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Councils by State

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Individual Councils

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Historical Councils in Pennsylvania

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  • Pennsylvania Bristol 1917 1918
  • Pennsylvania Brookville 1917 1918
  • Pennsylvania Dalton 1917 1918
  • Pennsylvania Leighton 1917 1918
  • Pennsylvania Mercer 1917 1918
  • Pennsylvania Stroudsburg 1917 1918
  • Pennsylvania Washington 1917 1918
  • Pennsylvania Westmoreland County 1916 1919
  • Pennsylvania Butler 1917 1919
  • Pennsylvania Ellwood City 1917 1920
  • Pennsylvania Bradford 1917 1921


  • a Pennsylvania Allegheny County 1914 1920 divided into 7 councils January 1, 1921 1920
  • b Pennsylvania Chartiers 1921 1922 from Allegheny County January 1, 1921 1922
  • c Pennsylvania Guyasuta 1921 1922 from Allegheny County January 1, 1921 1922
  • d Pennsylvania 495 Allegheny Valley 1921 1924 from Allegheny County January 1, 1921 1924
  • e Pennsylvania 524 Ohio Valley 1921 1925 from Allegheny County January 1, 1921 1925
  • Pennsylvania Kittanning-Ford City 1917 1922
  • a Pennsylvania Mount Carmel 1917 1923 Shamokin 530 1928 1923
  • b Pennsylvania 530 Shamokin 1919 1933 Direct Service 1934 1933
  • Pennsylvania Donora 1919 1923
  • Pennsylvania Lewisburg 1920 1923
  • Pennsylvania Chambersburg 1922 1923
  • Pennsylvania 523 North Boroughs 1922 1925 ended 1925
  • a Pennsylvania 526 Phillipsburg 1919 1925 Phillipsburg and Affiliated Territories 526 1925
  • b Pennsylvania 526 Phillipsburg and Affiliated Territories 1925 1926 ended 1926
  • Pennsylvania 508 Du Bois District 1922 1926 ended 1926
  • Pennsylvania 522 Monongahela Valley 1923 1926 ended 1926
  • Pennsylvania 506 Cumberland Valley 1928 1930 ended 1930
  • Pennsylvania 534 State College 1917 1929 renumbered State College 831 1929
  • Pennsylvania 831 State College 1929 1930 changed name to Juniata Valley 497 1930
  • Pennsylvania 497 Juniata Valley 1929


  • Pennsylvania 500 Butler County 1923 1929 changed name to Butler-Armstrong Area 500 1929
  • Pennsylvania 500 Butler-Armstrong Area 1929 1949 changed name to Pioneer Trails 500 1949
  • Pennsylvania 500 Pioneer Trails 1949 1973 merged into Moraine Trails 500 1973
  • Pennsylvania 520 Lawrence County 1922 1973 merged into Moraine Trails 500 1973
  • Pennsylvania 500 Moraine Trails 1973


  • Pennsylvania 542 Wilkes-Barre 1915 1925 changed name to Wyoming Valley 542 1925
  • Pennsylvania 514 Hazelton 1921 1927 changed name to Anthracite 514 1927
  • Pennsylvania 529 Scranton 1916 1947 changed name to Dan Beard 529 1947
  • Pennsylvania 501 Mid Valley 1931 1962 merged into Forest Lakes 501 1962
  • Pennsylvania 529 Dan Beard 1947 1962 merged into Forest Lakes 501 1962
  • Pennsylvania 542 Wyoming Valley 1925 1969 merged into Penn Mountains 522 1969
  • Pennsylvania 514 Anthracite 1927 1970 merged into Penn Mountains 522 1970
  • Pennsylvania 501 Forest Lakes 1962 1990 merged into Northeastern Pennsylvania 501 1990
  • Pennsylvania 522 Peen Mountains 1970 1990 merged into Northeastern Pennsylvania 501 1990
  • Pennsylvania 501 Northeastern Pennsylvania 1990 http://www.nepabsa.org
  • Pennsylvania 729 Allentown 1926 1930 changed name to Lehigh County 729 1930
  • Pennsylvania 510 Easton 1918 1932 changed name to Delaware Valley Area 510 1932
  • Pennsylvania 498 Bethlehem 1917 1941 changed name to Bethlehem Area 498 1941
  • Pennsylvania 498 Bethlehem Area 1941 1968 merged into Minsi Trails 502 1968
  • Pennsylvania 510 Delaware Valley Area 1932 1969 merged into Minsi Trails 502 1969
  • Pennsylvania 729 Lehigh County 1930 1969 merged into Minsi Trails 502 1969
  • Pennsylvania 502 Minsi Trails 1969


  • Pennsylvania 504 Berwick 1920 1924 changed name to Columbia and Montour Counties 504 1924
  • Pennsylvania 504 Columbia and Montour Counties 1924 1931 changed name to Columbia-Montour 504 1931
  • Pennsylvania 504 Columbia Montour 1931 http://www.sunlink.net/~tgusl/colmon.htm
  • Pennsylvania 496 Altoona 1919 1929 merged into Blair-Bedford 496 1929
  • Pennsylvania 535 Tyrone 1917 1929 merged into Blair-Bedford 496 1929
  • Pennsylvania 518 Johnstown 1921 1932 changed name to Greater Johnstown Area 518 1932
  • Pennsylvania 517 Indiana County 1919 1933 changed name to William Penn 517 1933
  • Pennsylvania 532 Somerset County 1928 1935 merged into Greater Johnstown Area 518 1935
  • Pennsylvania 518 Greater Johnstown Area 1932 1939 changed name to Admiral Robert E. Peary 518 1939
  • Pennsylvania 496 Blair-Bedford Area 1929 1970 merged into Penn's Woods 508 1970
  • Pennsylvania 517 William Penn 1933 1970 merged into Penn’s Woods 508 1970
  • Pennsylvania 518 Admiral Robert E Peary 1936 1970 merged into Penn’s Woods 508 1970
  • Pennsylvania 508 Penn’s Woods 1970


