Cachalot Scout Reservation
| Camp Cachalot | |||
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| Coordinates | 41°48′41″N 70°38′58″W / 41.8115°N 70.6495°W / 41.8115; -70.6495 | ||
| Founded | 1946 | ||
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| Website http://www.campcachalot.org/ |
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Camp Cachalot was founded 1946 as the campground for the former Cachalot Council. It is located in the Myles Standish State Forest near Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Camp Cachalot is frequently the site of the annual Moby Dick Council Klondike Derby, which, in 2002, was renamed the Massasoit/Cachalot District Klondike Derby. In the annual derby, teams of patrols compete in competitions about wilderness survival and teamwork skills. The event is intended to recreate winter conditions of Alaskan gold-seeking teams, and often does if January snowfall has been high.
Eagle week occurs each summer, usually during the fourth week of the camping season. Eagle week is set aside for aspiring Eagle Scouts to work on required merit badges. The usual Merit badges are still offered as well.
Many projects and buildings at Camp Cachalot have benefited from grants made by the George W. Magee Memorial Trust Fund.
Read more about this topic: Narragansett Council, Camps
Famous quotes containing the words scout and/or reservation:
“Simone Clouseau: Jacques would make a wonderful father. He has many redeeming qualities, you know.
Sir Charles: Name one.
Simone Clouseau: Oh, he’s kind, loyal, faithful, obedient.
Sir Charles: You’re either married to a boy scout or a dachshund.”
—Blake Edwards (b. 1922)
“Music is so much a part of their daily lives that if an Indian visits another reservation one of the first questions asked on his return is: “What new songs did you learn?””
—Federal Writers’ Project Of The Wor, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)