It was originally the council summer camp for the Wachusett Council, serving Massachusetts towns from Leominster through Petersham.
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Its name is derived from a combination of three mountains in the area; Watatic, Monadnock, and Wachusett.
Wachusett | Mount Wachusett | Wachusett Regional High School | USS ''Wachusett'' |
Hoar departed Lancaster on April 28, 1676 with two native guides, Nepphonet and Peter Tatatiquinea to meet King Philip's War party at Wachusett Lake, located in what is now Princeton, Massachusetts.
In 1965 the Fitchburg Area Council, between Lancaster and Acton, Massachusetts, merged with the Wachusett Council to form the present-day Nashua Valley Council.
The USS Wachusett (1861) commanded by Alfred Thayer Mahan, was stationed at Callao, Peru, to protect American interests during the war's final stages.