Pine Tree Council

Scouting in Maine
Memorial Day parade in Springvale, Maine
Cub Scouts make ice fishing lures in Eddington

Katahdin Area Council (#216)
Owner	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters	Bangor, ME
Country	United States
Founded	1919
President	William Lucy
Council Commissioner	Belinda Hoffses
Scout Executive	Scott Harvey
Website katahdinareabsa.org

Katahdin Scout Reservation
Owner	Katahdin Area Council
Location	Eddington, Maine
Country	United States
Coordinates	44°46′07″N 68°33′12″W / 44.76863380°N 68.55345540°W / 44.76863380; -68.55345540
Founded	1921

Pamola Lodge 211
Pamola Lodge Pocket Flap
Totem	Running Deer
Founded	1941
Lodge Chief	Alex Taylor-Lash
Lodge Adviser	Les Stackpole
Staff Adviser	Art Morgan

Pine Tree Council
Owner	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters	Portland, ME
Country	United States
Founded	1919
President	Horace Horton
Council Commissioner	Clinton Staples
Scout Executive	Eric Tarbox
Website pinetreebsa.org

Camp William Hinds
Owner	Pine Tree Council
Location	Raymond, Maine
Country	United States
Coordinates	43°56′58″N 70°28′10″W / 43.94934°N 70.46936°W / 43.94934; -70.46936
Founded	1927
Website www.camphinds.org

Girl Scouts of Maine
Map of Girl Scout Councils in Maine
Headquarters	South Portland, Maine
Country	United States
Website girlscoutsofmaine.org

Scouting in Maine dates back to the creation of the Katahdin Area Council in 1920 and has continued prominently to the present day.

Boy Scouting started early in Maine, with two local councils in operation by February 1915. The first second class council was in operation by 1916, and by 1917 three second class councils existed, in Auburn, Bath and Saco. South Portland Council began in 1918, as did Waterville Council, but that council apparently only existed for a year. Bangor, Old Town and Portland Councils were begun in 1919 in those localities, while in that same year Auburn, Bath and Saco's councils all ceased to exist. Old Town's council ceased to exist in 1920, while Oxford County Council (#219) was formed, with its headquarters in South Paris, Maine.

In 1921, South Portland Council ceased to exist, while a new one, Biddeford & Saco Council, blossomed once again in Saco. Bangor Council opened Camp Roosevelt, believed to be the first council camp in Maine, the same year. Portland Council changed its name to Cumberland County Council in 1922, no doubt reflecting its expansion beyond the city of Portland (Portland Council had probably absorbed South Portland Council's troops upon its demise the previous year). No organizational changes appear to have occurred in 1923, but big changes would occur the next year.

In 1924, the leaders of Bangor Council took a step similar to that taken by Portland Council in 1922; they changed the council's name to one more reflective of the region served—Penobscot Council—with the change effective at the New Year. Meanwhile, Scouting in the Saco area again took a down turn, with Biddeford & Saco Council ceasing to exist. Oxford County Council also ceased to exist in 1924.

In September 1925 organizers formed a council headquartered in Rockland—Pine Tree Council. Camden was added to this council in 1928, but then Pine Tree Council was absorbed into Cumberland County Council in 1929. The latter council had been growing quite nicely already, as it had added eight towns in Oxford County in May 1929. Also added in 1929 were units in Sagadahoc, Franklin, and Kennebec Counties, as well as those in parts of Knox, Lincoln, and Somerset Counties. Five more towns in Knox County were added in 1930.

Organizers in Saco tried again in 1927, forming York County Council, which also included units in Biddeford and North Berwick. Units in Somersworth, New Hampshire joined York County Council in 1929, but that town moved to New Hampshire's Daniel Webster Council in 1932.