Scouting in Connecticut from a name change of Norwich Council in 1922 and changed its name again to Eastern Connecticut Council in 1929. Northern Litchfield Council #079 was headquartered in Torrington, Connecticut. The Council came about from a name change of Torrington Council in 1929. In 1947, the Council name was changed to Tunxis. Norwalk Council #075, headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, wasounded in 1917 and changed its name to Central Fairfield Council in 1933. Norwich Council #076, headquartered in Norwich, Connecticut, was founded in 1917. It changed its name to North New London Council in 1922. It owned Camp Tippecan. Pequot Council #077,
Old Saybrook, Connecticut purchased land from Uncas, sachem of the Mohegan tribe, removed to and founded Norwich, Connecticut. On October 9, 1701 the Collegiate School of Connecticut was chartered in Old Saybrook. It moved to New Haven in 1716, and was later renamed Yale University. "Turtle" - the first American submarine - was invented in Westbrook Connecticut in 1775 by David Bushnell; a replica is housed at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex. The General Assembly created the separate town of Old Saybrook from Saybrook in 1852. Old Saybrook was partitioned again in 1854 when the northern part became the town of Essex.