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'''Scouting in Connecticut''' has experienced many organizational changes since 1910. With only eight [[County (United States)|counties]], [[Connecticut]] has had 40 Boy Scout Councils since the Scouting movement began in 1910. In 1922, 17 Boy Scout Councils existed in Connecticut, but currently only four exist. The [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] has had at least 53 Girl Scout Councils in Connecticut since their program began in 1912. Today there is one, Girl Scouts of Connecticut, which assumed operation on October 1, 2007.
==Boy Scouts of America==
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In 2005, Scouts gave the citizens of Connecticut well over 750,000 community service hours, ranging from Eagle Scout projects and [[Scouting for Food]] to participating in the National Good Turn for America initiative.
The four Connecticut councils operate over {{convert|4000|acres|0|abbr=on}} of camp grounds which served over 8,700 boys and girls in Scouting, as well as several more thousands of non-Scouts that use Scout camps throughout the year.<ref name="scatacook.org">[http://www.scatacook.org/ConnecticutScoutingHistory.htm Scouting History in Connecticut] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050105012433/http://www.scatacook.org/ConnecticutScoutingHistory.htm |date=2005-01-05 }}</ref><ref name="honorpub.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.honorpub.com/scout-e-zine/vol04/council_history/ct_history.htm |title=Boy Scout Council History in Connecticut |access-date=2006-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622101735/http://www.honorpub.com/scout-e-zine/vol04/council_history/ct_history.htm
====Connecticut Rivers Council====
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====Greenwich Council====
{{Main article|Greenwich Council (Boy Scouts of America)}}
[[File:Boy Scouts in Greenwich, Connecticut.jpg|thumb|Greenwich Council]]
Greenwich Council serves one Connecticut community, the town of Greenwich.
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====Alfred W. Dater Council====
The Alfred W. Dater Council #078, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, came about from a name change of Stamford Council in 1938. Alfred W. Dater had served as the first president of the Stamford Council until his death in February 1938. On December 2, 1938, in honor of his 22 years of service to Stamford Council, the council was renamed in his honor.<ref name="stamfordhistory.org">{{cite web| url =http://www.stamfordhistory.org/rg5.htm| title =Alfred W. Dater Council History| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060622000102/http://www.stamfordhistory.org/rg5.htm
The council grew through the 1940s and in 1947 John Sherman Hoyt donated {{convert|18|acre|m2}} of land in Norwalk, Connecticut for use for short-term camping. After that the camp was named Five Mile River Camp.
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====Central Connecticut Council====
Central Connecticut Council #071 had its headquarters in Meriden, Connecticut. The Council came about from a name change of Meriden Council in 1929. The Council encompassed the towns of Meriden, Wallingford, and Southington. It ceased to operate in 1978, when it was absorbed by Quinnipiac Council. It owned Camp Terramuggus. The
=====Wangunks Lodge=====
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'''Wipunquoak Lodge #558''' was the OA lodge for the Charter Oak Council. Their name translates to "white oak" (Lenape). Their lodge totem is the Charter Oak. The lodge was founded in 1964 and ceased operation when it merged with Kiethan #59, Mattatuck #217, Wihungen #234 and Tunxis #491 to form Eluwak #59 in 1973.
===== Lake of Isles Scout Reservation =====
The Lake of Isles Scout Reservation (LOISR) was developed by the Charter Oak Council and had its first summer camp season in 1960, the Jubilee Year of the Boy Scouts of America.<ref>[http://www.loisr.com/ Lake of Isles Scout Reservation]</ref> The plan was to develop four camps on the more than {{convert|1100|acres|0|abbr=on}} that surrounded Lake of Isles, located in North Stonington, Ledyard and Preston townships of rural southeastern Connecticut. For 1960, Camps Pequot and Apache had been the only ones built. A third camp, Camp Cherokee, opened in 1970. This camp was designated an "Explorer Base" (although the Boy Scouting program was the only program that really used the camp as the Exploring program underwent drastic changes by the early
The Charter Oak Council merged with four other Councils in 1972 to form Long Rivers Council. By the mid-1970s, with a declining Boy Scout-age demographic nationally and declining Boy Scout membership in general due to the expanding list of organizations for adolescent boys, Long Rivers Council was faced with shutting down a number of their camps to the summer camping experience. For instance, Camp Nahaco closed to regular summer camping after 1977 (although it would occasionally re-open for long-term camping with specialty themes such as "Enviro-Camp"). Camp Tadma was closed in 1977, but a couple of years later opened again as a long-term Webelos Camp.
