CT Rivers Council Treasures of Scouting- MGSR Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/28/2010
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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[RC-23] CAVEAT: ‘SNOWFLAKE’ ATTRIBUTE ICON SIGNIFIES THAT CACHE LOCATION IS AVAILABLE DURING WINTER, NOT A GUARANTEE HAT CACHE ITSELF IS RETRIEVABLE. DEPENDING ON SNOW AMOUNTS, DRIFTING, FREEZING ETC. AT SPECIFIC SITES CONTAINER MAY NOT BE ACCESSIBLE. Placed with permission of CT Rivers Council, BSA. Med. cammo'ed L&L.Park near main road, near main entrance to the Reservation. You will not need to venture far onto the Camp's grounds to claim this cache!

The Mark Greer Scout Reservation is one of Eastern Connecticut's 'Treasures of Scouting'. For info on activities available at the Reservation, check the 'Related Web Page' above. The following is taken from the Reservation's web page: "After World War II, the Middlesex County Council (Middletown, Ct.) looked to build a permanent camp for its Troops.Land surrounding Tadma Pond was for sale, and was purchased. The camp was developed enough to have a summer season in 1947. With 5 camp sites, a small dining hall, waterfront, health lodge, chapel, shower house and rifle range, it had all the amenities of a typical Scout camp of the time. A Cub Scout Camp was planned for the East Side of the Pond. The Boy Scout Camp was named Camp Tadma after the purchased Pond. Mark Greer was a major benefactor of the Middlesex County Council, and the planned reservation was named in his honor. After the major merger of five councils in 1971 which formed the Long Rivers Council, the plans for additional camps on the undeveloped east side were scrapped. Camp Tadma's last season as a Scout Camp was 1976. It re-opened as a Webelos long term camp (one of the first in the country) in 1978. It continues as a Webelos& Cub Resident Camp. In 2004, with the sale of Camp Wakenah (just 5 miles up the road on Garderners Lake in Salem), Wakenah Day Camp was moved to MGSR. The Reservation is now home to Camp Tadma and Wakenah Day Camp".

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