The Spirit of Adventure Council is a regional
council
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of the
Boy Scouts of America. It serves the greater
Boston, Massachusetts, area.
History
The
Yankee Clipper Council and
Boston Minuteman Council merged on July 1, 2015. As part of this merger,
New Hampshire towns of the former Yankee Clipper Council were transferred to the
Daniel Webster Council, headquartered in
Manchester.
Boston Minuteman Council
In 1993, the Boston Minuteman Council #227 was formed from the merger of Minuteman Council #240 (
Stoneham, 1959–1993) and the Greater Boston Council #227 (Boston, 1980–1993), formerly Boston Council #227 (1921-1980 when only the name changed).
In 1966, the Quincy Council (Quincy, Massachusetts) (1918-1966) merged with the Boston Council.
In 1959, the Minuteman Council (Stoneham, 1959–1993) was formed from a merger of Sachem Council #223 (
Lexington, 1926–1959), Fellsland Council #242 (
Winchester
Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...
, 1932–1959), and Quannopowitt Council #240 (
Malden, 1993-1959).
The Cambridge Council #229 (
Cambridge, 1919–2001) and their Kahagon
Order of the Arrow Lodge #131 were merged into the Boston Minuteman Council in 2001.
Yankee Clipper Council #236
The council was formed from a merger of the North
Essex Council,
North Bay Council, and Lone Tree Council in 1993. The
Greater Lowell Council merged with Yankee Clipper in 2000, choosing it over three adjacent councils. The Greater Lowell District formed the fifth spoke on the ship's wheel totem of the YCC council strip. The council operated two camps in its final years: Wah-Tut-Ca Scout Reservation, a Boy Scout camp, and Lone Tree Scout Reservation for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, after selling
Camp Onway in 2007.
Organization
The council is divided into the following districts:
*Flintlock District (includes the communities of
Bedford,
Burlington
Burlington may refer to:
Places Canada Geography
* Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Burlington, Nova Scotia
* Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington"
* Burlington, Prince Edward Island
* Burlington Bay, no ...
,
Carlisle
Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...
,
Concord,
Hanscom AFB
Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington. The facility is adjacent to Hanscom Field ...
,
Lexington,
Lincoln,
North Reading
North Reading (pronounced, as is with Reading as () is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,554 at the 2020 census.
History
The area was first settled in 1651 when the town of Reading received a special ...
,
Reading,
Stoneham,
Wakefield,
Winchester
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, and
Woburn)
*Sons of Liberty District (includes the communities of
Arlington,
Belmont
Belmont may refer to:
People
* Belmont (surname)
Places
* Belmont Abbey (disambiguation)
* Belmont Historic District (disambiguation)
* Belmont Hotel (disambiguation)
* Belmont Park (disambiguation)
* Belmont Plantation (disambiguation)
* Belmon ...
,
Cambridge,
Charlestown,
Chelsea,
East Boston,
Everett,
Malden,
Medford,
Melrose,
Revere
Revere may refer to:
Brands and companies
*Revere Ware, a U.S. cookware brand owned by World Kitchen
* Revere Camera Company, American designer of cameras and tape recorders
*Revere Copper Company
* ReVere, a car company recognised by the Classic ...
,
Somerville
Somerville may refer to:
*Somerville College, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford
Places
*Somerville, Victoria, Australia
* Somerville, Western Australia, a suburb of Kalgoorlie, Australia
* Somerville, New Zealand, a subur ...
,
Waltham and
Watertown)
*Great Blue Hill District (includes the communities of
Allston,
Back Bay,
Beacon Hill Beacon Hill may refer to:
Places Canada
* Beacon Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, a neighbourhood
* Beacon Hill Park, a park in Victoria, British Columbia
* Beacon Hill, Saskatchewan
* Beacon Hill, Montreal, a neighbourhood in Beaconsfield, Quebec
United ...
,
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
,
Brookline
Brookline may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Brookline, Massachusetts, a town near Boston
* Brookline, Missouri
* Brookline, New Hampshire
* Brookline (Pittsburgh), a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Brookline, Vermont
See ...
