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Connecticut Rivers Council
The headquarters of the Connecticut Rivers Council of Scouting America is located in Hartford, Connecticut. The present council was formed as the result of the merger between the Indian Trails Council of Norwich, Connecticut and Long Rivers Council of Hartford, Connecticut. Now it is the largest council in the state with a youth membership of over 17,000 and a volunteer base of nearly 5,000 adults, serving over half of the state.
The council's camps include the June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation in Ashford, Mattatuck Scout Reservation in Plymouth and Camp Workcoeman in New Hartford. See below for more information on the individual camps.
The council's Order of the Arrow Lodge is Tschitani Lodge #10.
Connecticut Rivers Council is divided into the following districts:
Established in 1939, Mattatuck Scout Reservation sits on 500 acres of land in Plymouth, CT, just north of Waterbury. Included in the property are Tomlinson Pond (referred to by the camp as Lake Kenosha) and part of Brophy Pond. Each summer, Mattatuck runs a Scouts BSA Resident Camp, Cub Scout Resident Camp, and Cub Scout Day Camp. Mattatuck also hosts a variety of seasonal events such as fishing derbies, Klondike derbies, various camporees and a Halloween "Spooktacular". Since 2021, it has hosted Laurel Music Camp.
The camp is located in the scenic New England Town of Ashford, Connecticut. Originally opened as Camp Ashford on June 28, 1964, today the reservation occupies 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) of land and a 30-acre (120,000 m2) man-made lake named Goss Pond. The camp is located on the farm once owned by Lt. Col. Thomas Knowlton, hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill and a commander in the Continental Army. The reservation has two camps; The Stanley Black & Decker Base Camp and the Cub Country. In 1963, Eastern Connecticut Council sold Camp Quinebaug to purchase 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) property with a 25-acre (100,000 m2) lake in Ashford, Connecticut. The camp was named Camp Ashford and was officially opened on June 28, 1964. After two years of operations, the name was changed to June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation after a donation on behalf of June Norcross-Webster, of the Norcross Greeting Card Company. A large land donation was also made by the Brand Trust. The Base Camp (Ashford 1) is the home to the Boy Scout Resident camp while the Cub Country (Ashford 2) is home to Cub Scout Resident Camp, Akela Day Camp & NYLT. The reservation has been operated by three different councils: Eastern Connecticut Council of Norwich, Connecticut 1964–1971, Indian Trails Council of Norwich, Connecticut 1971-1995 and Connecticut Rivers Council of East Hartford, Connecticut since 1995. It is the largest Scout Camp in the State of Connecticut.
This 340-acre (1.4 km2) camp was located in Bozrah, Connecticut and was established in 1947 by the Middlesex County Council of Scouting America. It was the chief summer camp for Boy Scouts from this small council from 1947 until a merger of five councils in 1972. The Long Rivers Council, which resulted from this merger, used this camp as a Boy Scout summer camp up until 1976, when a declining Boy Scout-aged population forced the council to end the summer camp program. By the mid-1960s, the Camp Tadma property also became known as Mark Greer Scout Reservation in honor of a local Scouting patron.
There were five campsites available: Pioneer, Mohegan, Kiehtan, Tantaquidgeon and Uncas. The dining hall was also a small operation and could not have fit much more than 120 Scouts. During its last year of camp operations in 1976, the Tadma kitchen was run by Joe Grillo, who would go on to become the famous PGA caddy Joe "Gypsy" Grillo.
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Connecticut Rivers Council
The headquarters of the Connecticut Rivers Council of Scouting America is located in Hartford, Connecticut. The present council was formed as the result of the merger between the Indian Trails Council of Norwich, Connecticut and Long Rivers Council of Hartford, Connecticut. Now it is the largest council in the state with a youth membership of over 17,000 and a volunteer base of nearly 5,000 adults, serving over half of the state.
The council's camps include the June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation in Ashford, Mattatuck Scout Reservation in Plymouth and Camp Workcoeman in New Hartford. See below for more information on the individual camps.
The council's Order of the Arrow Lodge is Tschitani Lodge #10.
Connecticut Rivers Council is divided into the following districts:
Established in 1939, Mattatuck Scout Reservation sits on 500 acres of land in Plymouth, CT, just north of Waterbury. Included in the property are Tomlinson Pond (referred to by the camp as Lake Kenosha) and part of Brophy Pond. Each summer, Mattatuck runs a Scouts BSA Resident Camp, Cub Scout Resident Camp, and Cub Scout Day Camp. Mattatuck also hosts a variety of seasonal events such as fishing derbies, Klondike derbies, various camporees and a Halloween "Spooktacular". Since 2021, it has hosted Laurel Music Camp.
The camp is located in the scenic New England Town of Ashford, Connecticut. Originally opened as Camp Ashford on June 28, 1964, today the reservation occupies 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) of land and a 30-acre (120,000 m2) man-made lake named Goss Pond. The camp is located on the farm once owned by Lt. Col. Thomas Knowlton, hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill and a commander in the Continental Army. The reservation has two camps; The Stanley Black & Decker Base Camp and the Cub Country. In 1963, Eastern Connecticut Council sold Camp Quinebaug to purchase 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) property with a 25-acre (100,000 m2) lake in Ashford, Connecticut. The camp was named Camp Ashford and was officially opened on June 28, 1964. After two years of operations, the name was changed to June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation after a donation on behalf of June Norcross-Webster, of the Norcross Greeting Card Company. A large land donation was also made by the Brand Trust. The Base Camp (Ashford 1) is the home to the Boy Scout Resident camp while the Cub Country (Ashford 2) is home to Cub Scout Resident Camp, Akela Day Camp & NYLT. The reservation has been operated by three different councils: Eastern Connecticut Council of Norwich, Connecticut 1964–1971, Indian Trails Council of Norwich, Connecticut 1971-1995 and Connecticut Rivers Council of East Hartford, Connecticut since 1995. It is the largest Scout Camp in the State of Connecticut.
This 340-acre (1.4 km2) camp was located in Bozrah, Connecticut and was established in 1947 by the Middlesex County Council of Scouting America. It was the chief summer camp for Boy Scouts from this small council from 1947 until a merger of five councils in 1972. The Long Rivers Council, which resulted from this merger, used this camp as a Boy Scout summer camp up until 1976, when a declining Boy Scout-aged population forced the council to end the summer camp program. By the mid-1960s, the Camp Tadma property also became known as Mark Greer Scout Reservation in honor of a local Scouting patron.
There were five campsites available: Pioneer, Mohegan, Kiehtan, Tantaquidgeon and Uncas. The dining hall was also a small operation and could not have fit much more than 120 Scouts. During its last year of camp operations in 1976, the Tadma kitchen was run by Joe Grillo, who would go on to become the famous PGA caddy Joe "Gypsy" Grillo.