Council Geographic Area Information

• The Connecticut Rivers Council was formed in January 1995 through a merger of the Indian Trails Council and the Long Rivers Council.

• The Connecticut Rivers Council has 8 Districts; Hockanum River District, Mad River District, Mark Twain District, Matianuck District, Mattabeset Trail District, Mohegan District, Nipmuck District, and Northwest Hills District.

• Serves the communities of: Abingdon, Amston, Andover, Ashford, Attawaugan, Avon, Ballouville, Baltic, Bantam, Barkhamstead, Barry Square, Beacon Falls, Berlin, Bethlehem, Bishops Corner, Bissell, Bloomfield, Blue Hills, Bolton, Borough, Botsford, Bozrah, Bradleyfield, Bridgewater, Bristol, Broad Brook, Brooklyn, Buckland, Burlington, Burnside, Burryville, Canaan, Canterbury, Canton, Canton Center, Centerbrook, Central, Central Village, Chaplin, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chestnut Hill, Clarks Falls, Clinton, Coast Guardaca, Cobalt, Colchester, Colebrook, Collinsville, Columbia, Cornwall, Cornwall Bridge, Coventry, Cromwell, Danielson, Dayville, Deep River, Durham, Durham Center, E. Berlin, E. Brooklyn, E. Canaan, E. Glastonbury, E. Granby, E. Haddam, E. Hampton, E. Hartford, E. Hartland, E. Killingly, E. Lyme, E. Morris, E. Thompson, E. Windsor, E. Windsor Hill, E. Woodstock, Eastend, Eastford, Ellington, Elmwood, Enfield, Essex, Fabyan, Falls Village, Farmington, Fishers Island (NY), Fitchville, Flanders, Forestville, Franklin, Gales Ferry, Gaylordsville, Gildersleeve, Gilman, Glasgo, Glastonbury, Goodyear, Goshen, Granby, Greenville, Griswold, Grosvenordale, Groton, Groton Long Point, Haddam, Haddam Neck, Hadlyme, Hamburg, Hampton, Hanover, Hartford, Harwinton, Hazardville, Hebron, Higganum, Hotchkiss School, Ivoryton, Jewett City, Kensington, Kent, Killingly, Killingworth, Lake Beseck, Lakeside, Lakeville, Lebanon, Ledyard, Limerock, Lisbon, Litchfield, Lyme, Manchester, Mansfield, Mansfield Center, Mansfield Depot, Maplehill, Marbledale, Marlborough, Mechanicsville, Melrose, Merrow, Middlebury, Middlefield, Middle Haddam, Middletown, Millington, Milton, Montville, Moodus, Moosup, Morris, Murphy Road Annex, Mystic, N. Canaan, N. Canton, N. Coventry, N. Franklin, N. Granby, N. Grosvenor, N. Grosvenordale, N. Somers, N. Stonington, N. Westchester, N. Windham, N. Woodbury, N. Woodstock, Naugatuck, New Britain, New Hartford, New London, New Milford, New Preston, Newington, Niantic, Noank, Norfolk, Northfield, Norwich, Norwich Town, Oakdale, Oakville, Occum, Old Lyme, Old Mystic, Old Saybrook, Oneco, Packer, Pequabuck, Pine Meadow, Plainfield, Plainville, Pleasant Valley, Plymouth, Pomfret, Pomfret Center, Poquonnock Bridge, Poquonock, Portland, Preston, Prospect, Putnam, Quaker Hill, Quinebaug, Riverton, Rockfall, Rockville, Rocky Hill, Rogers, Roxbury, S. Britain, S. Coventry, S. Glastonbury, S. Kent, S. Lyme, S. Willington, S. Windham, S. Windsor, S. Woodstock, Salem, Salisbury, Saybrook, Saybrook Point, Scitico, Scotland, Sharon, Shel, Silverlane, Simsbury, Somers, Somersville, Southbury, Sprague, Stafford, Stafford Springs, Staffordville, Sterling, Stonington, Storrs, Storrsmansfield, Submarine Base, Suffield, Taconic, Taftville, Talcottville, Tariffville, Terryville, Thomaston, Thompson, Thompsonville, Tolland, Torrington, Turnpike, Uncasville, Union, Union City, Unionville, US Coast Guard, Vernon, Vernon-Rockville, Veron, Versailles, Voluntown, W. Brook, W. Cheshire, W. Cornwall, W. Granby, W. Hartford, W. Hartland, W. Mystic, W. Simsbury, W. Stafford, W. Suffield, W. Willington, Wapping, Warren, Washington, Washington Depot, Waterbury, Waterford, Watertown, Wauregan, Weatogue, Wesleyan, Westfield, Wethersfield, Willimantic, Willington, Wilsonville, Winchester, Winchester Center, Windham, Windham Center, Windsor, Windsorlocks, Windsorville, Winstead, Winthrop, Wolcott, Woodbury, Woodstock, Woodstock Valley, and Yantic.

