Orange County Council
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| Orange County Council (#039) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Santa Ana, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1921 | ||
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| 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]
Contents
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
- Tiburon District
- Venturing District
Discontinued Districts
- Ahwahnee District (realigned into El Capitan, Los Amigos and Orange Frontier districts effective August 1, 2008 [3]).
- Santiago District
- 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).
Camps
- Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley[4] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Newport Sea Base[5] on the Newport Harbor Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- 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
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References
- ↑ Orange County - 1910 to 1929
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link])
- ↑ http://www.ssrlv.org
- ↑ http://www.newportseabase.org
- ↑ http://www.osolake.org
- ↑ http://www.outdooreducationcenter.org
- ↑ http://www.wiatava.org
Categories:
- Articles with dead external links from September 2010
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- Articles with unsourced statements from March 2013
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- Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America
- Organizations based in Santa Ana, California
- Youth organizations based in California
- Non-profit organizations based in California
- Western Region (Boy Scouts of America)