  • Pennsylvania 509 Ducktail 1930


  • Pennsylvania 537 Uniontown 1919 1924 merged into Fayette County 536 1924
  • Pennsylvania Connellsville 1917 1924 merged into Fayette County 536 1924
  • Pennsylvania 536 Fayette County 1924 1927 Direct Service/merged into Westmoreland-Fayette 512 1937
  • Pennsylvania 512 Westmoreland County 1924 1937 merged into Westmoreland-Fayette 512 1937
  • Pennsylvania 512 Westmoreland-Fayette 1937


  • Pennsylvania 501 Carlisle 1917 1919 ended reformed 1922
  • Pennsylvania 515 Harrisburg 1916 1927 changed name to Harrisburg Area 515 1927
  • Pennsylvania 501 Carlisle 1922 1929 merged into Harrisburg Area 515 1929
  • Pennsylvania 515 Harrisburg Area 1927 1948 changed name to Keystone Area 515 1948
  • Pennsylvania 515 Keystone Area 1948 http://www.keystonebsa.org
  • Pennsylvania 519 Lancaster 1916 1924 changed name to Lancaster County 519 1924
  • Pennsylvania 519 Lancaster County 1924 1971 merged into Lancaster-Lebanon 524 1971
  • Pennsylvania 650 Lebanon County 1924 1971 merged into Lancaster-Lebanon 524 1971
  • Pennsylvania 524 Lancaster-Lebanon 1971 1995 August 1 changed name to Pennsylvania Dutch 524 1995 August 1
  • Pennsylvania 524 Pennsylvania Dutch 1995 August 1
  • Pennsylvania 502 Chester City 1918 1933 changed name to Delaware and Montgomery Counties 507 1933
  • Pennsylvania 507 Delaware and Montgomery Counties 1911 1936 changed name to Valley Forge 507 1936
  • Pennsylvania 507 Valley Forge 1936 1996 January 1 merged into Cradle of Liberty 525 1996 January 1
  • Pennsylvania 525 Philadelphia 1914 1996 March 1 changed name to Cradle of Liberty 525 1996 March 1
  • Pennsylvania 525 Cradle of Liberty 1996 March 1


  • Pennsylvania 516 Homestead 1920 1924 changed name to Homestead and Affiliated Territories 516 1924
  • Pennsylvania 541 Washington 1920 1925 changed name to Washington County 720 1925
  • Pennsylvania 516 Homestead and Affiliated Territories 1924 1926 changed name to Homestead District 516 1926
  • Pennsylvania 527 Pittsburgh 1921 1928 merged into Allegheny County, West 527 1928
  • Pennsylvania 532 South Hills 1921 1928 merged into Allegheny County, West 527 1928
  • Pennsylvania 509 Duquesne 1920 1929 renumbered Duquesne 830 1929
  • Pennsylvania 720 Washington County 1925 1930 changed name to Washington-Greene Counties 720 1930
  • Pennsylvania 830 Duquesne 1929 1930 merged into Allegheny County, West 527 1930
  • Pennsylvania 497 Beaver County 1915 1926 merged into Allegheny County, West 527 1931
  • Pennsylvania 521 McKeesport 1920 1939 changed name to McKeesport and Affiliated Territory 521 1939
  • Pennsylvania 527 Allegheny County, West 1928 1943 changed name to Allegheny 527 1943
  • Pennsylvania 521 McKeesport and Affiliated Territories 1939 1951 changed name to Yohogania 521 1951
  • Pennsylvania 516 Homestead District 1926 1952 changed name to Monongahela Valley 516 1952
  • Pennsylvania 720 Washington-Greene Counties 1930 1964 changed name to Nemacolin Trails 720 1964
  • Pennsylvania 527 Allegheny 1921 1967 merged into Allegheny Trails 527 1967
  • Pennsylvania 720 Nemacolin Trails 1964 1967 merged into Allegheny Trails 527 1967
  • Pennsylvania 516 Monongahela Valley 1952 1971 merged into Mon-Yough 523 1971
  • Pennsylvania 521 Yohogania Area 1951 1971 merged into Mon-Yough 523 1971
  • Pennsylvania 523 Mon-Yough 1971 1973 merged into East Valley 530 1973
  • Pennsylvania 540 East Boroughs 1921 1973 merged into East Valley Area 530 1973
  • Pennsylvania 527 Allegheny Trails 1967 1993 January 15 merged into Greater Pittsburgh 527 1993 January 15
  • Pennsylvania 530 East Valley Area 1973 1993 January 15 merged into Greater Pittsburgh 527 1993 January 15
  • Pennsylvania 527 Greater Pittsburgh 1993 January 6 http://www.gpc-bsa.org


  • Pennsylvania 528 Reading 1916 1921 changed name to Berks County 528 1921
  • Pennsylvania 528 Berks County 1921 1928 changed name to Reading-Berks County 528 1928
  • Pennsylvania 528 Reading-Berks County 1928 1936 changed name to Daniel Boone 528 1936
  • Pennsylvania 526 Schuylkill County 1930 1941 changed name to Appalachian Trail 526 1941
  • Pennsylvania 526 Appalachian Trail 1941 1970 merged into Hawk Mountain 528 1970
  • Pennsylvania 528 Daniel Boone 1936 1970 merged into Hawk Mountain 528 1970
  • Pennsylvania 528 Hawk Mountain 1970 http://www.epix.net/~hawkmtn