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Camp Cherokee opened in 1970. This camp was designated an "Explorer Base" at first and featured patrol cooking with a central commissary. However, the designation as an Explorer Base quickly disappeared, as Exploring became more vocationally oriented in the early 1970s, especially in Connecticut with its Police Explorer Posts. Camp Cherokee was the only camp opened on the eastern shores of Lake of Isles, which had been formed by damming a small stream. The original channel ran through the Camp Cherokee waterfront, making the drop-off between the non-swimmers' area and the beginners' area huge.
At Camp Cherokee, campsites were further subdivided into patrol sites. Each patrol site had a
Camp Cherokee had all the usual program features for Scouting: a nature area, a waterfront, a place to practice
From 1970 until 1978, Camp Cherokee was open the same weeks as the other camps, which allowed some friendly competition between camps on opposite sides of the lake, reaching from softball games to a tug of war. Most popular was a battle between "war canoes", where two 12-plus person canoes, representing each camp, headed out on the lake, determined to swamp each other by splashing water into the opponents' canoe. Another favorite activity was to out-shout the other camp during campwide campfires on Sunday evening and Friday evening.
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====Indian Trails Council====
Indian Trails Council #073, headquartered in [[Norwich, Connecticut]], was formed with the merger of the Pequot Council and the Eastern Connecticut Council in October 1971. The Council owned several camps during its existence: Camp Wakenah (sold in 2004), Cochegan Rock (sold in 2006 to the [[Mohegan Tribe]]), Camp [[Quinebaug, Connecticut|Quinebaug]] (sold in 1965) as well as June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation. The
In its history, three Scout Executives served Indian Trails Council. These were J. Lawrence Deveau (1971–1975), Anthony Booth (1976–1984) and Lawrence V. Pegg (1985–1995).
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=====Camp Keemosahbee=====
Camp Keemosahbee
The three combinations of the camp's name and Council are represented in the main dining hall as enlarged wooden versions of the camp patches. Other amenities, such as the camp's chapel and one of three winter shelters, reflect its original Keemosabee name. The camp distinguishes itself from others in Connecticut by using permanent Klondike-style shelters in lieu of the more common canvas platform tents.
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====Long Rivers Council====
Long Rivers Council #066 was headquartered in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. The
=====Eluwak Lodge=====
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=====Camp Mauwehu=====
Camp Mauwehu was the summer camp for the council.<ref>{{
=====Tuccio Scout Camp=====
The camp was built in Ridgefield on land donated by Jerry Tuccio on Pine Mountain Road.<ref>{{
=====Camp Brown=====
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=====Camp Nahaco=====
The camp was founded in 1916 as Camp Keemosabee by the New Britain Area Council. Located on Weeks Road on the banks of Crystal Pond, in both [[Eastford, Connecticut|Eastford]] and Woodstock, Connecticut, the {{convert|134|acre|km2|1|
The merge of two former councils (the New Britain Area Council and the Bristol Area Council) into the Nathan Hale Council in 1968 come up with the amalgam of Camp <u>NA</u>than <u>HA</u>le <u>CO</u>uncil — NA-HA-CO : NAHACO. The entrance gate truss pattern spells out NAHACO. By 1972, the Nathan Hale Council became Nathan Hale District, but the camp still enjoyed keeping the name Nahaco in the newly formed Long Rivers Council.
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====New Haven Council====
The headquarters of New Haven Council #074 is in New Haven. With the Scouting movement starting in 1910, the New Haven Register reported on August 21, 1910, that the Lion and the Arrow Patrols were forming. New Haven Mayor Frank Rice, City Librarian Willis Stetson and Judge Albert McClellan Matthewson strongly supported the Scouting movement and in 1912 founded the New Haven Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In 1913, the council was reorganized as a Second Class Council. Two years later, in 1915, the
====New London Council====
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====Norwalk Council====
Norwalk Council #075, headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut,
====Norwich Council====
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Camp Cochegan, also known as Cochegan Rock and Becker Memorial Scout Reservation, was a {{convert|92|acre|m2}} camp that was donated to the Pequot Council in 1963 by the family of Nathan and Ida Becker. The reservation has also been operated by the Indian Trails Council and most recently by the Connecticut Rivers Council. [[Cochegan Rock]] is believed to be the largest freestanding boulder in New England, {{convert|54|ft|m|0}} long, {{convert|50|ft|m|0}} high and {{convert|58|ft|m|0}} wide. It weighs 10,000 tons.
