| Orange County Council (#039) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Orange, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1921 | ||
| Council Commissioner | Steve Bradley | ||
| Scout Executive | Russell Etzenhouser | ||
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| Website ocbsa.org | |||
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]
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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
- Newport Sea Base[5] on the Newport Harbor 33°37′02″N 117°55′08″W / 33.6172°N 117.9190°W
- 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scouting in California.
References
- ^ "Orange County - 1910 to 1929". ocalmanac.com.
- ^ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
- ^ "ScoutWeek". 2008-02-08. Archived from the original on 2008-06-06.)
- ^ "Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley".
- ^ "Newport Sea Base".
- ^ "Oso Lake".
- ^ "Newport Sea Base".
- ^ "Wiatava #13".
This page was last edited on 15 June 2024, at 03:43