  • Pennsylvania 537 Oil City 1915 1922 changed name to Venango County 537 1922
  • Pennsylvania 506 Meadville 1917 1923 changed name to Crawford County 506 1923
  • Pennsylvania 537 Venango County 1922 1925 changed name to Clarion and Venango 537 1925
  • Pennsylvania 506 Crawford County 1923 1926 merged into Erie 511 1926
  • Pennsylvania 513 Grove City 1922 1927 merged into Mercer County 531 1927
  • Pennsylvania 531 Chenango Valley 1923 1927 merged into Mercer County 531 1927
  • Pennsylvania 511 Erie 1915 1936 changed name to Erie County 511 1936
  • Pennsylvania 537 Clarion and Venango Counties 1925 1942 changed name to Colonel Drake 537 1942
  • Pennsylvania 511 Erie County 1936 1944 changed name to Washington Trail 511 1944
  • Pennsylvania 531 Mercer County 1927 1969 changed name to Custaloga 531 1969
  • Pennsylvania 511 Washington Trail 1944 1972 merged into French Creek 532 1972
  • Pennsylvania 531 Custaloga 1969 1972 merged into French Creek 532 1972
  • Pennsylvania 537 Colonel Drake 1942 1972 merged into French Creek 532 1972
  • Pennsylvania 532 French Creek 1972


  • Pennsylvania 533 Sunbury 1917 1918 changed name to Sunbury-Northumberland 533 1918
  • Pennsylvania 533 Sunbury-Northumberland 1918 1920 changed name to Sunbury 533 1920
  • Pennsylvania 533 Sunbury 1920 1927 changed name to Susquehanna Valley Area 533 1927
  • Pennsylvania 543 Williamsport 1919 1929 changed name to Lycoming County 543 1929
  • Pennsylvania 503 Clinton County 1922 1926 merged into Lycoming County 543 1930
  • Pennsylvania 543 Lycoming County 1929 1935 changed name to West Branch 543 1935
  • Pennsylvania 530 Black Diamond Area 1935 1936 merged into Susquehanna Valley 533 1936
  • Pennsylvania 533 Susquehanna Valley Area 1927 1975 merged into Susquehanna 533 1975
  • Pennsylvania 543 West Branch 1935 1975 merged into Susquehanna 533 1975
  • Pennsylvania 533 Susquehanna 1975


  • Pennsylvania 538 Warren 1917 1921 changed name to Warren County 538 1921
  • Pennsylvania 538 Warren County 1921 1952 changed name to Chief Cornplanter 538 1952
  • Pennsylvania 538 Chief Cornplanter 1952 http://users.penn.com/~cccbsa/


  • Pennsylvania Bucks and Chester Counties 1918 changed name to Chester County 539 1918
  • Pennsylvania 539 Chester County 1919


  • Pennsylvania 544 York County 1918 1922 changed name to York 544 1922
  • Pennsylvania 505 Conewago 1919 1930 changed name to York 544 1930
  • Pennsylvania 544 York 1922 1932 changed name to York-Adams Area 544 1932
  • Pennsylvania 544 York-Adams Area 1932


  • Pennsylvania 777 Bucks County 1927

Historical Councils in Michigan

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  • Michigan Gladstone 1922 1924 merged into Delta and Schoolcraft Counties 261 1924
  • Michigan Manistique 1923 1924 merged into Delta and Schoolcraft Counties 261 1924
  • Michigan 261 Escanaba 1920 1924 merged into Delta and Schoolcraft Counties 261 1924
  • Michigan 261 Delta and Schoolcraft Counties 1924 1926 merged into Iron Range Area 649 1929 1926
  • Michigan 649 Dickinson District 1924 1925 merged into Iron Range Area 649 1925
  • Michigan 649 Iron Range Area 1926 1927 disbanded reformed in 1928 1927
  • Michigan Menominee County 1920 1924 merged into Iron Range Area 649 1929
  • Michigan 649 Iron Range Area 1928 1933 ended 1933
  • Michigan Calumet 1915 1918
  • Michigan Manistee 1915 1918
  • Michigan Holland 1917 1918
  • Michigan Marshall 1917 1918
  • Michigan Saint Clair 1917 1918
  • Michigan South Haven 1917 1918
  • Michigan Houghton 1918
  • Michigan Ionia 1918 1920
  • Michigan 268 Ironwood 1922 1926 ended 1926


  • Michigan 255 Ann Arbor 1917 1924 merged into Washtenaw County 255 1924
  • Michigan 281 Ypsilanti 1922 1925 merged into Washtenaw County 255 1925
  • Michigan 269 Jackson 1912 1926 changed name to Jackson Area 269 1926
  • Michigan 255 Washtenaw County 1925 1935 changed name to Washtenaw-Livingston 255 1935
  • Michigan 269 Jackson Area 1926 1937 changed name to Land O' Lakes 269 1937
  • Michigan 255 Washtenaw-Livingston 1935 1951 changed name to Portage Trails 255 1951
  • Michigan 255 Portage Trails 1951 1973 merged into Wolverine 255 1973
  • Michigan 711 Wolverine 1925 1973 merged into Wolverine 255 1973
  • Michigan 255 Wolverine 1973 1993 July 1 merged into Great Sauk Trail 255 1993 July 1
  • Michigan 269 Land O' Lakes 1937 1993 July 1 merged into Great Sauk Trail 255 1993 July 1
  • Michigan 255 Great Sauk Trail 1993 July 1


  • Michigan 271 Marquette 1915 1928 ended/reformed as Marquette Area 261 1931
  • Michigan Sault Sainte Marie 1917 1920 changed name to Chippewa County 259 1920
  • Michigan 259 Chippewa County 1920 1929 merged into Chippewa Area 259 1929
  • Michigan 261 Marquette Area 1931 1933 changed name to Hiawatha Area 261 1933
  • Michigan 259 Chippewa Area 1929 1945 merged into Hiawathaland 261 1945
  • Michigan 260 Copper Country 1923 1945 merged into Hiawathaland 261 1945
  • Michigan 261 Hiawatha Area 1933 1945 merged into Hiawathaland 261 1945
  • Michigan 263 Red Buck 1938 1945 merged into Hiawathaland 261 1945
  • Michigan 649 Iron Range 1938 1945 merged into Hiawathaland 261 1945
  • Michigan 261 Hiawathaland 1945