Council Merger History

• In 1915, the Bridgeport Council #065 (Bridgeport, Connecticut) was formed.

• In 1918, the Bristol Area Council #066 (Bristol, Connecticut) was formed.

• In 1933, the Central Connecticut Council #071 (Meriden, Connecticut) came about from a name change of the Meriden Council.

• In 1933, the Central Fairfield Council #075 (Norwalk, Connecticut) came about from a name change of the Norwalk Council.

• In 1933, the Charter Oak Council #070 (Hartford, Connecticut) came about from a name change of the Hartford Council.

• In 1936, the Bridgeport Council changed into the Pomperaug Council.

• In 1967, the Bristol Area Council was merged with the Keemosabee Council to form the Nathan Hale Council.

• In 1971, the Indian Trails Council (Norwich, Connecticut 1971-1991) was formed.

• in 1973, the Fairfield Council (Norwalk, Connecticut 1973-1997) was formed.

• In 1972, the Charter Oak Council, the Mattatuck Council, the Middlesex Council, the Tunxis Council and the Nathan Hale Council were all merged together to form the Long Rivers Council (Hartford, Connecticut 1973-1995).

• In 1978, the Central Connecticut Council was merged into the Quinnipiac Council (Hamden, Connecticut 1935-1997).

• In 1995, the Connecticut Rivers Council was formed from a merger of the Indian Trails Council (Norwich, Connecticut 1971-1995) and Long Rivers Council (Hartford, Connecticut 1973-1995)

Boy Scout Camp Information

• Camp Barbour
  Loon Meadow Drive
  Norfolk, CT 06000
  TEL: 860-379-5337

  The camp occupies 106 acres and offers weekend wilderness tent campsites. It has no cabins or buildings and no water is available.

  
  2004 RENTAL FEES
  
  

  FACILITY	IN COUNCIL COST	OUT OF COUNCIL COST
  Tenting	$10	$20

  • Directions to Camp

    • Take Route 8 North to the end of the major highway. At the end turn right on to Route 44 and proceed West on Route 44 toward Norfolk. At the junction of Route 44 and Route 182 take a right on to Ford Road to the end. At the end turn left and proceed to Camp Barbour parking area on left.

  
  
  

• Camp Cochegan Rock
  I-95
  Montville CT, 06000

  The Connecticut Rivers Council currently has this camp up for sale and has been talking with buyers. It camp occupies 100 plus acres and offers weekend wilderness tent camp sites. There are no cabins, buildings or water available here. As a geological curiosity, Cochegan Rock stands unique for it is reported to be the largest free boulder in the United States and is not part of some talus as there is no cliff anywhere near it.

  
  2006 RENTAL FEES
  
  

  FACILITY	IN COUNCIL COST	OUT OF COUNCIL COST
  Tenting	$10	$20

  • Directions to Camp

    • Take I-95 to I-395 North (13 miles) to Exit 80 West. Go under bridge and turn right to enter I-395 South ramp. Go south (3 miles) to Mobile Gas Station ramp. Go past Gas Station and turn in to parking lot. Walk across bridge to Scout Camp at Northwest corner.

  
  
  

• June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation
  229 Ashford Center Road, (Route 44)
  Ashford, CT 06278-1423
  Camp TEL: 860-429-9918 (During Summer Only)
  Camp Ranger TEL: 860-429-1086
  E-mail: info@jnwebster.org
  Click HERE for a Road Map to this Camp.
  Click HERE for a Camp Site Map.
  Click HERE for a Topographic Camp Map.

