Editing Scouting in Connecticut (section)

====Stamford Council====
The headquarters of Stamford Council #078 was in Stamford, Connecticut. An article in the Stamford Advocate from 1941 (Tercentenary Edition) stated that on March 22, 1912, the city's first Boy Scout Troop was being formed at the St. John's Episcopal Church. It was called Troop 5.<ref name="stamfordhistory.org" /> By 1918, unofficial [[Cub Scout|Wolf Cub]] packs appeared in Stamford.

As with most early Boy Scout Councils, they usually formed after local organizations started organizing Scout troops. Local citizens met on March 23, 1917, to discuss Scouting in both Stamford, Connecticut and [[Darien, Connecticut]]. In June, their application to the Boy Scouts of America was accepted and the Stamford Council was born.

The Council opened its first camp on property in Long Ridge during the summer of 1920. In 1922, the council camp, now named Camp Toquam, was located in Hunting Ridge on Holly's Pond and moved two years later to property in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]]. The Council became incorporated on March 6, 1924.

During 1926 and 1927, plans were developed to buy property for a larger camp ground. Camp Toquam opened its 1928 season on the shores of Dog Pond in [[Goshen, Connecticut]]. In 1937, Alfred W. Dater died. Dater was council president from the first day and was instrumental in the organization of Boy Scouts in [[Stamford, Connecticut]]. On December 2, 1938, the Stamford Council was renamed in his honor as the Alfred W. Dater Council.<ref name="stamfordhistory.org" />

=====Five Mile River Camp=====
In 1947, John Sherman Hoyt gave the Council {{convert|18|acre|m2}} in Norwalk to be called the Five Mile River Camp used for short-term camping.<ref name="stamfordhistory.org" />