In the early days the area now know as West Beach was used for a site for swamping for Rowing and Canoeing Merit Badges, but not much else.

The first Pine Tree Council Cub Scout Day Camp was organized and directed by Dean B. Zaharis at Camp Hinds in 1982.  Although most of the activities were held in the area by Bates Cabin, swimming and boating needed to be held in camp.  These activities were scheduled at the waterfront and Chipmunk Point from 12:30 to 1:30 while the Boy Scouts were in the dining hall for lunch. This scheduled required that all Cub Scouts have aquatics at the same time.  

By the mid nineties Day Camp decided to use West Beach for swimming so they could have only one or two dens swimming at a time.  A rough trail had been used as a nature trail and for the swamp romp from Kennebec Cabin to Nubble Brook.  This route was used to access West Beach.  In wet weather the trail became muddy and hard to pass.
 
In the spring of 1999 the Camp Hinds Alumni Association and camp staff built a 60 foot section of the boardwalk to allow camp to make better use of the West Beach for the Boy Scout aquatics programs and to also let the Cub Scout Day Camps have a better waterfront for the Cubs.  Opening up the West Beach allowed the sailing program to move over and free up space in the boating area for canoeing and rowing. West Beach was also utilized for a water volleyball area.

Since 1999 the West Beach has been used for FunPack weekends, Day Camp and Camp Hinds Boy Scout program for many aqautics programs.  In the fall of 2010, the Order of the Arrow moved and rebuilt a section of the ramp which had been damaged and shifted off its footings from the ice.