Did you know that one of the very first camporees at Maumee Reservation was in September 1971? The event had approximately 950 Scouts and Scouters participate as a part of Project SOAR (Save our American Resources). You can read about it in these newspaper clippings from the Thursday, September 23, 1971 edition of "The Tribune" and the Sunday, September 26, 1971 edition of "The Bedford Daily Times Mail Sun."
Read MoreA committee of volunteers and other selected Scouters were asked to serve on a committee to choose the name for the new Scout camp. They were tasked with deciding upon a name to be presented to the Council Executive Board on January 17, 1972. Chairing the committee was Howell H. Brooks who also served as the Chairman of the Camp Development Committee.
Read MoreDr. Denis Ward shares his memories of Maumee Scout Reservation.
Read MoreBoy Scout Camps just don't happen, and they haven't always "just been there!" Most camps have evolved over a period of time as a result of an experienced need for same. After all, three-fourths of the word Scouting is “OUTING,” and without the outdoors experience, seventy-five percent of the total Scouting experience is lost.
The creation of an outstanding Scout Camp requires untold numbers of volunteers spending thousands of hours and a like number of dollars and miles just to make it happen for our youth. The Maumee Scout Reservation fits comfortably into those parameters. As you will see in this treatise, a lot of earnest effort, diligent research, careful financing, even a little chicanery, and certainly a mountain of good fortune coupled with a bit of chance helped to make it happen.
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