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YAWGOOG SCOUT RESERVATION
Founded in 1916 as “A Scout Adventureland Forever, Camp” Yawgoog is situated on 1800 acres of beautiful wilderness in Rockville, Rhode Island. Yawgoog is divided into three separate Camps: Three Point, Medicine Bow and Sandy Beach. All three camps share reservation program facilities. For example, the Nature Center is located in Camp Three Point, but is available to all Scouts on the Reservation. Each Camp has its own traditions a color, songs and cheers but all three Camps offer the same opportunities to Scouts. The atmosphere of healthy Camp competition is a unique aspect of the Yawgoog experience. Yawgoog Scout Reservation is a part of the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America. The Council is a member of the Rhode Island Association of Camps, and subscribes to its principles of operation.
In 1916, Scout Executive Donald North, after inspecting some 20 lakes in Rhode Island, recommended the deserted Joseph Palmer farm property on Yawgoog Pond as a permanent reservation for Scouting. The 150 acre piece was leased to RI Boy Scouts in 1916, tried out, and purchased in 1917. Yawgoog and Wincheck, according to local tradition, were the names of two Narragansett Indian Chiefs. The water rights to the pond, named for Chief Yawgoog, were purchased in 1953 from the Yawgo Line and Twine Company.
Dedicated to preserving the great traditions and spirit of the past, striving to make the very best of the present, and planning carefully for the future, Yawgoog enters each new season in the same way that it began in 1916 -- full of fun, adventure, brotherhood, and good wholesome Scouting.
Yawgoog is an eight week summer camp, sessions start on Sunday and ends the following Sunday. There is over 180 staff serving the Scout and Scouters that call Yawgoog home for a week in the summer.
Founded in 1916 as “A Scout Adventureland Forever, Camp” Yawgoog is situated on 1800 acres of beautiful wilderness in Rockville, Rhode Island. Yawgoog is divided into three separate Camps: Three Point, Medicine Bow and Sandy Beach. All three camps share reservation program facilities. For example, the Nature Center is located in Camp Three Point, but is available to all Scouts on the Reservation. Each Camp has its own traditions a color, songs and cheers but all three Camps offer the same opportunities to Scouts. The atmosphere of healthy Camp competition is a unique aspect of the Yawgoog experience. Yawgoog Scout Reservation is a part of the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America. The Council is a member of the Rhode Island Association of Camps, and subscribes to its principles of operation.
In 1916, Scout Executive Donald North, after inspecting some 20 lakes in Rhode Island, recommended the deserted Joseph Palmer farm property on Yawgoog Pond as a permanent reservation for Scouting. The 150 acre piece was leased to RI Boy Scouts in 1916, tried out, and purchased in 1917. Yawgoog and Wincheck, according to local tradition, were the names of two Narragansett Indian Chiefs. The water rights to the pond, named for Chief Yawgoog, were purchased in 1953 from the Yawgo Line and Twine Company.
Dedicated to preserving the great traditions and spirit of the past, striving to make the very best of the present, and planning carefully for the future, Yawgoog enters each new season in the same way that it began in 1916 -- full of fun, adventure, brotherhood, and good wholesome Scouting.
Yawgoog is an eight week summer camp, sessions start on Sunday and ends the following Sunday. There is over 180 staff serving the Scout and Scouters that call Yawgoog home for a week in the summer.