  • Michigan 280 Wyandotte 1920 1924 merged into Detroit 262 1924
  • Michigan 262 Detroit 1914 1926 changed name to Detroit Area 262 1926
  • Michigan 262 Detroit Area 1926


  • Michigan 264 Flint 1916 1927 changed name to Muscadawin Area 264 1927
  • Michigan 264 Muscadawin Area 1927 1937 changed name to Tall Pine 264 1937
  • Michigan 264 Tall Pine 1937


  • Michigan 257 Bay City 1918 1926 merged into Summer Trails 257 1926
  • Michigan 273 Midland 1922 1926 merged into Summer Trails 257 1926
  • Michigan 278 Saginaw 1918 1932 changed name to Saginaw Area 278 1932
  • Michigan 278 Saginaw Area 1932 1933 changed name to Saginaw Valley 278 1933
  • Michigan 278 Saginaw Valley 1933 1936 changed name to Valley Trails 278 1936
  • Michigan 257 Summer Trails 1927 1961 merged into Saginaw Bay Area 265 1961
  • Michigan 278 Valley Trails 1936 1961 merged into Saginaw Bay Area 265 1961
  • Michigan 259 Paul Bunyan 1951 1971 merged into Lake Huron Area 265 1971
  • Michigan 265 Saginaw Bay Area 1961 1971 merged into Lake Huron Area 265 1971
  • Michigan 274 Scenic Trails 1939 1/2 merged into Lake Huron Area 265 1971
  • Michigan 265 Lake Huron Area 1971 http://www.lhacbsa.org


  • Michigan 265 Grand Haven 1920 1925 merged into Ottawa County 717 1925
  • Michigan 267 Holland 1923 1925 merged into Ottawa County 717 1925
  • Michigan 275 Muskegon 1915 1927 changed name to Muskegon Area 275 1927
  • Michigan 717 Ottawa County 1925 1929 changed name to Ottawa-Allegan 717 1929
  • Michigan 273 Northern Michigan 1928 1930 changed name to Pere Marquette Area 721 1932 1930
  • Michigan 717 Ottawa-Allegan 1929 1934 changed name to Ottawa County 717 1934
  • Michigan 721 Pere Marquette Area 1925 1934 merged into Timber Trails 275 1934
  • Michigan 266 Grand Rapids Area 1915 1936 changed name to Grand Valley 266 1936
  • Michigan 717 Ottawa County 1934 1936 changed name to Ottawa-Allegan 717 1936
  • Michigan 275 Muskegon Area 1927 1944 merged into Timber Trails 275 1944
  • Michigan 717 Ottawa-Allegan 1936 1949 merged into Grand Valley 266 1949
  • Michigan 266 Grand Valley 1936 1975 merged into West Michigan Shores 266 1975
  • Michigan 275 Timber Trails 1944 1975 merged into West Michigan Shores 266 1975
  • Michigan 266 West Michigan Shores 1975 1995 May 1 changed name to Gerald R. Ford 266 1995 May 1
  • Michigan 266 Gerald R. Ford 1995 July 1 http://www.grfccouncilbsa.org


  • Michigan 258 Berrien County 1919 1923 changed name to Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph 258 1923
  • Michigan 256 Battle Creek 1915 1927 changed name to Battle Creek Area 256 1927
  • Michigan 263 Dowagiac 1917 1927 merged into Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph 258 1927
  • Michigan 270 Kalamazoo 1915 1927 changed name to Kalamazoo Area 270 1927
  • Michigan 258 Benton Harbor and Saint Joseph 1923 1929 changed name to Berrien-Cass Area 258 1929
  • Michigan 270 Kalamazoo Area 1927 1929 changed name to Kalamazoo-Fruit Belt Area 270 1929
  • Michigan 279 Sturgis 1923 1929 changed name to Fort Hill 279 1929
  • Michigan 279 Fort Hill 1929 1931 merged into Kalamazoo-Fruit Belt 270 1931
  • Michigan 270 Kalamazoo Fruit Belt Area 1929 1937 changed name to Fruit Belt Area 270 1937
  • Michigan 258 Berrien-Cass Area 1929 1941 changed name to Southwestern Michigan 258 1941
  • Michigan 256 Battle Creek Area 1927 1953 changed name to Nottawa Trails 256 1953
  • Michigan 256 Nottawa Trails 1953 1973 merged into Southwest Michigan 270 1973
  • Michigan 258 Southwestern Michigan 1941 1973 merged into Southwest Michigan 270 1973
  • Michigan 270 Fruit Belt Area 1937 1973 merged into Southwest Michigan 270 1973
  • Michigan 270 Southwest Michigan 1973


  • Michigan 271 Lansing 1919 1932 changed name to Chief Okemos 271 1932
  • Michigan 271 Chief Okemos 1932



  • Michigan 274 Mount Clemens 1922 1925 changed name to Macomb County 274 1925
  • Michigan 276 Pontiac 1917 1928 changed name to Oakland Area 276 1928
  • Michigan 276 Oakland Area 1929 1936 merged into Clinton Valley 276 1936
  • Michigan 274 Macomb County 1925 1937 merged into Clinton Valley 276 1937
  • Michigan 276 Clinton Valley 1937 http://www.cvc-bsa.org


  • Michigan 277 Port Huron 1919 1929 changed name to Saint Clair Area 277 1929
  • Michigan 277 Saint Clair Area 1929 1939 changed name to Blue Water 277 1939
  • Michigan 277 Blue Water 1939

Historical Councils in Georgia

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History

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Until 1974, some southern councils of the Boy Scouts of America were racially segregated. (The Old Hickory council did not integrate until 1974.) Colored Troops, as they were officially known, were given little support from Districts and Councils. Some Scouting executives and leaders believed that Colored Scouts and Leaders would be less able to live up to the ideals of the Boy Scouts.