  This camp opened on June 28, 1964. It has 1200 acres of land and a waterfront front area on Goss Pond (30 acres) for swimming, boating, canoeing and possible limited sailing boats. They offer 12 tent campsites and 5 winter cabins for overnight groups, a shower house, an activity field for atheletics and camporees, Climbing/C.O.P.E. course, mountain bike center, basketball court, volleyball court, shotgun/skeet range, rifle range, archery range, horseshoe throwing pit, trading post, amphitheater, trading post, and a dining hall (during summer camp).

  
  2006 RENTAL FEES
  
  

  FACILITY	CAPACITY	IN COUNCIL COST	OUT OF COUNCIL COST
  Tenting (12 campsites)	-	$10	$20 plus $2 per scout
  Perregux Shelter	20 Gas Heated	$90	$105
  Ranhoff Lodge	14	$75	$105
  Dining Hall (without Kitchen)	-	$75	$90
  Dining Hall Kitchen	-	$125	$145

  • Summer Camp Programs Offered
    • Five weeks of Boy Scout Resident Camp.
    • One week of Trail to Eagle Camp.
    • one week of Rock Climbing Camp.
    • One week of Webelos Resident Camp.
    • Three weeks of Cub Scout Day Camp at June Norcross. Dates not available.

  • Merit Badges Offered
    Archery, Art, Athletics, Astronomy, Basketry, Bird Study, Bugling, Camping, Canoeing, Cycling, Climbing, Cooking, Environmental Science, Fingerprinting, First Aid, Fish & Wildlife Management, Fishing, Forestry, Geology, Indian Lore, Insect Study, Leatherwork, Lifesaving, Mammal Study, Nature, Orienteering, Personal Fitness, Pioneering, Reptile & Amphibian Study, Rifle Shooting, Rowing, Sculpture, Shotgun Shooting, Soil & Water Conservation, Sports, Swimming, Weather, Whitewater, Wilderness Survival, and Wood Carving.

  • Other Special Programs Offered
    Scouts can earn their Mile Swim, Lifeguard BSA, and Snorkling BSA awards here. Older Scouts can try the Iron Man competition, a 25-mile Mountain Biking trek through the Natchaug State Forest, a COPE program or a special Rock Climbing week.

  • Directions to Camp
    • From New London, CT, take Route I-395 North to Exit 93 west on Route 101 to Route 44 West. The camp is on the Right.
      
    • From Hartford, CT take Route I-84 East to Route I-384 East to Route 44. Follow Rt. 44 east to the camp. The camp is 7 miles beyond intersection of Route 44 and Route 195 on the left just past Midway Pizza.
      
    • From Worchester, MA, follow Route I-395 to Route 44 Exit. Follow Route 44 through Putnam to Ashford. The camp is on the right.

  
  
  

• Camp Mattatuck
  21 Mt. Tobe Road
  Plymouth, CT 06782
  TEL: 860-283-9577
  Camp E-mail: Camp-Mattatuck@usa.net
  Click HERE for a Road Map to this Camp.
  Click HERE for a Whole Camp Map (PDF Format).
  Click HERE for a Central Area Camp Map (PDF Format).

  Established in 1939, this camp occupies 500 acres and is located on Lake Kenosha (10 acres) which has a beach and offers swimming, boating, canoeing, and sailing for over-night groups. The camp has 12 tent campsites, Adirondack (lean-to) shelters and 6 winter cabins for overnight groups, a Volley Ball Court, Archery Range, BB Gun Range, Camporee Activity Field,Rifle and Shotgun Range, Parking Lot Pavilion, Greystone Pavilion, Trading Post, Amphitheater, Dining Hall and patrol cooking during summer camp.

