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Orange County Council

BSA council in Orange County, California

BSA council in Orange County, California

FieldValue
nameOrange County Council (#039)
imageOrange County Council CSP.png
typecouncil
ownerScouting America
headquartersSanta Ana, California
locationOrange County, California
countryUnited States
f-date1921
members20,000
chiefscouttitlePresident
chiefscoutRussell Etzenhouser
chiefscouttitle2Council Commissioner
chiefscout2Steve Bradley
chiefscouttitle3Chairman of the Board
chiefscout3William Baker
websiteocscoutingamerica.org

|f-date=1921 Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council, 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.

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.

Organization

Discontinued Districts

  • Ahwahnee District (realigned into El Capitan, Los Amigos and Orange Frontier districts effective August 1, 2008 ).
  • 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

  • Newport Sea Base on the Newport Harbor
  • Oso Lake
  • The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center

Former Council Camps

  • Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley (sold)
  • 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.

References

References

  1. "About".
  2. "Key Three - Orange County Council Leadership Team".
  3. "Orange County - 1910 to 1929".
  4. (1982). "An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation".
  5. (2008-02-08). "ScoutWeek".
  6. "Newport Sea Base".
  7. "Oso Lake".
  8. "Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center".
  9. "Wiatava #13".
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