  • Augusta Council-(Name active from 1920 to 1925. Changed name to Richmond County Council #93 in 1925.)
  • Augusta Area Council-(Name active from 1929 to 1941. Changed name to Georgia-Carolina 93 in 1941.)
  • Aumuckalie Council-(Name active from 1921 to 1922. Disbanded 1922. Believed based in Americus, Georgia and absorbed by Nochaway #100 (later Chehaw) in 1922.)
  • Chatham County Council-(Name active from 1923 to 1942. Changed name to Coastal Empire #99 in 1942.)
  • Chattahoochee Council-(Name active from 1923 to 1950. Changed name to George H. Lanier #94 in 1950.)
  • Cherokee Council-(Name active from 1923 to 1923. Changed name to Floyd County #95 in 1923.
  • Columbus Council-(Name active from 1919 to 1923. Changed name to Muscogee County #98 in 1923.)
  • Columbus Area Council-(Name active from 1925 to 1930. Function merged into Direct Service 1930.)
  • Floyd County Council-(Name active from 1919 to 1923. Changed name to Cherokee #95 in 1923.)
  • Floyd County Council-(Name active from 1923 to 1925. Disbanded in 1925. Absorbed into Atlanta 92 in 1929.)
  • Gainesville Area Council-(Name active from 1928 to 1932. Function merged into Direct Service July 1933.)
  • George H. Lanier Council-(Name active from 1950 to 1989. Merged into Chattahoochee #91 in 1989.)
  • Georgia-Alabama Council=-(Name active from 1934 to 1964. Merged into Chattahoochee #91 in 1964.)
  • Griffin Area Council-(Name active from 1927 to 1930. Changed name to Flint River #95 in 1930.)
  • Macon Council-(Name active from 1919 to 1923. Changed name to Central Georgia #96 in 1923.)
  • Mcintosh County Council-(Name active from 1922 to 1923. Disbanded in 1923. Merged into Chatham County #99 in 1930.)
  • Muscogee County Council-(Name active from 1923 to 1925. Changed name to Columbus Area #98 in 1925.)
  • Nochaway Council-(Name active from 1921 to 1929. Disbanded in 1929 & the counties were run from the national office then in New York City. Rechartered as Chehaw #97 in 1939. Spelled Notchoway in some BSA records and Notchaway in some other places but Nochaway in actual records of the council.)
  • Northeast Georgia Council-(Name active from 1922 to 1931. Changed name to Gainesville Area #428 in 1931.)
  • Ococah Council=-(Name active from 1922 to 1924. Changed name to Northeast Georgia #101 in 1924.)
  • Okefenokee Council-(Name active from 1921 to 1922. Disbanded 1922.)
  • Richmond County Council-(Name active from 1925 to 1929. Changed name to Augusta Area #93 in 1929.)
  • Savannah Council-(Name active from 1920 to 1923. Merged into Chatham County #99 in 1923.)
  • West Georgia Council-(Name active from 1946 to 1964. Merged into Chattahoochee #91 in 1964.)
  • Withlacocchee Council-(Name active from 1926 to 1930. Changed name to Okefenokee Area #758 in 1930.)

Boy Scouts of America in Georgia today

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There are thirteen active Boy Scouts of America local councils that serve Scouts in Georgia.
Active councils, districts, and lodges are shown in green.

Alapaha Area Council

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Alapaha Area Council's has been active since 1960 to present. The council serves twelve counties in south central Georgia. The Council office is located in Valdosta, GA.

  • Circle Seven District - Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Clinch, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes counties
  • Yellow Pine District - Atkinson, Ben Hill, Coffee, Irwin, Jeff Davis counties

Alapaha Area Council's Camp Patten, located in Lakeland, Georgia, was donated to the council in 1965 by Lawson Leo Patten (1896-1983).

Order of the Arrow Lodge: Alapaha Lodge #545 was chartered in 1960 and is still active with approximately 145 members. The Alapaha Lodge celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010, and is known for its hard but also easy at the same time, to get and subtly changing lodge flaps. Such as the red and red, red and yellow, and yellow and yellow headband feathered Indian.

Atlanta Area Council

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Main article: Atlanta Area Council

The Atlanta Area Council encompasses 13 counties in northern Georgia. The council office is currently located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Central Georgia Council

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The Central Georgia Council has been around since 1923. Council office located in Macon, GA.)

Camp Benjamin Hawkins is a 550-acre (2.2 km2) scouting preserve situated near Byron, Georgia.The camp has been in operation since 1927 and has a long history of scouting traditions.It boasts a solid BSA program which includes: a First Year Camper program(Buckskins), merit badges, C.O.P.E.(Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience), BSA Lifeguard, and various other activities. The camp has witnessed a boom in capitol improvements over recent years, including a pedestrian bridge, new camping facilities, and an expanded dining hall.

  • Big Indian Creek
  • Ocmulgee
  • Oconee
  • Pine Forest
Echeconnee Lodge
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Echeconnee Lodge #358 was chartered in 1947. The Echeconnee Creek is a prominent land feature near the Council's Camp Benjamin Hawkins. Echeconnee is Creek for "Deer Trap Creek".

Arrowmen chose the Deer as their official totem of the lodge. Early patches of the lodge had a deer prominently displayed on them. In 1952, the O.A. national committee asked the BSA to approve a lodge emblem which would fit the right pocket flap of the uniform. Lodge members based the design of their lodge flap on the Creek people who lived in the area until they were forced to leave in the 1800s due to the encroachment of White settlers on their homeland. The border is based on a pottery design used by the Creek Nation[citation needed], and the mounds in the background are based on those found in the Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, Georgia.

Echeconnee Lodge has four Chapters

  • Robert L. Scott
  • Ocmulgee
  • Oconee
  • Pine Forest

Chattahoochee Council

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Chattahoochee Council serves Scouts in Georgia and Alabama, with the Council office located in Columbus, Georgia. Active from 1964 to present, the council's name refers to the Chattahoochee River, which flows through Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.

