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Orange County Council

Orange County Council

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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]

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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

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

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

  1. [1]
    "Orange County - 1910 to 1929". ocalmanac.com.
  2. [2]
    Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
  3. [3]
    "ScoutWeek". 2008-02-08. Archived from the original on 2008-06-06.)
  4. [4]
    "Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley".
  5. [5]
    "Newport Sea Base".
  6. [6]
    "Oso Lake".
  7. [7]
    "Newport Sea Base".
  8. [8]
    "Wiatava #13".
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