Scouting in Maine dates back to the creation of the Katahdin Area Council in 1920 and has continued prominently to the present day.

Boy Scouting started early in Maine, with two local councils in operation by February 1915.

[1] Organizers in Saco tried again in 1927, forming York County Council, which also included units in Biddeford and North Berwick.

With nearly 3,000 adults and 6,000 youth, Katahdin Area Council has one of the highest adult-youth ratios in the country.

In August 2006 the Peter Vigue Scout Center was completed, it includes the Teddy Roosevelt Welcome Room and a Lodge/dining hall that seats 420 people.

The prior lodge/dining hall was renamed the Pamola Lodge in 2009 and is now used for program activities with an eye towards insulating to improve opportunities for packs, troops, and crews throughout the winter.

Hundreds of Scouts and Ventures, enjoy a unique backcountry experience in northern Maine.

Much of the almost 10,000 square miles (26,000 km2) open for exploration remain untouched - as travelers like Henry David Thoreau experienced it over 150 years ago.

Since 1970, Maine High Adventure has been providing customized, fully outfitted, guided trips for youth groups of all kinds.

Maine High Adventure provides food, camping equipment, van transportation, and a fully trained "Matagamon guide".

[5] The council contains four districts: Camp Bomazeen is located on Great Pond in North Belgrade, Maine, where on its shores, Screenwriter Ernest Thompson spent his summers as a youth.

In 2014 Pine Tree Council re-opened the Camp to Boy Scouts launching a brand new program using specialty themes.

These themes were Maine Junior Woodsman Guide, Nechemis (new scout program), Trades and Technology, and Bush Craft Adventure.

Today, Bomazeen with campsites and cabins with wood stoves provides year-round opportunities to packs, troops, crews, and ships; a tremendous site for district camporees; and the venue for Trailblazer days for new Cubs and Parents just joining Scouting.

Pine Tree Council is currently in a fundraising campaign to develop and improve its year-round facilities.

Located on Loon Pond, Sabattus, Maine, Camporees have been held on this council property since at least 1947.

The camp has been a regular site for Abnaki district (surrounding Auburn, Lisbon, Lewiston, Norway, Paris, and Bethel in Androsscoggin and Oxford Counties) events including camporees, Cub events, and district Cub Day Camps.

With open fields and wooded campsites for tenting, a clean water source and latrines, a pond, a pavilion, and back country roads in the area, Camp Gustin hosts troop shakedowns and junior leader training, design-your-own second class rural hiking, troop challenges, Cub family camping, picnics, and field days, and for older Scout retreats.

The camp had been under consideration for sale in order to support other properties and/or relieve council debt, but in November 2010, Pine Tree Council announced its intention to keep the camp as a site for unit outdoor programs for Boy Scouts of all ages.

Scouts use Camp Hinds for a full week-long summer program of aquatics, nature/ecology, Scoutcraft (outdoor skills), archery and riflery, handicraft, ropes course, and climbing.

Troops and packs use the facilities not just at summer camp but for unit based programs in spring, fall, and winter.

The camp has 14 large, wooded campsites along with three cabins available though Pine Tree Council throughout the year.

[9] The Scout Museum at the Pine Tree Council offices has a display on these nationally popular plastic slides.

The council still owns the property, but it is only used by the York District for weekend events & Cub Scout Day Camp.

In the early years, chapters of the Lodge were located at the council's summer camp facilities (Hinds, Bomazeen).

Four members of Madockawanda have received the National Distinguished Service Award, numerous youth and adults have served as Section officers and advisers.