OA lodge: Chattahoochee Lodge #204 chartered 1941 and still active. Absorbed Hiawassee Lodge #333 (West Georgia Council) in 1963. Absorbed Wehadkee Lodge #273 (George H. Lanier Council, West Point) in both 1964 and 1990.

  • Alapaha
  • Apatschin
  • Hiawassee
  • Si-tan-mico
  • Wehadkee
  • Weracoba
  • Wischixin

Chehaw Council

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Main article: Chehaw Council

Chehaw Council serves scouts in Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, Tift, Turner, Wilcox and Worth counties.

Cherokee Area Council

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CherokeeAreaBSA.com

Cherokee Area Council serves Scouts in Tennessee and Georgia, with the council office located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The John Ross District serves Northwest Georgia Walker, Catoosa and Dade Counties. Website: www.CherokeeAreaBSA.com. Skymont Scout Reservation offers year-round and summer camping opprtunities, www.Skymont.org.

Coastal Empire Council

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The Council office of the Coastal Empire Council is located in Savannah, GA..

  • Canoochee District
  • Cherokee District
  • Liberty District
  • Savannah Center District
  • Tidelands District

OA lodge: Tomo-Chi-Chi Lodge #119 chartered 1938 and still active.

  • Blue Heron
  • Canoochee
  • Creek
  • Ogeechee

Flint River Council

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Main article: Flint River Council

Flint River Council] is headquartered in Griffin, Georgia.

Georgia-Carolina Council

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Name active from 1941 to currently active. Council office located in Augusta, Georgia, includes districts in South Carolina and Georgia. Website: [1]

  • Chickasaw District
  • Kiokee District
  • Ogeechee District
  • Upper River District
  • Yamasee District

OA lodge: Bob White Lodge #87 chartered 1936 and still active.

  • Chickasaw
  • Kiokee
  • Ogeechee
  • Upper River
  • Yamasee

Northeast Georgia Council

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Name active from 1935 to currently active. Council office located in Pendergrass, Georgia.

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  • Banks District
  • Barrow District
  • Clarke District
  • Dawson District
  • Elbert District
  • Fannin District
  • Forsyth District
  • Franklin District
  • Gilmer District
  • Greene District
  • Gwinnett District
  • Habersham District
  • Hall District
  • Hart District
  • Jackson District
  • Lumpkin District
  • Madison District
  • Morgan District
  • Oglethorpe District
  • Oconee District
  • Rabun District
  • Stephens District
  • Towns District
  • Union District
  • Walton District
  • White District
Camp Rainey Mountain
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Camp Rainey Mountain is a Boy Scout camp near Clayton, Georgia. It has 24 campsites, and is owned by the Northeast Georgia Council. The camp is centered around Lake Toccoa, and has a large dining hall, trading post, and a stone amphitheater. There is also a trail leading to Big Rock, a granite cliff used for rappelling. Summer camps are offered from June to August, but the area is available for Scouts to camp all year round. For more information regarding visiting, contact your local Boy Scout troop. The Mowogo Lodge of the Order of the Arrow is based from Rainey Mountain.

Typically, the camp runs for eight weeks out of the summer, with one week as Staff Week when staff members are trained and camp is prepared, and seven weeks for campers (occasionally, the camp will run for a ninth week for campers). Service around the camp is provided by the Mowogo Lodge.

The main activity during camp is the merit badge classes. Classes are typically one hour long, but many classes must cover more material and may take two or three hours. There are currently 43 different merit badge class (two of which cover two merit badges). Rather than focusing on traditional merit badges, Camp Rainey mountain also offers some lesser-known merit badges, including many science, technology, and culture related badges. Also, a program called TNT (The New Trail) is also offered. This program focuses on rank advancement (Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class) rather than a specific merit badge. There is also a swimming class that focuses on the swimming merit badge, and a class to train and certify lifeguards with the BSA. High Adventure Classes available as well; some of which are hosted week-long by North East Georgia's other camp Scoutland. A newer Program called Gold Rush is Held at Camp Rainey Mountain. Gold Rush Focuses on more pioneering type lifestyle, you spend the week (Excluding Sunday and the Campfires)in Adirondack type cabins And eat meals from a huge cast iron skillet. There is an opportunity to blacksmith to learn Knife throwing tomahawk throwing and more.

The staff hosts organized campfires every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday nights at the stone amphitheater. Every Sunday night, the staff introduces themselves and put on skits for entertainment. Wednesday night hosts the Order of the Arrow campfire, in which many troops conduct skits for camp. Afterwords scouts of the Order of the Arrow give a short speech about the order and its meaning to scouts. On Friday nights, awards are given out by the staff to the exemplary scouts of the week, and troops give out staff awards. The Senior patrol leaders (SPLs) of the troops get together and vote on the "Staffer of the Week".

Scoutland
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Scoutland in Gainesville, Georgia on Lake Lanier is Camp Rainey Mountain's High Adventure Outpost. Scoutland Outpost features mainly Aquatic activities as well as Cub Scout Activities.

Mowogo Lodge
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OA lodge: Mowogo Lodge #243 chartered in 1943 and still active.

Current Lodge Chapters
  • Ani-gatogewi
  • Canantutlaga
  • Japeechen
  • Jutaculla
  • Lau In Nih
  • Machque
  • Yonah-hi

Northwest Georgia Council

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Main article: Northwest Georgia Council

Northwest Georgia Council serves Scouts in northwest Georgia.

Okefenokee Area Council

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Name active from 1926 to currently active. Council office located in Waycross, GA.

OA lodge: Pilthlako Lodge #229 chartered in 1950. Name changed from Chawtaw Lodge #229 (1943–1950).

  • Allogagan
  • Guale
  • Tomo Chi Chi

Suwannee River Area Council

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Main article: Scouting in Florida

The Suwannee River Area Council, active from 1924 to present, encompasses 13 counties in north Florida and south Georgia. The Council Service Center and central headquarters are in Tallahassee, Florida.

