Among them were Bronxville (founded 1919), Mamaroneck (1917), Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Peekskill (1918), Pelham (1910), Rye (5/29/1913), White Plains (1918) and Yonkers Councils.

Boy Scout troops come to Camp Waubeeka to camp-out in tents and earn merit badges in a variety of disciplines: Waterfront, Scoutcraft, Ecology and Conservation (or "ECON"), and Handicraft.

In order to earn the Horsemanship and Climbing merit badges, Scouts must use the in-camp transportation provided to those class locations.

The "water carnival" in which the cardboard boat race was a segment, has been replaced in 2013 with a trebuchet building contest.

Camp Waubeeka has seven functional campsites: Cascade, Avalanche, Wolfjaw, Polaris, Sunrise, Haystack, and Hurricane.

Scouts traveling on the designated trails through these areas can see old cots, platforms, fire rings, a flagpole, and an old latrine.

At the waterfront, Scouts can earn aquatics merit badges, participate in instructional swim courses or just check out rowboats, canoes or other watercraft.

The elite portion of the staff at Summit Base, called Voyageurs, guide week-long canoe and hiking treks.

On occasion the best of the best voyageurs have led two-week treks to cover the entire Northville Lake Placid trail.

There is also an opportunity to do combination canoe and backpack treks, which feature a midweek resupply, and sometimes even guest appearances by kitchen staff.

Because there are still areas of the Adirondacks with no cell phone coverage an ingenious solution was developed for communicating with contract voyageurs.

Due to the specialized nature of Voyageur training, other summit base staff members cannot lead treks though.

A long dirt road leads to a big grassland where the remnants of an early 20th-century racetrack are located, much of it still visible.

The racetrack area is home to a high and low ropes course, known as COPE (Challenging Outdoor Personnel Endeavor).

In the past, staff members would rappel off the water tower, often needless fireman brakes were applied.

Both the "rock house" and the "voyageur cabin" were burnt down and with the destruction of the buildings, a great deal of summit lore was also lost.

Perhaps the toughest loss was the old dining hall, later affectionately known as TAC (Tomahawk Activity Center) an iconic structure utilized for indoor climbing, "pack shakedown", transient housing and file storage.

Clear Lake is also one of the sites for the Council's Cub Scout Day Camp summer program.

Camp Jay Gould was a property near Elmsford owned by the Hendrick Hudson Council obtained in 1947.

Scouts could reach the property by hiking or biking and it was used for short term camping, training and Camporees.

The property was sold off in 1959 by the Siwanoy-Bronx Valley Council and the funds were used to purchase an additional 100 acres along Camp Siwanoy's southern flank.

The additional Siwanoy land and its buildings became the basis for the Explorer Science Camp and the council's training center.

[6] The name was then transferred to a camp in Crugers, New York, also run under the auspices of Bronx Valley Council.

The Waubeeka name was carried north and is now one of three camps at the Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation, which opened in 1949.

The Hendrick Hudson Council once owned a 400-acre property of unknown name on Roaring Brook near Millwood and Ossining.

It is unknown when this camp first opened, but it appears that successor Washington Irving Council placed the property on the market in the early 1950s.

Curtis S. Read Memorial Scout Camp opened on the shores of Long Pond, near Lake Mahopac in Putnam County, in 1920.

[7] The trust was to continue for a period of 20 years, during which time the income was to be used for the benefit of Durland Scout Center.

Upon termination of the trust, the principal was to be distributed to the council on condition that it execute an agreement providing for the continuance of the Durland Scout Center.

Ktemaque is a Delaware Indian word meaning "from the land of the beaver," harkening back to the original totem of Chappegat Lodge.