Milestones of the Movement

  • 1857 Feb.22 Birth of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Paddington, London.
  • 1870 Started his boarding school experience at Charterhouse.
  • 1876 Commissioned 2/Lt. in the 13th Hussars - Posted to India.
  • 1889 Birth of Olave St. Clair Soames.
  • 1899 Siege of Mafeking ended - B-P was made Major General (Aids to Scouting was published)
  • 1907 July 31st. 21 boys taken to Brownsea Island for first Boy Scout Camp (Scouting for Boys published)
  • 1908 Scouting started in Canada
  • 1909 Sept.4th. First Scout Rally at Crystal Palace (11,000 Scouts attended)
  • 1909 Oct. - Knighted, B-P gave up the army for full time scouting
  • 1910 Girl Guides was founded (B-P's sister Agnes), B-P made his first visit to Canada
  • 1911 Policy-Organization and Rules published. Canadian Scouts attend coronation of King George V
  • 1912 On a trip to Trinidad, met Olive St. Clair Soames and married her.
  • 1913 July 11-21. First Canadian Leader Training Course held at St. Andrew's College, Toronto
  • 1914 Boy Scouts of Canada was incorporated by act of parliament. Experimental Cub Program started in Goderich, Ontario
  • 1916 Wrote the "Wolf Cub Handbook", Cubbing officially started in Canada
  • 1917 Introduction of Sea Scout and Rover Scout programs
  • 1918 Wrote "Rovering to Success"
  • 1919 Gilwell Park donated by duBois MacLaren
  • 1920 B-P proclaimed Chief Scout of the World, First World Jamboree, England
  • 1922 20 leaders attended the 1st Can. Wood Badge Course in Ottawa
  • 1924 2nd World Jamboree - Denmark, 1st & 2nd Canadian staffed Wood Badge Courses held
  • 1929 3rd World Jamboree - England, B-P created a Baron with the title Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell
  • 1932 First Apple Day was held in Canada
  • 1933 4th World Jamboree - Hungary
  • 1935 B-P's last visit to Canada
  • 1936 Blue Springs Scout Reserve was purchased
  • 1937 5th World Jamboree - Holland
  • 1941 B-P died in retirement in Kenya at age 84, buried at Nairobi
  • 1947 6th World Jamboree - France
  • 1949 1st Canadian Scout Jamboree held at Connaught Ranges outside Ottawa
  • 1951 7th World Jamboree held in Austria
  • 1953 2nd Canadian Jamboree at Connaught Ranges
  • 1955 8th World Jamboree - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
  • 1957 9th World Jamboree (Jubilee Jamboree) - England
  • 1959 10th World Jamboree - Philippines
  • 1961 3rd Canadian Jamboree - Connaught Ranges
  • 1963 11th World Jamboree - Greece
  • 1967 12th World Jamboree - USA, Venturer Program introduced, Canada's Centennial Year
  • 1971 13th World Jamboree - Japan
  • 1974 Beaver Program started, Trees For Canada started
  • 1975 14th World Jamboree - Norway
  • 1977 CJ'77 - PEI
  • 1981 CJ'81 - Alberta
  • 1982 75th Anniversary of Scouting
  • 1983 15th World Jamboree - Alberta, Venturers go co-ed
  • 1985 CJ'85 - Guelph, Ontario
  • 1987 Anniversaree Camp, Guelph (80th anniversary), 16th World Jamboree - Australia
  • 1989 CJ'89 - PEI
  • 1991 17th World Jamboree - Korea
  • 1993 CJ'93 - Alberta
  • 1995 18th World Jamboree - Holland
  • 1997 CJ'97 - Thunder Bay
  • 1999 19th World Jamboree - Chile
  • 2001 CJ'01 - PEI
  • 2003 20th World Jamboree - Thailand
  • 2007 CJ'07 - Quebec, 21st World Jamboree - England