Scouting in Vermont

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Scouting in Vermont has a long history, from the 1907 to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.

Early history (1907–1950)

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THE BOY SCOUT CLUB OF BARRE, VERMONT

1907

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In 1907 William Foster Milne (9-23-1885-2-29-1920), a stonecutter immigrated to Barre, Vermont from Aberdeen, Scotland, where he had been active in the early scouting movement. He is referred as the "First Scoutmaster in America" by Sir Francis Fletcher Vane. Sir Francis Vane was London Commissioner of Scouts in Baden Powell's organisation and also became President of the British Boy Scouts.

1909

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In 1909 "Billy" Milne learned of a small group of boys at the First Baptist Church in Barre, who were already members of the Boys Brigade, he offered them an alternative to their routine of marching and drills. By re-organizing into a new "Boy Scout Club" (Troop #1 in the United States) these scouts learned first aid, new outdoor skills and being helpful to others. "Billy" Milne went back to his native Scotland and brought back the books and materials he needed along with a British Charter.

1910

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By 1910 Barre's Troop #1 joined the Boy Scouts of America. By March 1910 the Boy Scouts in Vermont had expanded to such a degree that the girls of nearby Thetford became interested. These girls along with William Chauncy Langdon, Dr. Luther Gulick and Charlotte Vedder Gulick formed the Camp Fire Girls which became the sister organization of the Boy Scouts of America on March 17, 1910. The Camp Fire Girls preceded the Girl Guides of America (now Girl Scouts of the USA) by 2 years.

The original group of boys that made up Troop #1 were Charles Booth, George Booth, Gerald Brock, Carl Burgess, Earl Burgess, Dr.Stanton Burgess, Raymond Cave, William Cheeney, Clarence Geake, James Grearson, Walter Grearson, Douglas Inglis, Harry Kent, George Murray, Milton Rollins, Craig Rollins (or Ronald Cragg?), Cecil Watt and Dr.Wallace Watt.
Dr. Wallace Watt moved to Clinton County Michigan to attend college and remained there as a scout leader for his entire life. He received the Silver Beaver Award in 1981 and in 1985 a 75 year Diamond Jubilee service pin from the Boy Scouts of America. Upon his death his widow donated his Barre, Vermont Troop 1 artifacts to the Paine-Gillam-Scott Museum in St. Johns, Michigan. Dr. Watt wrote in 1985 that "Their brigade leader was a young stone cutter named Billy Milne, who returned to his native Scotland for a visit. There he heard of the new scouting movement. Milne returned by way of London, met the founder of scouting--Sir Robert Baden-Powell and became entranced with the idea. He came back to the Boys' Brigade with a handbook, neckerchiefs, cloth badges and enthusiasm about what the Scouts did in first aid, mapping, bandaging, all kinds of activities and all kinds of coping.
Milne got us together on October 24, 1909 and asked if we would like to become scouts and we voted we did." Watt, 14 and his 12 year old brother both joined.

The earliest Vermont BSA scouting certificate is in the Aldrich Library archive belonged to Douglas Inglis, and is dated November 14, 1910. In 1941 he wrote the following:

"I will remember the summer of 1909 when Mr. William F. Milne, an intimate friend of our family went to visit his old home in Scotland and came back all enthused with the idea of the Boys Brigade, Sir Baden Powell's organization in Great Britain.
Mr. Milne ("Billy" to one and all who knew him) started at once with his idea and by the latter part of the summer of 1909 had formed a troop of Boy Scouts with about a dozen boys from the Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church, Barre, Vermont, Mr. James Grearson, teacher. I was one of the first to receive my Scout Certificate.
All honor to the memory of William F. Milne, who started this wonderful movement for boys and who gave unstintingly of his time and energy to make it grow to the fine organization it is today."
The Assistant Scout Master was Harry L. Kent, and on December 27, 1940 wrote the following account:
"In response to several requests from people in this community interested in Scouting I am going to try and give a brief account of the organization as it first originated her in Barre in the year 1909.
As I now recall a group of boys from our First Baptist Church headed by a young man just over from the "old country" and already interested in scouting as it was than known in England, decided to form a troup and in the month of October of the year 1909 we organized such a troup, with this young man William Foster Milne as our leader. Our meetings were held regularly and well attended by about twelve to fourteen members. This number grew steadily and our troup increased both in interest and in numbers. From time to time we would put on public exhibitions in order to advance the idea of scout activities and in this way the scouting movement grew in our city so that in a short time other troups in several churches were formed. Up to this time, as I now recall, we had no recognition from any general headquarters here in America, all our material having comefrom England upon the written request of the above mentioned Mr. Milne.
As time went on and the local merchants in particular noticed our progress and at once became interested. So much so that one of them, The Homer Fitts Co. put a large traverse sled on exhibition and also as a prize for any scout troup obtaining the greatest number of votes. Our troup went after this prize and came out victorious.
Time went on and finally we were able to have our certificates, etc. direct from headquarters in New York. I have here before me a certificate showing where I was officially taken into the Scout brotherhood on Oct. 31, 1911, about 2 years after we had already been doing scouting but not under any official American headquarters. During all this period I was the assistant scoutmaster to our troup. In the winter of 1911 the Y.M.C.A. of this state held a boys conference at Ludlow and our troup was one of he largest to send delegates, or should have said had the largest number of scout delegates present, nearly all our troup attending.
Among our members now living are Mr. Douglas Inglis of Worcester, Mass., Mr. Raymand Cave of Watertown Mass., Dr. Stanton Burgess of Boston Mass., Mr. George Murry of Quincy Mass.,Mr. Ronald Cragg, last known address in Pennsylvania, James Grearson Sr. of this city, Mr. William Cheeney of Northfield, Vt. Other members of our troups I now recall their names ere Carl and Earl Burgess, brothers of the above mentioned doctor. Charles and Geo. Booth, Clarence Geake, and Mr. Walter Grearson deceased brother of the above Mr. Grearson.
Many happy memories are brought to my mind as I write these few lines and it hardly seems possible that nearly 32 years have passed since we were lads and enjoying the great out of doors, hiking, pitching tents, building fires and camping. As the old saying "Those were the happy days" and may god grant that scouting today may mean as much to the lads now as it did to us then. May Scouting be the uppermost in the minds of our youth of today."

