With rock climbing, waterskiing, archery, and many day hikes and paddles available, Floodwood offers an in-camp programs yet focuses mostly on canoe and backpacking high adventure treks.
Problems with water supply led the Council to explore other areas of the reservation for a permanent camp site.
The initial expansive plan for multiple camps was already being reconsidered, and in the end West Pine Pond was chosen for development.
It is at this site that units have camped since the summer of 1970, while they have continued to use Rollins Pond as the launching point for canoe treks and for the water skiing program.
[16] No-Be-Bo-Sco is in session from July–August each year to Scouts and includes dozens of merit badge classes and activities throughout its 6 weeks.
The camp serves as a launching point for a hike along the Appalachian Trail, or exploring the Delaware Watergap Recreation Area.
[citation needed] Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco lies on the shores of Sand Pond at the base of the Kittatinny Ridge, approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of the Walpack Bend in Hardwick and Stillwater Townships.
Originally, the surrounding Paulins Kill watershed region was inhabited by the Tohockonetcong Band of the Minisink Tribe.
It is unlikely they had a permanent settlement in this valley at the headwaters of Jacksonburg Creek due to its inhospitable terrain and shortage of potable water.
They built the Camp's log cabins between 1928 and 1931, beginning with a building to house themselves where Price Lodge stands today.
[citation needed] Unlike some camps, No-Be-Bo-Sco stayed open during World War II.
The war effort made supplies scarce, so Scouts brought their rations to summer camp.
The war arrived at camp in a much more tragic way on February 22, 1944, when a B-17F Flying Fortress crashed into the west face of the Kittatiny Ridge.
[17] The Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service collaborated during the 1960s on a project to build a proposed national recreation area along the Delaware River that would have been built in conjunction with the controversial Tocks Island Dam project.
The sale agreement provided Camp access to the proposed lake, but the government abandoned the project due to a large change in public opinion.
The resulting Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area provides Camp direct access to over 69,000 acres (280 km2) of federal parkland.
Although Bob had never been to No-Be-Bo-Sco, he had sixteen years of camp staff experience, and quickly revitalized the program.
[citation needed] While Bob Johnson attracted new units, in 1990 a group of Overpeck District volunteers led by Jim Africano started the Weboree.
The increased summer and winter attendance bolstered Camp’s finances, and the Weboree helped restore Scouter enthusiasm.
[citation needed] The camps current ranger, Tom Rich, was permanently assigned to No-Be-Bo-Sco in 1995.
The same year, volunteers led by a Scout, Steve Kallesser, undertook a major dining hall renovation.
Elauwit Lodge #37 traces its founding to (then) Scout Executive (of the Jersey City Council) Carroll A. Edson, co-founder of the Order of the Arrow.