Information for Camp Roosevelt
Katahdin Scout Reservation (Scout-owned)


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45 Camp Roosevelt Rd
East Eddington, ME 04428

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    Katahdin Scout Reservation

    Nestled at the base of Black Cap Mountain and surrounding Little Fitts Pond, Katahdin Scout Reservation (also called Camp Roosevelt) has served as Katahdin Area Council's outdoor classroom since 1921. Located 15 miles east of Bangor, on more that 1800 acres of pristine forest land with a 300 acre pond. Camp Roosevelt is named in honor of President and conservationist Theodore Roosevelt. Katahdin Scout Reservation offers to its membership a year-round "Learning Center for Outdoor Skills".

    Camp Roosevelt has 16 campsites that will accommodate up to 32 participants. Campsites have either 2 person tents or 4 person Adirondacks complete with cots or bunks. latrine and wash stands are at each site. Showers are available at several locations. The James E. West Campsite is for units that need handicap facilities during the summer camp season.



    The hallmark of Camp Roosevelt is the log cabin style dining lodge. It was built in 1929 with logs harvested from the reservation and is one of the largest free standing log cabins in the country.

    The Adam Vickerson Memorial Health Lodge is the newest additions to the Camp. The Health Lodge is open 24 hours a day during the season with a qualified health officer on duty.

    The Doc Mann Nature Lodge is full of Maine's natural treasures. It is a learning center for the Council ecology program.

    The Wes Shorey Handicraft Lodge is the workshop for learning and building wood projects.

    A Trading Post operates during the camp season with souvenirs, camping items and snack foods.

    A large waterfront area with opportunities for swimming, row boating, canoeing, kayaking, and small boat sailing.

    Other facilities include a Quartermaster Store, Archery and Rifle Ranges, Scoutcraft Area and a special place where everyone gathers for a campfire overlooking the water and surrounding mountains.

    New for 2001 will be the development of a COPE (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience) challenge course.




    (posted on Sep 20,2001)

    Camp Roosevelt is situated in the woods of Maine on Little Fitts Ponds in Eddington. This camp has been in existence for generations! I am not sure of the exact date the camp began, however I know the program was up and running in 1939 when my Dad attended a two week session!. The original log built dining hall is still being used today, it is said that this was built sometime in the 1920's. Forty-three years after my Dad attended Camp Roosevelt my son started his first year there. He enjoyed the program and came home with plans to go again the following year. For three years my son attened C.R. as a camper earning many merit badges and making friends from all over Maine as well as the rest of the country.
    He then became part of the staff and spent the next two years teaching Mammal Study, Astronomy & Geology. While teaching Scouts he was also advancing in rank himself which the Camp encourages all Counselors to do. In 1997 my son received the rank of Eagle Scout. Camp Roosevelt has played a tremendously important role in the shaping of many young lives in this community. Camp Roosevelt has much to offer any scout new or veteran. There is an excellent Water Front Program, Rifle, Shotgun & Archery Ranges, Nature Studies, Crafts, Cooking and much more. C. R. also offers specialty weeks for older Scout, Explorers & Varsity Scout Troops. There is a wonderful staff at C.R. and the scenery is, of course, gorgeous!! Even though this may be one of the oldest B.S.A. camp in the country don't let that deter you C.R. has all the modern conviences as well as the old North Woods charm. I am proud that we in Maine have such a wonderful camp to send our boys to , and I encourage all Scouts everywhere to go to camp !!!


    (posted on Oct 14,2001)

    This report is coming in a little late, but I thought it might be of interest.

    The Katahdin Area Council runs a six day/five night residence camp each year for Cub Scouts and Webelos. It takes place at the Council's Camp Roosevelt on Little Fitts Pond, Eddington, Maine. The Council owns the entire shoreline of the pond and a substantial portion of surrounding land, it is truly a beautiful setting; commercial over ;-).

    Each Pack provides its own leadership with at least one leader per six boys. We attended with 16 boys(6 Webelos-2, 6 Webelos-1, 3 Bears, 1 Wolf) and 4 full-time leaders, 1 den chief, and 3 'relief' parents that came in for a day or evening. All leaders must have Youth Protection training and this is offered the first night for those who hadn't completed. As an aside, camp was a perfect time to conduct special training, such as Safe Swim/Safe Boating and refresher courses.

    The program is built around a theme each year, this year's was 'Out of Africa'. The camp sites were named after African countries and there is a big fair on Thursday where the boys come in costume and play/run games. Most other days have six one-hour periods where the boys engage in traditional camp activities such as swimming, archery, bb-shooting,
    campcraft, athletics, crafts, nature/science, and hanging out at the trading post.

