Orange County Council (#039)
Owner	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters	Orange, California
Country	United States
Founded	1921
Council Commissioner	Steve Bradley
Scout Executive	Russell Etzenhouser
Website ocbsa.org
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Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council,^[1] the council was formed by the merger of the North Orange Council (#037) and the Orange Empire Council (#039) in 1972. The North Orange Council was founded in 1944 as the Northern Orange County and changed its name to North Orange in 1965.^[2]

Orange County Council is one of the 20 largest councils by traditional membership in the nation. In 2008 it had over 40,000 youth members.^{[citation needed]}

Organization

• Canyons District
• Del Mar District
• El Camino Real District
• El Capitan District
• Los Amigos District
• Orange Frontier District
• Pacifica District
• Portola District
• Rancho San Joaquin District
• Saddleback District

Discontinued Districts

• Ahwahnee District (realigned into El Capitan, Los Amigos and Orange Frontier districts effective August 1, 2008 ^[3]).
• Santiago District (Merged into Rancho Del Mar)
• Rancho del Mar District (split into Rancho San Joaquin and Del Mar Districts).
• El Camino Real District (split into El Camino Real and Tiburon Districts).
• Tiburon District (merged back into El Camino Real, 2017)
• Del Mar District (realigned into Pacifica and Rancho San Joaquin Districts).
• Los Amigos District (merged into Valencia District 2019).
• Portola District (merged into Valencia District 2019).
• Venturing District (2019)

Camps

• Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley^[4] 33°21′21″N 116°34′21″W / 33.3557°N 116.5726°W / 33.3557; -116.5726 (Schoepe Scout Res)
• Newport Sea Base^[5] on the Newport Harbor 33°37′02″N 117°55′08″W / 33.6172°N 117.9190°W / 33.6172; -117.9190 (Newport Scout Sea Base)
• Oso Lake^[6]
• The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center^[7]

Former Council Camps

• Camp RoKiLi, at Barton Flats (closed)
• White's Landing (closed)
• Rancho Las Flores at Camp Pendelton (closed)
• Camp Myford, Irvine (closed)

Order of the Arrow

The Orange County Council's Order of the Arrow Lodge, Wiatava #13, was the home lodge of the National Chief of the Order of the Arrow, Evan Chaffee, in 2007.^[8]

See also

• Randall v. Orange County Council

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• Scouting in California

References