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Pioneer Division, Frontier Division and Indian Division. The dining halls were named accordingly, as Pioneer Hall, etc. The camp divisions are no longer used, and the dining halls are now Hickcox Hall (formerly Frontier) and Hayden Hall(formerly Indian). The old Pioneer Hall had been used for a while as a craft lodge but has since been demolished.
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Reservation is named after John M. Schiff, the son of Mortimer L. Schiff; both of whom were World Scout Committee members and notable early Boy Scouts of America (BSA) leaders. The reservation is operated by Theodore Roosevelt Council, BSA and located near Wading River, New
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Wauwepex in 1921 in Miller Place. Wauwepex is an Indian name given to a spring situated on the west side of Cold Spring Harbor near Sagamore Hill. In 1922, it was moved to its present location. The Council bought the property in 1926 for $ 250,000. At the time the camp
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Wauwepex was renamed the John M. Schiff Scout Reservation when the Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation was closed in 1979. The reservation ceased being used as a summer camp in 1976, but still gets lots of use for troop, family, district and council events.
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Barrens and surrounds the 30-acre (120,000 m2) "Deep Pond". Deep Pond is a kettle-hole lake formed during the last glacial age. It is 44 feet deep.
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