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Scouting in California has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs related to their environments.
Early history (1910–1950)
In the early days of ″Scouting″ there were several different ″Scouting″ type organizations. Some of the organizations known to have members in California were:
- American Boy Scout[1] (also known as the United States Boy Scout organization)
- Boy Scouts of America[1] (BSA)
- California Boy Scouts[1]
- Peace Scouts of California[2][citation needed]
The Boy Scouts of United States (a wing of the National Highway Protective Association),[3] Young Men's Christian Association and the Salvation Army may have also had ″Scouting″ type programs in California.[2]
In 1914, parents and Chinese-American boys organized their own Boy Scout troop in San Francisco, the first troop for Chinese Americans and possibly the first troop in San Francisco. It was recognized as Troop 3 once San Francisco became a council. The troop continues today.[4]
Recent history (1950–1990)
The 1953 National Scout Jamboree was held at Irvine Ranch, California. Jamboree Road in Newport Beach, California was named to commemorate the site of the 1953 event.
The 1973 National Order of the Arrow Conference was held at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Boy Scouting in California today
There are twenty-four Boy Scouts of America local councils in California.
California Inland Empire Council
| California Inland Empire Council (#045) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Redlands, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1916 | ||
| President | Scott "Mac" McLeod | ||
| Council Commissioner | Matt Flanagan | ||
| Scout Executive | Joseph Daniszewski | ||
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| Website bsa-ciec.org | |||
The California Inland Empire Council (CIEC) was formed in 1973 through the merger of the Arrowhead Area (#048) and Riverside Area Councils (#045). In 1974 Grayback Council (#024) also merged into the new council.[5] In 2006, the council acquired the San Bernardino County portions of Old Baldy Council (#043). The council territory includes all of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Crater Lake Council
Crater Lake Council serves Scouts in Oregon and California.
Golden Empire Council
| Golden Empire Council (#047) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Sacramento, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1917 | ||
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| Website gec-bsa.org | |||
The Golden Empire Council (#047), first chartered in 1920, serves Scouts in a large section of Northern California, primarily the Sacramento Valley and the northern Sierra Nevada mountains. The council headquarters are located in Sacramento. The council covers 16 counties in Northern California: Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Shasta, Sierra, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
Golden Gate Area Council
| San Francisco Bay Area Council #028 | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | San Leandro, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
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| Website sfbac.org | |||
The SFBAC (#028) was formed by a merger of the San Francisco Area Council and Oakland Area Council in February 1964.[6] Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving the cities of Colma, Daly City (northern section), San Francisco, Emeryville, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, Fremont, Union City, Newark, Pleasanton, Dublin, and Livermore, as well as unincorporated communities such as Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, and Sunol. In June 1916, the Oakland-Piedmont Council (#021) was chartered, changing its name in 1921 to the Oakland Area Council after Piedmont elected to organize their own council. In January 1917, the San Francisco Council (#051) was chartered, changing its name in 1924 to the San Francisco Area Council.
Greater Los Angeles Area Council
| Greater Los Angeles Area Council (#33) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Los Angeles and Pasadena | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 2015 | ||
| Membership | Los Angeles Area Council and San Gabriel Valley Council | ||
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| Website www.glaacbsa.org | |||
The Greater Los Angeles Area Council (GLAAC) is the council made from the merger of the Los Angeles Area Council and the San Gabriel Valley Council. The vote to merge was held on March 21, 2015.[7] The new name Council, Greater Los Angeles Area Council, was announced on June 11, 2015. The new Council will continue with Scouting Service centers in Los Angeles and Pasadena. GLAAC has three Scout shops in Los Angeles, San Pedro and Pasadena.[8] GLAAC operates eight BSA Camps in the greater Los Angeles area.[9][10] Due to the large size of the two original councils, the merger is a process that will be completed over a time span.
Greater Yosemite Council
| Greater Yosemite Council (#059) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Modesto, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1917 | ||
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| Website yosemitescouting | |||
The Greater Yosemite Council (#059) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America based in Modesto, California. It was founded in 1920 as the Modesto Council. In 1921 Modesto changed its name to the Stanislaus County Council, and in 1922 to the Yosemite Area Council. In 1998, the council changed its name to the Greater Yosemite Council. In 1997, the Forty Niner Council (#052) merged with the Yosemite Area Council.
The Forty Niner Council was founded in 1918 as the Stockton Council. In 1922 Stockton changed its name to San Joaquin, and in 1929 to San Joaquin-Calaveras Council. In 1957, San Joaquin-Calaveras Council changed its name to Forty Niner Council.
