HISTORY OF SCOPE
S-C-O-P-E stands for Scouts Centennial Ontario Pennsylvania Expedition, in honor of the first year of the founding of this international event composed of Scouts and Scouters. SCOPE refers to the Canadian hosts.
O-L-Y-M-P-I-A was chosen to represent the name of the site where Scouting's founder, Lord Baden-Powell, conducted the first international encampment at Olympia Park. OLYMPIA refers to the United States hosts.
The idea of an international reunion began when a Troop from Oreland, Pa., representing the former Wissahickon District of Valley Forge Council, visited the famed Haliburton Scout Reserve in Canada and met a group of Canadian Scouts from the Toronto area. They agreed that the Canadians would visit the United States in 1967 (as part of their celebration of Canada's Centennial Year). As interest grew, various other Canadian Scouts joined the original Canadian and United States Scouts at Militia Hill, Pa. in April, 1967.
The following year, members of the newly-created Baden-Powell District joined their Canadian hosts for an encampment of 1,750 men and boys at Woodbridge, Ontario, in Boyd Conservation Park.
Olympia-Scope occurs every four years starting with the Canadian visit to the United States and the U.S. contingent visiting Canada the following year.
Year Host Location
1967 Olympia Militia Hill
1968 Scope Boyd Conservation Park
Woodbridge , Ontario
1972 Olympia Delmont Scout Reservation
Sumneytown , PA
1973 Scope Earl Rowe Provincial Park
Alliston , Ontario
1976 Olympia Militia Hill
Ft. Washington , PA
1977 Scope Earl Rowe Provincial Park
Alliston , Ontario
1980 Olympia Delmont Scout Reservation
Sumneytown , PA
1981 Scope Goodyear Memorial Scout Camp
Orangeville , Ontario
1984 Olympia Delmont Scout Reservation
Sumneytown , PA
1985 Scope Boyd Conservation Park
Woodbridge , Ontario
1987 Olympia Delmont Scout Reservation
Sumneytown , PA
1988 Scope Guelph Lake
Ontario
1991 Olympia Washington 's Crossing State Park
Washington 's Crossing, PA
1992 Scope Guelph Conservation Park
Guelph , Ontario
1995 Olympia Washington 's Crossing State Park
Washington 's Crossing, PA
1996 Scope Goodyear Memorial Scout Camp
Orangeville , Ontario
1999 Olympia Camp Kweebec
Schwenksville , PA
2000 Scope Brampton Flying Club
Cheltenham , Ontario
2003 Olympia Camp Kweebec
Schwenksville, PA
2004 Scope Brampton Fair Grounds
Caledon, Ontario
2007 Scope Scouts Canada Centennial
Blue Springs Scout Reserve
Acton, Ontario
2008 Olympia
Briarwood Furlough, Bucks County