The property has been transferred to the [[Mohegan|Mohegan tribe]] in exchange for a $1,000,000 contribution to the
=====Samson Occum Lodge=====
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=====Camp Wakenah=====
Camp Wakenah is the Boy Scouts of America's second oldest camp (however, the source of this claim is questioned). It was founded in around 1917 on Gardner Lake in Salem, Connecticut. The property was sold in the 1930s to buy the second Camp Wakenah at a different location on Gardner Lake which consisted of {{convert|34|acre|m2}}.{{
In 1971, the Pequot Council (New London) merged with the Eastern Connecticut Council (Norwich) into the [[Indian Trails Council (Connecticut)|Indian Trails Council]] which had its office in New London. 1972 was the last resident camp season for Camp Wakenah. Despite the loss of the resident program, Wakenah was still used by troops for weekend camping and district events. The location was also used for a four-week Cub Scout day camp program.{{
[[Connecticut Rivers Council]] sold the property in 2004. Some in the area resented the sale for private use after the
The day camp program was moved to Camp Wakenah's new site in the Mark Greer Scout Reservation in Bozrah. The new site was located west of Camp Tadma on the common property, separated by the parking lot. Its parade field was near the top of the pine covered hill to the right of the property's main entrance. The parade field sat in a clearing that was originally made as a campsite. It was expanded to make room for a BB and Archery range for the day camp. Camp Wakenah "III" also made use of a newly constructed modular home that served as its administrative building and the existing Tadma Fort.{{
In 2009, Camp Wakenah expanded to encompass several other aspects of Camp Tadma, such as use of the newly constructed parade field, the dining hall for lunch, and the new Sherwood Forest area—in what had been the day camp parade field. In 2010, Camp Tadma and Camp Wakenah operate simultaneously, and use the same facilities, although programs are developed to maintain age-appropriateness.{{
====Pomperaug Council====
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Originally formed in 1912 as the New Haven Council of the Boy Scouts of America, its headquarters was located in New Haven. After years of growth and expanding outside the boundaries of New Haven, the Council name was changed to Southern New Haven County Council in 1929. In 1935, the Council name was changed again to Quinnipiac Council. The Council absorbed the Central Connecticut Council in 1978. In 1997, the Council voted to merge with Fairfield County Council. After 85 years in existence, the Council ceased its operation on January 1, 1998, and became part of the Connecticut Yankee Council.
The
During its existence, the Quinnipiac Council owned the follow camps: Camp Sequassen, [[New Hartford, Connecticut]], Deer Lake Scout Reservation, [[Killingworth, Connecticut]], Old Settlers Scout Reservation, Milford, Connecticut, and Wah Wah Tayysee Scout Reservation, [[Hamden, Connecticut]].
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'''Arcoon Lodge #369''' was the OA lodge for Quinnipiac Council. The lodge was formerly known as Chi Sigma, when it changed its name in 1953. The name Arcoon means to "raccoon" in Algonquin. Their totem was a raccoon with a feather.<ref name=" Quirk">Quirk, Edward J. (1976) Arcoon Lodge History: Silver Anniversary 1951–1976</ref>
Eager to learn more about what the Order of the Arrow was and how it could better serve the Scouts of the
In 1977, Quinnipiac Council absorbed the operations of Central Connecticut Council. Their lodge, Wangunks Lodge #274 was also absorbed in the operations of Arcoon Lodge #369 and became a chapter.
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=====Old Settlers Scout Reservation=====
In 1955, Mrs. Garland sold {{convert|110|acre|km2|1}} of land in [[Milford, Connecticut]], to the Quinnipiac Council. The camp was used for short-term camping and Cub Scout day camp. The Boy Scouts sold the property in the 1980s to be developed for business. The sale was mainly due to the local Council needing cash to maintain other camps that were in disrepair.
