The headquarters of the Connecticut Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America is located in East 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 28,000 and a volunteer base of nearly 10,000 adults,serving for over half of the state.
The council's camps include the June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation in Ashford, Camp Mattatuck in Plymouth, Camp Workcoeman in New Hartford and the Mark Greer Scout Reservation (a.k.a. Camp Tadma) in Bozrah. See Boy Scout Camps in Connecticut, past and present below for more information on the individual camps.
The council's Order of the Arrow Lodge is the Tschitani Lodge.
Read more about Connecticut Rivers Council: Organization, Order of The Arrow
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