Floodwood Mountain Scout Reservation was acquired by Bergen Council, BSA on November 22, 1963. Over the next year plans were drawn up for a rather ambitious camping reservation with multiple camps on different parts of the property. As a first step, an outpost camp was established at Rollins Pond for the summer of 1965. Since the concept of wilderness camping offered by a local council camp was a new idea, attendance was by invitation and only units with the required depth of adult leadership were considered.

The initial experience was successful and for the next four summers the program was continued and expanded. Problems with water supply led the Council to explore other areas of the reservation for a permanent camp site.

The initial expansive plan for multiple camps was already being reconsidered, and in the end West Pine Pond was chosen for development. It is at this site that units have camped since the summer of 1970, while they have continued to use Rollins Pond as the launching point for canoe treks and for the water skiing program.

What makes Floodwood unique is its location on Rollins pond which, in turn, connects directly into the vast Saranac, St.Regis, Tupper, Raquette, Fulton Chain canoe waters. As a result, out-of-camp canoe trips flow directly from our own waterfront. No other camp in the Adirondacks has this advantage and, as a result, out-of-camp canoe trips are the exception rather than the rule even at Sabattis Adventure camp, whose program comes closest to matching Floodwood's. This location advantage transforms the Floodwood experience from "just another summer camp" into a seamless two week adventure that continuously engages and tests each Scout's capacity to prevail over constantly varying and ever increasing challenges both in camp and on out-of-camp treks.

We continue to promote the Floodwood Mountain Scout Reservation within the council, and we have begun to develop out of council attendance. Given the uniqueness of the Rollins experience it is not difficult to convince strong troops from other areas that Rollins is for them.