Operations, Peter Howard, ME, Peter Derosier, NY, Jim Member was an Eagle Scout and three of the thirteen were sons of professional Scout In early June the staffĪrrived with just a few short weeks to set up a High Adventure Base for a July lst Instead of building a tent city on Birch Point, we had buildings that could beĪdapted to our use. The development and became Chairman of the Maine High Adventure Advisory Committee. High Adventure by John Sinclair, President of Seven Islands Co. Money, $35,000 came from a grant that Wadsworth had to develop the Maine High Adventureīase. Weeks, arrangements to buy were completed. To make a long story short, Wadsworth flew up the next day from the National to discuss possibilities: Financial, Physical and Practical. I drove to Patten and telephoned High Adventure Director Bill Wadsworth in Newīrunswick N.J. Was delighted to discuss a possible sale of the buildings. , and walked into the Camp to sound out Ray Pridgeon. I immediately had the bulldozer take a long break, while I drove to Fosters He indicated that he had just come from aĬonversation with a discouraged Ray Pridgeon, who had purchased the Matagamon SportingĬamp from the Fosters a year earlier. Of thinking for this fledgling operation. He said to me, Bud, just maybe that road is Lived on the lake we had talked about our hopes and plans. Out of the woods walked Chubįoster, former owner and operator of Fosters Matagamon Sporting Camp. We had decided to build a tent city to house ourįirst year of operation. The History of Maine High Adventure Part 2. Honeymoon so he could fish the West Branch of the Penobscot River in 1948 this was the What a challenge? For a guy who had sneaked his fly rod on his That is another story to be told.ġ971, I was given the opportunity and the responsibility for setting up and operating the MAINE-MATAGAMON High Adventure program in Maine. Was President of the Seven Islands Land Co, at the time. Whos foresight, inspiration and dedication made this happen is John Sinclair, who Maine would be the first Base in the new National High Adventure scheme. Of 1970, the BSA, created a National HighĪdventure Committee within the Camping DivisionĪnd Bill Wadsworth became National Director of High Adventure a nd John Donnell became Chairman of the new committee. Use and the environmental training provided to the participants is beneficial to all. On the basis that the operation of the High Adventure Program represented good multiple These landowners offered the use of their properties in partnership with the BSA Regional canoe bases, who owned nearly 10 MillionĪcres were willing to share the use of their lands with the BSA made Maine High Adventure National Council began working on a National plan toĭevelop a series of High Adventure Bases around the country that could provide bold,įor older Scouts and Explorers. several visits were made by National BSA peopleġ969, I became the Scout Executive of the KAC And it was about this time that the The program grew as the years went by, annual trips increased, volunteers built the Poleīarn and the hope that the National Council, BSA, might take over the operation wasĮvident. The early program consisted of one extended canoe trip a year canoeing the The program operated from a Base Camp at Birch Point located on Grand Lake 1960s, The Katahdin Area Council, BSA, initiated a high adventure type program under
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