Organization
The council reorganized eight districts into three in 2011. The 49er District. Calaveras District, and the Big Valley District were combined into the Gold Country District. The Chief Tenaya District and the Golden Heritage District, and Waukeen District formed the Sierra Valley District. The El Capitan District and the Wawona District became the Rio Del Oro District.
Camps
- Camp John Mensinger[11]
- Camp McConnell
Former camps
- Camp Micke, near Lodi (operated by Stockton Council)
- Camp Cowell, near Santa Cruz (operated by San Joaquin-Calaveras Council)
- Camp Dorrington, near Arnold (operated by San Joaquin-Calaveras Council)
- Camp Baxter, near Arnold (operated by San Joaquin-Calaveras Council)
- Camp Paradise, previous name of Camp 49 (operated by 49er Council)
- Camp 49er, near Avery CA. (operated by 49er Council)
- Camp Bob MacBride, east side of Pinecrest Lake (operated by Yosemite Area Council)
- Camp Minkalo, in Amador County (operated by 49er Council)
- Camp Hi-Sierra, near Silver Lake in Amador County (operated by 49er Council)
Order of the Arrow
- Toloma Lodge #64[12]
Las Vegas Area Council
Formerly Boulder Dam Area Council, Las Vegas Area Council serves Scouts in Nevada, California and Arizona.
Long Beach Area Council
| Long Beach Area Council (#032) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Long Beach, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Scout Executive | John Fullerton | ||
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| Website longbeachbsa.org | |||
The Long Beach Area Council (LBAC), headquartered in Long Beach and founded in 1919, is one of five Boy Scouts of America councils in Los Angeles County, California.
Los Padres Council
| Los Padres Council (#053) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Santa Barbara, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1915 | ||
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| Website lpcbsa.org | |||
The Los Padres Council was founded in 1917 as the Santa Barbara Council. The Santa Barbara Council changed its name in 1929 to the Mission Council and stayed that way until 1994. In 1994, the Santa Lucia Area Council merged with the Mission Council to form the Los Padres Council. The Santa Lucia Area Council (#056) was founded in 1933, as the San Luis Obispo County Council. The Central Coast Counties council (#025), founded in 1922 merged into Santa Barbara in 1924.
Marin Council
| Marin Council (#035) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | San Rafael, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| President | Chris Cardinal | ||
| Council Commissioner | Sam Guyton | ||
| Scout Executive | Michael Dybeck | ||
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| Website www | |||
One of the six councils that serves the San Francisco Bay area, the Marin Council was formed in 1910. In 1918 it absorbed the Mill Valley and Sausalito Councils. The Marin County's Scouting community was born just six months after the national Boy Scouts of America organization in 1910.[13]
Camps
- Camp Marin-Sierra (Chubb Lake) located in Emigrant Gap, CA. The camp features 320-acres of forested terrain with significant facilities, including Ibach And Murray lodges, a rifle, shotgun and archery range, full commercial kitchen, rock climbing wall, camp fire bowl and waterfront facilities. Marin Sierra hosts resident camp for Scouts BSA troops and Venture crews. The facility is also used year-round by various Scout units and is staffed by a full-time ranger. [14]
- Camp Tamarancho located in Fairfax, CA. 412 acre camp available for year-round use, the camp has developed facilities including a full commercial kitchen, archery and rifle ranges, a chapel and both developed and primitive campsites. [15] Tamarancho hosts BSA units from around Northern California as well as Marin Council programs such as Cub Scout day camp. The camp is staffed by a full time ranger. Surrounding the camp is one of the Bay Area’s largest network of maintained single-track mountain bike trails.[16]
Media related to Camp Tamarancho at Wikimedia Commons
Order of the Arrow
- Talako Lodge #533[17]
Nevada Area Counciledit
Nevada Area Council serves approximately 14,000 youth through chartered organizations and BSA units in northern Nevada and northeastern California. The parts of California served by the NAC are Alpine County, Lassen County, Plumas County, the northern portion of Mono County, and the eastern portions of El Dorado County, Placer County, and Sierra County.
Orange County Counciledit
| Orange County Council (#039) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Orange, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1921 | ||
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| Website ocbsa.org | |||
Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council,[18] 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.a
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]
Pacific Skyline Counciledit
| Pacific Skyline Council (#031) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Foster City, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1932 | ||
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| Website pacsky.org | |||
One of the six councils that serves the San Francisco Bay area, the Pacific Skyline Council was founded in 1940 as the Stanford Area Council (#031).a In 1994, the Stanford Area Council merged with the San Mateo County Council (#020) to form the current council.[19]