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==Camps== | ==Camps== | ||
Current Camps include - | |||
Forestburg Scout Reservation, Forestburgh, New York (Boy Scout Summer Camp program) 1956 to present. | |||
FSR has 2 camps - Central Camp (1956-2001)now J. Fred Billett Camp (2002-present) & Dan Beard Camp (1958-present) | |||
See http://www.fsrcamp.org/ for directions, current information & history. | |||
Quail Hill Scout Reservation, Manalapan, New Jersey (Cub Scout Summer Camp program) 1967 to present. | |||
See http://www.qhsrcamp.org/ for directions, current information & history. | |||
Past camps include - | |||
Camp Monmouth, Shark River Hills, New Jersey (1918-1920s) | |||
a.k.a. Camp Minnewaska | |||
Camp Burton, Adamston, New Jersey (1925-1928) | |||
Camp Burton at Alaire, Farmingdale, New Jersey (now part of Alaire State Park) (various names using Burton &/Or Alaire (about 1920- 1940) | |||
Camp Housman (now part of Alaire State Park) (about 1947-1955) | |||
Arthur Brisbane Memorial Boy Scout Training Camp, Farmingdale, New Jersey (1946-late 1940s) | |||
Camp Housman Training Center, Farmingdale, New Jersey (late 1940s-1967) | |||
Monmouth Council maintained a presence in the vicinity of what is now Alaire State Park from the 1920's to the 1960's. It was used as a camp, headquarters, & the Scouts conducted as guide service in the park. The property was lent/ leased to the council by the owners & later by the State. | |||
Camp Derrick, Jamesburg, New Jersey (1921-1970s) | |||
Fort Hancock Sea Scout Base , Sandy Hook, New Jersey (1930's) | |||
Spermaceti Cove Sea Scout Base , Sandy Hook, New Jersey (about 1949-1953) Sea Explorer Training Base | |||
Mennen Harbor | |||
Skelbo Lodge (early 1960s) Bracebridge, Quebec, Canada (Explorers) | |||
Hidden Hollow, Holmdel, New Jersey (circa 1960's) | |||
See "Monmouth Council Boy Scouts (Images of America: New Jersey)" by Dave Wolverton (Paperback - May 2003)Arcadia Publishing (SC,)ISBN-10: 0738511714, ISBN-13: 978-0738511719 for a more detailed history of Monmouth Council & its camps. Limited quanities available from The New Jersey Scout Museum, Morganville, New Jersey. www.njsm.org | |||
==Lodge== | ==Lodge== | ||