[6] The council grew through the 1940s and in 1947 John Sherman Hoyt donated 18 acres (73,000 m2) of land in Norwalk, Connecticut for use for short-term camping.

The Council reported that it was serving 3,269 boys and adults and plans to build their own Scout headquarters in Glenbrook section of Stamford, Connecticut.

The building was sponsored by the Union Memorial Church and financed by donations from the Lions Club and by selling a portion of the Five Mile River Camp.

The purchase of the Williams Training Center in the late 1950s was made possible by selling the remaining portion of Five Mile River Camp.

[7] The plan was to develop four camps on the more than 1,100 acres (445 ha) that surrounded Lake of Isles, located in North Stonington, Ledyard and Preston townships of rural southeastern Connecticut.

However, for 1979, Long Rivers Council management changed its plan and decided to keep Camps Pequot and Cherokee open permanently.

With the construction of the Mashantucket Pequot Casino in 1991–1992, the natural beauty and surroundings had been damaged enough to make Long Rivers Council consider selling the property to the Native American tribe and this was done in 1992.

However, for 1979, Long Rivers Council management changed its plan and decided to keep Camps Pequot and Cherokee open permanently.

Scouts would have to make the trek to the commissary three times a day to pick up food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and then cook it themselves.

This was the logical camp in the council to hold Youth Leader Training, whether it was called JLTC, TLD or TLTC, as it had the patrol cooking arrangements.

The lower part of the camp, along the Lake of Isles shoreline, included the campsite Tunxis, the nature area and the waterfront.

In one era in particular the lodge was home to several Section Chiefs in sequence, beginning in 1988 with Dave Turechek of Trumbull, who resigned partway through his term.

In the fall of 1995, a joint lodge conclave with Eluwak #59 was held at June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation in Ashford.

Camp Mattatuck offers a wide range of activities for the Scouts including mountain biking, rock climbing, sail boating, canoeing, kayaking, rifle and shotgun shooting, swimming and lifesaving.

A feature most remembered of the camp is its lagoon, separated from the rest of Crystal Pond by the Causeway (bridge) and the points of the Scout Law painted on the steps at the beach that lead to the swimming area.

In the 1990s, the Highland District's fundraising put a lot of time and money into Nahaco, with improvements of updating the Dining Hall kitchen with all new stainless steel.

A referendum vote was held by the towns of Woodstock and Eastford about the purchase of Camp Nahaco from Connecticut Rivers Council.

350 years ago, chief Uncas, who founded the Mohegan tribe and made peace with the colonists, may have held tribal councils there.

Camp Wakenah "III" also made use of a newly constructed modular home that served as its administrative building and the existing Tadma Fort.

When the Boy Scouts of America began encouraging local councils to switch from their honor societies to the Order of the Arrow, the membership voted to organize Chi Sigma Lodge in 1947.

[12] Eager to learn more about what the Order of the Arrow was and how it could better serve the Scouts of the council, lodge leadership attended an area meeting at Camp Collier in New Hampshire in 1951.

Having chosen an appropriate animal as a totem for the lodge, the committee turned to finding a new name, which was supposed to be symbolic of the Native American background of the Order of the Arrow.

An article in the Stamford Advocate from 1941 (Tercentenary Edition) stated that on March 22, 1912, the city's first Boy Scout Troop was being formed at the St. John's Episcopal Church.

In 1963, the Girl Scout Council of Southwestern Connecticut began a search for a camp location that was closer to Stamford and the towns they serve.

Mildred and Hugh Allison donated the cabin and space for this Girl Scout day camp on their home property in Fairfield.

Was supposed to open in 1956, however the camp needed improvements of running water and sanitary facilities, so they collected donated equipment and the girls sold cookies to raise money.

The Kent Land Trust began managing the camp as a conservation area in 2011 and bought the property in February 2014 for $1.5 million.

They are planning on restoring the original post and beam lodge from the Barnum farm with the aid of the Kent Historical Society so they can open a small museum dedicated to Scouting history in the area.

"As part of the consideration of this deed, it is agreed that the grantee may not sell the premises herein conveyed unless two thirds of the registered Girl Scout adults from the city of Milford vote approval of the sale.

ft Evelyn Metcalf lodge, caretakers house, tent platforms, climbing tower and cabins remain.