The Narragansett Council of Scouting America serves all of the state of Rhode Island and some of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

The next day, the committee requested a charter from the New England Department Headquarters of the American Boy Scouts.

[3] RIBS kept its corporate identity after the merger allowing it to continue receiving bequests, funds, and properties.

It was headquartered in Fall River, Massachusetts and served that city and the surrounding communities of Somerset, Swansea, Westport, Tiverton and Little Compton.

The primary source for Boy Scout uniforms and gear was McWhirr's department store on South Main Street in Fall River.

It was decided in 1921 at a Fall River Council Executive Board meeting that the purchase of a 100-acre (0.4 km2) wooded area would take place, naming it Camp Noquochoke.

The physical facilities were significantly improved in the late 1950s with a new dining hall (constructed by Fall River (Building) Trades Council with site work provided by the Navy Seabees Reservists) and an in-ground pool.

This property, off Rock O' Dundee Road in South Dartmouth [2], was too small and lacked adequate water sources, both for drinking and swimming.

In 1945, the Cachalot Council conducted a capital fundraising campaign expressly for the purpose of acquiring a suitable camp.

After considering several properties [5], they placed on offer on a large parcel adjacent to the southeastern corner of Myles Standish State Forest, owned by "The Five Mile Corporation."

Camp Noquochoke was sold due to its smaller size and fewer prospects, and later became a residential neighborhood.

In 1930, Annawon Council was organized, but it was not until January 9, 1931, that it was incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, and legally established as of April 20, 1933.

At the time of organization, the Council included the communities of Attleboro, Mansfield, Norton, Taunton, Raynham, and Berkley.

In 1916 the first Scouting charters in Massachusetts were granted to the Fall River and the Fairhaven-New Bedford Councils.

Although considerable thought was given to a site on Lake Mashpee on Cape Cod, the Council reneged on a thirty-day option to buy the property.

After considerable study in 1934, the Council purchased 25 Acres on Darby Pond in Plymouth for use as a camp site.

On June 24, 1935, William A. Collins of Norwich, Connecticut and a graduate of MIT was appointed Scout Executive.

In 1940 the land north of the original property of 25 acres was purchased for $300.00, it included an abandoned house in a large field.

In 1950 Ellis Brewster from the Plymouth Cordage Company donated 100 acres to Annawon council to increase the size of Camp Norse.

That same year, the shallow well was replaced with a deeper well and then was enclosed in a block house through a grant from the George Magee Memorial Fund.

Prior to merging, the council was divided into the following districts serving 11 communities in Bristol and Plymouth counties: In June 1941, Tulpe Lodge, Order of the Arrow was approved by the executive board.

In these locations, troops were organized and affiliated with the National Council Boy Scouts of America.

It was formed in the 1950s from Yawgoog's honor society, The Wincheck Indians, when the Order of the Arrow became growing in national popularity.

The newly merged operation, which will take the name of the Narragansett Council, includes all of Rhode Island, 34 communities in Massachusetts and 1 in Connecticut, and boasts nearly 14,000 Scouts, the largest in National Service Territory 11.

The Narragansett Council announced in August 2021 that its Executive Board would pursue a sale of Camp Cachalot, located in Plymouth and Wareham, Massachusetts.

The sale to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through its Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, was completed on June 17, 2022.

Founded in 1916, Yawgoog is the fourth oldest continuously run Scout camp in the United States.