====South New London County Council====
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====Southern New Haven County Council====
Southern New Haven County Council #074, headquartered in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], came about from a name change of the New Haven Council in 1929. The change was to represent the geography of the
====Stamford Council====
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====Tunxis Council====
Tunxis Council #079, headquartered in [[Torrington, Connecticut]], came about from a name change of Northern Litchfield Council in 1947. In 1972, the Council merged with Charter Oak, Mattatuck, Middlesex
=====Tunxis Lodge=====
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===Girl Scouts of Connecticut===
Girl Scouts of Connecticut serves more than 45,000 girls and is headquartered in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]. It covers all of Connecticut.
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====Camp An-Se-Ox====
Camp An-Se-Ox is a day camp located in [[Oxford, Connecticut]], on 55 acres. There are plans in the future to have it become a camp focused on accommodating girls of all abilities. Trail's end, Maple Hollow. Wishing Rock. Playscape. Robin's Rest. Rocky Hill. Sherwood Forest. Platform Tents. Cedar Glen. Shelter. Echo Vale. Spence Lodge. East Lodge. The Dell.
====Camp Aspetuck====
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====Camp Clatter Valley====
Camp Clatter Valley is a day camp set up in part of the town-owned Clatter Valley Park in [[New Milford, Connecticut]]. Flag ceremonies, archery,
====Camp Laurel====
Camp Laurel is a resident camp located in [[Lebanon, Connecticut]], and was acquired in 1955. Former spot of Camp CEO. Has a horse program. Camp Laurel will be closed and sold when Camp Yankee Trails is up and running.
====Camp Merrie-Wood====
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====Camp Rocky Craig====
====Camp Yankee Trails====
Camp Yankee Trails is a resident camp located in [[Tolland, Connecticut]], on 362 acres of land. Named in a contest in 1959 by two girls, JoAnn Celeste from Meriden CT and Sue Robinson from Simsbury.
YMCA of Greater Hartford, however GSofCT plan to develop it as a premier destination for resident camp, and close Camp Laurel once it is up and running.
====Merrie Bee Cabin====
Old Norwalk Rd, New Caanan, Connecticut. Sponsored by the Town of New Canaan. Girl Scouts of New Canaan can use the cabin free of charge. There is a small fee for Girl Scouts of other towns.
===Former Camps===
These camps are closed, resting, or sold.
====Camp Alice Merritt====
Located in [[Hartland, Connecticut]], Camp [[Alice Merritt]] was founded in 1937. Winsted Community Committee. Its closure date is unknown. The land was sold to the town of Hartland, Connecticut in 1992.
====Camp Brownieland====
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====Camp Candlewood====
In Mar 2021 it was announced that this property would be sold. Summer camp will no longer be run, but the property can be reserved for use until it is sold.
Camp Candlewood is located on the shores of Lake Candlewood in [[New Fairfield, Connecticut]]. The {{convert|90|acre|ha|adj=on}} property was purchased in 1959 by the Girl Scout Council of Southwestern Connecticut. Lake Candlewood was created in 1932 by the Connecticut Light and Power Company as a power reservoir. The Council brought in the Girl Scout National Camp Consultants and it was decided to develop both a Day Camp and a Resident Camp at the site.
Because the
In 1961, the Development Committee started on the Resident Camp. The first building was the Shelter (Yar-Sloop) and in 1962 Seniors camped in Round-up tents at what is now known as "Quite a Hill!" 1963 saw the infirmary building. It served as staff house, infirmary and kitchen for supplies. Sailboats were purchased and the first boating docks were put in. In 1964, additional buildings were erected, the Catamaran Shelter, Administration building (the Bridge) and showers. The Galley was added in 1965 and the boat house followed in 1968.
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====Camp Carlson====
Camp Carlson
Camp Carlson, 36 acres located in Bristol, Connecticut, was the site of a summer day camp program. The Motto was "New friends, lifelong memories." The last year summer camp ran was 2019. GS Council is planning on exiting the deed restricted property, which is not owned by GSOFCT, and closing the camp.
====Camp Cedarcrest====
Colchester, Conn - New London Local Council.
====Camp Clare====
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====Camp Francis====
Camp Francis was located in [[Kent, Connecticut]], and was one of the oldest Girl Scout Camps in the country. Purchased around 1922 from Eli C. Barnum, the camp sits upon 265 "spectacular acres" ({{convert|263|acre|ha|disp=output only}}) near the Blue Heron Pond. Stamford Local Council.