  
  2006 RENTAL FEES
  Features: GH=Gas Heat, NP=No Power, WS=Wood Stove
  
  

  FACILITY	CAPACITY - FEATURES	IN COUCIL COST	OUT OF COUCIL COST
  Tenting (12 campsites)	-	$10	$20 plus $2 per scout
  Dick, John or Lion Adirondack Shelters	10	$28	$33
  Barnum Cabin	15 - NP, WS	$41	$49
  Gesner Cabin	30 - GH	$104	$120
  Hess Cabin	15 - WS	$45	$53
  Mohawk Cabin	15 - NP, WS	$41	$49
  49er's Cabin	32 - GH	$110	$128
  Lions Building	24 - NP, WS	$66	$78

  • Summer Camp Programs Offered

    They offer seven weeks of summer camp programs and a Cub Day Camp Program at this camp.

  • Merit Badges Offered
    Archery, Astronomy, Basketry, Camping, Canoeing, Cooking, Environmental Science, Fishing, Fish & Wildlife Management, Forestry, Geology, Leatherwork, Lifesaving, Mammal Study, Nature, Oceanography, Orienteering, Personal Fitness, Pioneering, Reptiles & Amphibians, Rifle Shooting, Rowing, Small Boat Sailing, Soil & Water Conservation, Sports, Swimming, Weather, Whitewater, Wilderness Survival.

  • Other Special Programs Offered
    Scouts can earn their Mile Swim, Lifeguard BSA, and Snorkling BSA awards here.

  • Directions to Camp

    • Take Route 8, eight miles north of Waterbury on Route 262, the junction of Route 262 and Mount Tobe Road, then follow Mount Tobe Road into camp.

  
  
  

• Camp Nahaco
  Weeks Road
  Eastford, CT 06242

  In 2003 the Connecticut Rivers Council, BSA sold this camp for $560,000 to the towns of Woodstock and Eastford. Scouts can still use this properity if they contact the Connecticut Rivers Council office. Click HERE for the news article about the sale.

  The camp occupies 135 acres on Crystal Pond. They offer swimming, boating, canoeing, and sailing. They offer tent camp sites, Adirondack (lean-to) shelters and winter cabins for overnight groups, an activity field for atheletics and camporess, and boats and/or canoes for overnight groups.

  
  2006 RENTAL FEES
  Features: WS=Wood Stove
  
  

  FACILITY	CAPACITY - FEATURES	IN COUNCIL COST	OUT OF COUNCIL COST
  Tenting	-	$10	$20 plus $2 per scout
  Lean-To (10 Available)	4 per	$11	$13 per
  Cochipianne	18 - WS	$60	$90
  Highland	18 - WS	$60	$90
  Keemosahbee	18 - WS	$60	$90
  Dining Hall (without Kitchen)	-	$75	$90
  Dining Hall Kitchen	-	$100	$120
  Dining Hall Refrigeration	-	$50	$70

  • Directions to Camp

    • Take I-84 to exit 69. Follow Route 74 to Route $$. Take left onto Route 44 to Route 198, Phoenixville. Take left onto Route 198 and follow to center of Eastford. At stop sign, take left towards Buell Greenhouse and proceed approx. ¾ to 1 mile until you see old cemetery and take right on to Weeks Road.
  
  
  

• Camp Wakenah
  Forest Drive
  Salem, CT 06420

  In 2003 Connecticut Rivers Council sold Camp Wakenah. It is now closed to Scouts and a personal home.

  This camp was established in 1918 and closed in 2003. It once occupied 90-acres of land on Gardner Lake (50-acres). In the old days they offered swimming, boating, canoeing, and small boat sailing, tent camp sites, winter cabins and family camping for overnight groups, an activity field for atheletics and camporess, boats and/or canoes for overnight groups and a Cub Scout Day Camp Program.

• Workcoeman Scout Reservation
  R.F.D. #2, West Hill Road, Winsted, CT 06098
  Camp Directors TEL: (860) 379-2207
  Camp Map (PDF Format)

  This 500 acres camp was established in 1924 and is located on the shore of West Hill Lake (50 or more acres). They offer swimming, boating, canoeing, sailing, motor boating and water skiing (motor boats not supplied by camp), 13 tent campsites, Adirondack (lean-to) shelters and 5 winter cabins for overnight groups, an activity field for atheletics and camporess, boats and/or canoes for overnight groups, a Cub Day Camp Program, and a newly renovated and expanded summer camp dining hall. They also have Hot Showers something you don't often see at most BSA summer camps.

