profit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota, focused on helping Chinese nationals operate youth camps in China. In order to accomplish its mission, in 2014 Prairie Bridge International opened a subsidiary in Tianjin, China, called “Tianjin Prairie Bridge Educational Information Consulting Company, Limited”.
Prairie Bridge International traces its roots to 1912 when the Scandinavian Young people’s Society started a youth camp at Buffalo Lake, Minnesota. In 1957, Buffalo Lake Camp sold its property on Buffalo Lake, purchased property on Lake Shamineau near Motley, Minnesota, and changed its name to Camp Shamineau. In 1993, Camp Shamineau started an English camp in Austria. In subsequent years, Shamineau expanded its operations to Poland, Brazil and other countries around world. Currently, Shamineau owns three o
In 2003, Shamineau International founded Shamineau East Camp in Inner Mongolia. American architects built an American style main lodge complete with dormitories, cafeteria, conference rooms, recreation rooms, kitchen, and cafeteria on the beautiful grassland of HulunBeier in Inner Mongolia. Surrounding the American lodge were Mongolian Yurts, cabins, archery range, horse and camel riding corral, a river for rafting, and a hill for winter downhill sports such as sledding.