The property had vast trails, streams and brooks, a waterfall and Blue Heron Pond for swimming and boating. The camp was initially used for summer resident camp, but during its last years it had only been used for camping. There were several foundations from old buildings scattered around the property. The far side of Blue Herron Pond had pieces of iron slag scattered around the site of an old smith.
The Kent Land Trust began managing the camp as a conservation area in 2011 and bought the property in February 2014 for $1.5 million. The Kent Land Trust will maintain trails on the property for hiking, cross country skiing, and snow shoeing. They are planning on restoring the original post and beam lodge from the Barnum farm with the aid of the Kent Historical Society so they can open a small museum dedicated to Scouting history in the area.<ref>{{cite web | last = Rose | first = Deborah | title = Kent Land Trust celebrates Camp Francis acquisition | url = http://www.newmilfordspectrum.com/local/article/Kent-Land-Trust-celebrates-Camp-Francis-acquistion-5229268.php | publisher = The Greater New Milford Spectrum | access-date = 2014-10-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141029220810/http://www.newmilfordspectrum.com/local/article/Kent-Land-Trust-celebrates-Camp-Francis-acquistion-5229268.php
====Camp Houghland====
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====Camp Katoya====
Camp Katoya, (Sweet Pine/Balsam Fir) located in [[Milford, Connecticut]], is the site of a summer day camp program. In other months, it is for troop camping activities. 57 acres of woodlands, one large and one small pond, a nature hut, a 40-station nature trail with a series of significant ridges running lengthwise through its center, Kiwantoya Office building, McCauley Program House (building built in 1930), and a newer pool (2014) with showers. Originally owned by Milford Council of Girl Scouts Inc. land was Quitclaimed to Housatonic Council on Sep 25, 1964 by Eben and Marjorie Woolley, and then to GS of CT Inc on Apr 15, 2008. Co-owned by GS of USA. "As part of the consideration of this deed, it is agreed that the grantee may not sell the premises herein conveyed unless two thirds of the registered Girl Scout adults from the city of Milford vote approval of the sale."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://milford.mapxpress.net/ |title=GIS |publisher=Milford.mapxpress.net |date= |accessdate=2022-06-05}}</ref> Of the 57 acres, approximately one third of the acreage is owned by the City of Milford (Red Root Nature Trail with 10 stations)
====Camp Kenwood====
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====Camp Morton====
Queach Rd, Branford, Conn - New Haven Local Council.
====Camp Murray====
East Haven, CT. 52 acre camp. Ct Trails Council. Closed about 2006.
====Camp Pattagansett====
Camp Pattagansett was a day camp on Pattagansett Lake, located in southeastern Connecticut in the town of [[
====Camp Poughland====
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====Robertson Outdoor Center====
Easton, Conn.
====Camp Sprague====
Jobs Pond, Portland, Conn - Middletown Local Council & New Britain Local Council.
====Camp Sweetheart Lake====
Stafford Springs, Conn - Stafford Springs Community Committee.
====Camp Timber Trails====
Camp Timber Trails was a {{convert|476|acre|ha|0|
====Camp Treeland====
Old Newtown Rd, Monroe, Conn. Day camp for 9 and 10 yr old Juniors. Adjacent to Camp Brownieland for 7-8 yr olds.
====Camp Trefoil====
Trefoil Dr off Spring Hill Rd, Trumbull/Stepney CT. (razed and developed into sports businesses, like Trumbull Sports Zone)- Bridgeport Local Council. Resident camp.
====Camp Wequapauset====
Waterville, Conn - Waterbury Local Council.
====Camp Woodruff====
Milford, Conn - Milford Community Committee
===Former councils===
The following merged in 2008 to form the current council:
*Connecticut Trails Council of Girl Scouts (1964–2008) formed by the merger of Blue Trails, Derby Shelton, Eastern Connecticut, Laurel Trails, New London Area and Middlesex Area councils. In 1995, Connecticut Yankee Council of Girl Scouts merged. The name was changed to Girl Scouts, Connecticut Trails Council in 1994.
*Connecticut Valley Girl Scout Council (1961–2008)
*Girl Scout Council of Northwestern Connecticut (?-2008)
*Girl Scout Council of Southwestern Connecticut (?-2008)
*Girl Scouts of Housatonic Council (
The rest are older.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080718174229/http://patchswap.tripod.com/id9.html New England patches]
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*[http://www.loisr.com/ Lake of Isles Scout Reservation] (memorial site)
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