    Of special note was the nature program. It was run by a 6th grade science teacher who had the boys:
    - solving environmental 'crimes' that required evidence gathering,
    deduction, and simple chemistry
    - building soda straw bridges
    - observing water life in 'dam-ology'
    - conducting projects towards the World Conservation badge
    - putting their partners inside a bubble
    In general, a hands-on science program the entertained and taught. It gave the boys a good start on a couple of Webelos Badges and Cub achievements.

    The waterfront had a special program for Webelos that let them earn their Aquanaut and start to learn boat and canoe handling.

    The BB-shooting program was especially well attended. The camp conducts a very tightly run and safe program the give the boys an understanding of gun safety and lets them earn the BB-Shooting belt loop. An equally well run program taught the fundementals of archery. One of my boys shot two bullseyes in a row. A bullseye earns you an arrowhead necklace, the 'Cairo Bullseye Award'.

    There is a Webelos Woods program that take first-year Webelos on a 3 mile hike up a hill (500') that includes an eight foot rope climb/repel. The thought of doing it simply terrified half the boys, but everyone made it (some needed a two-deep-observed shove in the behind to get up). The look of terror(during) and pride(after) on my son's face (I was observing from 15ft above) as he repelled down the short cliff was worth the walk.

    Second-year Webelos take an overnight camping trip about a mile from the main camp. Foil-meals are cooked and sleeping is under the stars unless there is rain in the forecast. The six boys from my Webelos den are all looking forward to that next year.

    Homesickness was an issue this year. One boy's grandfather had died the Saturday before camp and his family decided that he should still go to camp. By Tuesday he was ready to go home. We simply used the stalling tactic with some quiet councilling. Tuesday night: it was too late to call, Wednesday at lunch: we had to work on costumes, Wednesday afternoon: don't you want to stick around to use your costume?, Thursday morning: why don't we call after the fair, after the fair: 'I think I'll stay until tomorrow' Success! :)

    Campcraft taught jackknive safety and issued Whittlin' Chips. They also taught basic hike safety and how to survival getting lost. The lessons (learned last year) came in handy for my boy. He got up before his parents while camping in the Maine Woods and followed our dog (who was of course following him from the front) and disappeared for an hour and half. He stayed on the road and kept his wits as much as you can expect from an eight year old. End result when found: thankful parents and three extra mile on his sneakers (he'd already punished himself enough).

    Overall: It was a great week and ten of the boys will be coming back next year. The six 2nd year Webelos will be off to Scout camp next year. Three leaders are making plans to be there next year, the other plans to become an Asst. Scoutmaster.

    P.S. Given the 'Out of Africa' theme, our Pack decided to sponsor a bottle drive to raise money for the Scouts in Zaire who are helping in the refugee camps. Bags of cans and bottles were gathered at check-out on Friday from the various sites. This little effort raised $49.44.

    Doug Flewelling
    Webelos DL of the Eagle Den
    Pack 301, Bangor, ME


    (posted on Oct 15,2001)

    I camped here for 4 years and worked on staff for 4 more. This is what scout camp should be. The lake is private, and the camp is really isolated from any kind of noise. I had the best nights sleep in my life here-only the wind blowing through the trees and the cool fresh air!I can still hear the bang of the screen doors on the 1929 dining hall which will be replaced in 2007 with a 400 seat modern facility with a spectacular view of Little Fitts pond and Blackcap mountain. If youve never been to KSR, go. You may never want to go anywhere else again.


    (posted on Dec 26,2006)

    From Wikipedia:

    1Camp Roosevelt or KSR (Katahdin Scout Reservation) is Katahdin Area Council's resident Boy Scout camp and has been in operation since 1921. The camp is in Eddington, Maine and has over 1800 acres (7.3 kmē) of pristine forest at the base of Black Cap Mountain that surround the 300 acre (1.2 kmē) Fitts Pond.

    The camp has 16 camp sites and can handle about 400 campers at one time. One of the hallmarks of the camp is the log cabin style Dining lodge built in 1929. It remains as one of the largest free standing log cabins in the country.

    In 2001, the camp added a COPE program, (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience) which provides both high and low element activities and challenges for scouts over 14 years old.

    In August 2006 the Peter Vigue Scout Center was completed, it includes the Teddy Roosevelt Welcome Room and a Lodge/dining hall that seats 420 people. The prior lodge/dining halll was renamed the Pamola Lodge in 2009 and is now used for program activities with an eye towards insulating to improve opportunities for packs, troops, and crews throughout the winter.



    (posted on Apr 13,2014)

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