,
Dedham,
Dorchester,
Dover
Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
,
Hyde Park
Hyde Park may refer to:
Places
England
* Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London
* Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds
* Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield
* Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester
Austra ...
,
Islington
Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...
,
Jamaica Plain,
Mattapan,
Milton
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
,
Needham,
Quincy,
Roslindale,
Roxbury Roxbury may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Roxbury, Nova Scotia
* Roxbury, Prince Edward Island
;United States
* Roxbury, Connecticut
* Roxbury, Kansas
* Roxbury, Maine
* Roxbury, Boston, a municipality that was later integrated into the city of Bosto ...
,
South Boston,
West Roxbury
West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the town of Brookline to the north, the cities and towns of Newton and Needham to the northwest and the town of Dedham to the ...
,
Westwood)
*West Wind District (includes the communities of
Andover
Andover may refer to:
Places Australia
* Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Ando ...
,
Billerica,
Chelmsford,
Dracut,
Dunstable,
Lawrence,
Lowell,
Tewksbury Tewksbury may refer to:
Places
*Tewksbury, Massachusetts, USA
*Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, USA
*Tewksbury Heights, Contra Costa County, California, USA
*Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
**Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
**Borough of ...
,
Tyngsborough,
Westford, and
Wilmington)
*Northern Light District (includes the communities of
Amesbury
Amesbury () is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settle ...
,
Georgetown,
Groveland,
Haverhill,
Ipswich,
Merrimac,
Methuen,
Newbury,
Newburyport,
North Andover
North Andover is an affluent town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 30,915.
History
Native Americans inhabited what is now northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European c ...
,
Rowley Rowley may refer to:
Places Canada
* Rowley, Alberta
* Rowley Island, Nunavut
United Kingdom
* Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet
* Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
* Rowley, Shropshire, a location in Shropshire, England
* Rowley Regis, ...
,
Salisbury, and
West Newbury)
*The Great Eastern District (includes the communities of
Beverly,
Boxford,
Danvers,
Essex,
Gloucester,
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
,
Lynn
Lynn may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Lynn (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Lynn (surname)
* The Lynns, a 1990s American country music duo consisting of twin sisters Peggy and Patsy Lynn
* Lynn ( ...
,
Lynnfield,
Manchester-by-the-Sea,
Marblehead,
Middleton,
Nahant
Nahant is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,334 at the 2020 census, which makes it the smallest municipality by population in Essex County. With just of land area, it is the smallest municipality by are ...
,
Peabody,
Rockport,
Salem
Salem may refer to: Places
Canada
Ontario
* Bruce County
** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie
** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce
* Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...
,
Saugus,
Swampscott,
Topsfield,
Wenham, and
Winthrop)
Camps
It has several camps:
*New England Base Camp (formerly Camp Sayre), in the
Blue Hills Reservation, Milton, Massachusetts
*T.L. Storer Scout Reservation in
Barnstead, New Hampshire (part of the Northern NeXus)
*Parker Mountain Scout Reservation in
Strafford, New Hampshire
Strafford is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,230 at the 2020 census. The two main settlements in town are Center Strafford and Bow Lake Village.
History
Once part of Barrington, Strafford was ...
(part of the Northern NeXus)
*Wah-Tut-Ca Scout Reservation in
Northwood, New Hampshire (part of the Northern NeXus)
Order of the Arrow
Pennacook Lodge is the Order of the Arrow lodge chartered to the Spirit of Adventure Council, Boy Scouts of America. Established January 1, 2016, it was formed as a result of the merger between its two predecessor lodges: Moswetuset Lodge (Boston Minuteman Council) and Nanepashemet Lodge (Yankee Clipper Council).
See also
*
Scouting in Massachusetts
Scouting in Massachusetts includes both Girl Scout and Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organizations. Both were founded in the 1910s in Massachusetts. With a vigorous history, both organizations actively serve thousands of youth in programs that suit ...
*
Scouting in New Hampshire
External links
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References
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Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America
Northeast Region (Boy Scouts of America)
Non-profit organizations based in Massachusetts
2015 establishments in Massachusetts