Vermont's honorable Governor Deane C. Davis was an early junior member of Barre, Vermont's Troop #1. In his autobiography he wrote the following:
"A beautiful Rock of Ages monument in front of the Baptist church on Washington Street in Barre now records the formation of that troop as the first in the country. This was before the Boy Scouts were charted by the United States Congress, so Billy Milne was free to run he troop according to his own rules. Fortunately, I was permitted to join even though I was only nine. The minimum age for Boy Scouts was set at twelve soon after. The Boy Scout movement was dedicated to teaching boys of immature years the basic principles of good conduct, good citizenship, crafts, the skills of outdoor life and self discipline. It has been a great force for good in the past in this country, and Billy Milne was a born leader. He understood boys, and we admired, respected and loved him. In the basement of the Baptist church, he taught us the meaning of citizenship, patriotism, moral conduct, and the proper attitude toward others. Billy Milne also taught us the methods and fun of outdoor camping. He took us on overnight trips and taught us about the woods, the trees, the sun, the sky, and the interrelationship of these things to each other and to God's plan. Shortly after the Barre Baptist Boy Scout Troop was organized, legislation was passed in Congress to establish the Boy Scouts of America on a national basis and to provide a formal method of granting charters to individual clubs around the country. At that time or shortly therafter, a troop was formed in my own church, the Hedding Methodist church in Barre, and I joined that troop."

1910 Camp Iliam, Pownal

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On September 10, 1910, S. F. Lester of Troy, New York, became the first person to hold the Scouting leadership position of Scoutmaster (commissioned by the BSA). He received certification from scouting headquarters in New York City. He led the first thirty scouts at Camp Ilium, a Y.M.C.A. encampment at Pownal, VT. This was the first Scouting encampment for Southern Vermont.[1]

JUNIOR BOY SCOUTS
Junior Scouts existed in the British Boy Scouts (BBS) in 1909 and in Barre, Vermont for boys under age 11. This junior scout concept was later mirrored in Baden Powell’s organization as Wolf Cubs or Cubs in 1916. The BSA started Cub Scouting in 1930. There is a complete Vermont Junior Scout uniform which dates to this 1909-1910 period. It is all hand stitched with a hand embroidered patch which reads "Junior Scout". It is probably the oldest American Boy Scout uniform that exists.

CAMP FIRE GIRLS OF AMERICA.

Founded on March 17, 1910, in Thetford, Vermont, by Dr. Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte Vedder Gulick. Camp Fire Girls, as it was known at the time, was created as the sister organization to the Boy Scouts of America. The First Baptist Church of Barre also had a very early Camp Fire Girls organization around the same time the Thetford organization started.

GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA, now GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA Founded in Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low. The 50th Anniversary was celebrated at a Senior Girl Scout Roundup held at Button Bay in Vergennes, Vermont in 1962. The U.S. Postal Service set up a temporary post office with a special postal stamp and cancellation for the occasion. Thousands of Girl Scouts came to the international Roundup. A reunion is planned for the centennial of Girl Scouting in September 2012 in Vergennes.

Norman Rockwell moved here and created his most important artwork in Arlington, VT from 1939–1953

Recent history (1950–1990)

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International Girl Scout gatherings named Senior Roundups were held every three years from 1956 until 1965.[2] The third one was held at Button Bay, Vermont from July 27 to August 3, 1962, with 9,000 girls in attendance.

Boy Scouting in Vermont today

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Green Mountain Council

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Green Mountain Council

In the Boy Scouts of America, all of the state of Vermont is located in the Green Mountain Council [3]. The Green Mountain Council is divided into four Districts based upon geographical area. These four Districts provide the program for the thousands of Scouts and Units served throughout the Council.

It's Boy Scout Camp is the Mount Norris Scout Reservation and Cub Scout Camp is Camp Sunrise in Benson Vermont. The council is divided into the following districts:

In 2007 there were five districts in the Green Mountain Council. The Three Rivers District has replaced the Land of Champs and the Maple Leaf Districts.

Order of the Arrow – Ajapeu Lodge #351

Girl Scouting in Vermont

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Map of Girl Scout Council in Vermont
Map of Girl Scout Council in Vermont

In January 2009 Girl Scouts of Swift Water Council which served New Hampshire and also southeastern Vermont for 50 years merged with the 48-year-old Girl Scout Council of Vermont.

The first known troop in Vermont was in Wilder in 1918.[4]

Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains

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Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains serves 15,000 girls in New Hampshire and Vermont. See Scouting in New Hampshire for full information.

Headquarters: Bedford, New Hampshire
Website: http://www.girlscoutsgwm.org/

Vermont service centers:

Vermont camps:

  • Camp Farnswoth is over 300 acres (1.2 km2) near Thetford. It surrounds 50-acre (0.20 km2) Lake Abenaki. It was started as a girls' camp in 1909 and became a Girl Scout camp in 1959. In 2009 its 100th anniversary was celebrated.
  • Camp Wapanacki is 350 acres (1.4 km2) by a 22 acres (0.089 km2) lake near Hardwick. Up until

1990, this was a camp for blind and visually impaired children.

Scouting museums in Vermont

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Main article: Scouting museums

References

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  1. ^ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC/2010-08/128144068
  2. ^ Larson, Keith (2000). "Girl Scout Senior Roundups". Scouts on Stamps Society International. Retrieved 2006-09-08.
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