  
  
  2006 RENTAL FEES
  Features: GG=Gas Grill, GH=Gas heat, WS=Wood Stove
  
  

  FACILITY	CAPACITY - FEATURES	IN COUCIL COST	OUT OF COUCIL COST
  Tenting (13 campsites)	2-man	$10	$20 plus $2 per scout
  Scoutmaster Cabin	8 - WS	$24	$28
  Boat House	24 - GH	$72	$84
  Griffin Lodge	26 - WS	$78	$91
  Weed Lodge	34 - GH, GG	$119	$136
  Dining Hall (without Kitchen)	-	$145	$170
  Dining Hall Kitchen	-	$125	$145
  Dining Hall Refrigeration	-	$50	$70

  • Summer Camp Programs Offered

    They offer six weeks of Boy Scout summer camp during June and July.

  • Merit Badges Offered
    Archery, Astronomy, Athletics, Basketry, Bird Study, Camping, Canoeing, Cooking, Environmental Science, Fishing, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Geology, Hiking, Indian Lore, Insect Life, Leatherwork, Lifesaving, Mammals, Nature, Orienteering, Pioneering, Personal Fitness, Reptile Study, Rifle Shooting, Rowing, Shotgun Shooting, Small Boat Sailing, Soil and Water Conservation, Sports, Swimming, Weather, Whitewater, Wilderness Survival and Woodcarving.

  • Other Special Programs Offered
    Scouts can earn their Mile Swim, Lifeguard BSA, and Snorkling BSA awards here. Older Scouts can also try Mountain Biking and Black Powder Musket Shooting in the Shawtown Woods.

  • Directions to Camp
    
    
    • From Hartford, CT, take Route 44 West to Winstead, CT, turn left onto Route 183 South and go 4 miles, then take a left on West Hill Road and follow the signs to the camp.
      
    • From Waterbury, CT, take Route 8 North to Exit 46, Pinewoods Road, take a right at the bottom of the ramp, turn left onto Route 183 North, then follow signs to the camp.

Cub Scout Camp Information

• Camp Tadma
  166 Bishop Road, Bozrah, CT 06334
  Camp TEL: (860) 887-1281 (During Summer Camp Only)
  Camp Health Lodge TEL: (860) 886-6043
  Click HERE to write an E-mail for more camp information.
  Camp Map (PDF Format)

  The camp occupies 340 acres and has a private lake (10 acres or more) for swimming, boating, canoeing and possible limited sailing. They offer tent campsites and winter cabins for overnight groups, an activity field for atheletics and camporess, boats and/or canoes for overnight groups, a dining hall (during summer camp), archery and BB gun ranges.
  
  

  2006 RENTAL FEES
  Features: GG=Gas Grill, GH=Gas heat, WS=Wood Stove
  
  

  FACILITY	CAPACITY - FEATURES	IN COUCIL COST	OUT OF COUCIL COST
  Tenting	-	$10	$20 plus $2 per scout
  Activities Shelter	24 - GG, WS	$78	$114
  Pequot Lodge	30 - GG, GH	$105	$150

  • Summer Camp Programs Offered

    They offer Cub Scout and Webelos Resident Camp with outpost and wilderness overnights, paddle boats, Huck Finn rafting and fishing, Kiehtan Indian Village (with 18 foot-high tipis), or the Fort Tadma programs. Their Nature program includes Geology, Astronomy, Bird Watching, Archaeology, Anthropology, and a Nature Trail for hiking and studies. Camp Tadma also has a newly built BMX course that is open during summer camp free-time.

  • Directions to Camp
    
    
    • From Route 2 take Exit 23, at end of ramp, go straight onto Route 163 south for 1.25 miles to Bear Hill Road, turn right onto Bishop Road, follow 1.5 miles to the camp's entrance.
      
    • From I-95 take I-395 noth to Exit 80, Route 82 West for 2.5 miles, at Citgo Gas Station turn right onto South Road, at the fork in the road bear right, uphill, onto Bishop Road, go 0.75 miles to the camp's entrance.

Order of the Arrow Lodge Information

• Tschitani Lodge #010, Metacomet Chapter - Section NE-3A

  View images of their Lodge Patches and Merger History by clicking HERE