Nashua Valley Council

The Nashua Valley Council is a Boy Scouts of America council serving Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, and Venturing crews in north central Massachusetts with administrative support, program resources, activities, events, and camping properties. The council was formed in 1965 from the merger of the Wachusett Council and the Fitchburg Area Council. On May 30, 2018, the Nashua Valley Council annual meeting approved a proposal to merge with Mohegan Council. The Mohegan Council annual meeting approved this proposal on May 31, 2018. ^[1]

Organization

The council is divided into the following districts:

• Massasoit District, serving the eastern half of the council (Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Clinton, Fitchburg, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, and Townsend).
• Wachusett District, serving the western half of the council (Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Gardner, Hardwick, Hubbardston, Leominster, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Princeton, Royalston, Sterling, Templeton, Westminster, and Winchendon).^[2]

The council maintains two camp properties. Camp Wanocksett, in Dublin, New Hampshire, operates a summer week-long Boy Scout residential camp, and Camp Split Rock, in Ashburnham, operates a week-long day camp for Cub Scouts. Both camps are available to all Scouting units for year-round camping and programs.

Camp Wanocksett

Camp Wanocksett
Main field of Camp Wanocksett, from the Administration building porch
Location	Dublin, New Hampshire
Founded	1924
Website http://www.campwanocksett.org

Camp Wanocksett is a 250-acre (1.0 km²) Boy Scouts of America camp located in Dublin, New Hampshire, about two miles (3 km) east of Monadnock State Park. It is used by the Nashua Valley Council, which is based in north-central Massachusetts, and the Order of the Arrow Grand Monadnock Lodge. Located in the forest, Camp Wanocksett borders Thorndike Pond. The camp was started in 1924 on land that had previously been a farm. Its name is derived from a combination of three mountains in the area; Watatic, Monadnock, and Wachusett.

Grand Monadnock Lodge

The Grand Monadnock Lodge is an Order of the Arrow lodge serving Central Massachusetts, roughly the same area as Nashua Valley Council. The lodge is run by its executive board, including five elected positions such as the chief, 2 vice chiefs, secretary, and treasurer. The board is also made of several appointed chairmen, including publications, inductions, conversions, dance team, and ceremonies chairman. The board meets once a month at the Council Office in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

The lodge manages and conducts several events throughout the course of a year, including a Spring Fellowship Weekend, Fall Fellowship Weekend, Winter Fellowship Weekend, and a Lodge Banquet. The lodge has over 400 members, 80% of which are active in events.

See also

• Scouting in Massachusetts

References