The Mayflower Council was established in 2017 and is a result of the consolidation of Scouting programming that has served Greater Metro West and the South Shore areas of Massachusetts for over a century. Comprised of territory that was once part of the Algonquin, Norumbega, Knox Trail, Squanto, and Old Colony Councils, the Mayflower Council is rich with the traditions and history of generations of scouts and scouting families. The Council’s name, selected by a youth committee out of 144 submissions from Scouts, Scouters, and friends of scouting from 50 towns and cities, has strong historical ties to our territory. The word "Mayflower" has high recognition and is instantly known worldwide as the ship that transported the Pilgrims to America in 1620 and landed, within the borders of our council, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Chosen in 1918 by the state’s schoolchildren, the Mayflower is an evergreen ground shrub that prefers to grow in rocky terrain as well as along trail edges and forest clearings.
