Greater St. Louis Area Council
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1911 | ||
| President | Richard H. McClure | ||
| Council Commissioner | L. B. Eckelkamp III | ||
| Scout Executive/CEO | Ron Green | ||
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| Beaumont Scout Reservation | |||
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| Location | High Ridge, Missouri | ||
| Coordinates | 38°29′19″N 90°32′41″W / 38.4886°N 90.5448°W | ||
| Founded | 1954 | ||
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| S-F Scout Ranch | |||
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| Location | Knob Lick, Missouri | ||
| Coordinates | 37°39′00″N 90°20′38″W / 37.650°N 90.344°W | ||
| Founded | September 11, 1965 | ||
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| Camp Lewallen | |||
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| Location | Silva, Missouri | ||
| Coordinates | 37°14′06″N 90°29′13″W / 37.235°N 90.487°W | ||
| Founded | 1935 | ||
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| Anpetu-We Lodge | |||
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| Founded | 1956 | ||
| Lodge Chief | Quentin Goode | ||
| Lodge Adviser | Scott Crumpecker | ||
| Lodge Staff Adviser | Jared White | ||
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| Shawnee Lodge | |||
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| Founded | 1930 | ||
| Lodge Chief | Hayden Rosenthal | ||
| Lodge Adviser | Philip Combs | ||
| Lodge Staff Adviser | Anthony Fouts | ||
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Website http://www.shawneelodge.org |
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The Greater Saint Louis Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America was formed in 1911 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the compilation of several former councils that have merged with the council over the years. The council serves Scouts in the St. Louis Metro area, southeast Missouri, and southern Illinois.
The Council operates Beaumont Scout Reservation, S-F Scout Ranch, Camp Lewallen, and Camp Pine Ridge.
Irondale Scout Reservation was founded in Irondale, Missouri, in 1920. Scouts first started camping in the area in 1913, when it was known as Grenia Springs. Later it would be called Camp Roosevelt, but the Camp Irondale name was adopted in 1920, when land was donated to the St. Louis Council by Clarance Howard.
Legend has it that Camp Irondale built the first Olympic-sized swimming pool not built for the Olympics. The pool opened in 1945 and replaced the previously used spring-fed pool. A crack formed in the pool in the 1970s after the pool was in the city of Irondale's control and the pool was rendered unusable. Camp Irondale also had a chapel called Inspiration Hall to serve the Scouts' religious needs. It has red granite walls and a gravel floor bordered with flagstone.
The camp was closed and sold in 1965 at the end of the summer camp season. The property was sold to a real estate developer and has been developed into a small subdivision, although many features of the camp remain. The climbing tower, water tower, two lakes, many cabins, the chapel, a post office building, a small pavilion, the parade grounds and flag pole, the new pool that opened in 1946, and the springs that were used to create the old swimming pool. There are also 5–15 old buildings including cabins, nature lodge, and the Scoutmaster's quarters. The old camp is currently under a very slow renovation. A state grant of approximately $90,000 will be needed to fix the Olympic-sized pool and create a new filtration system. The city of Irondale can't afford to fix it by itself and it may not be cost effective for the small town. The Chapel at Irondale has recently been remodeled and rededicated to the city by the Cub Scouts of Pack 697 and Boy Scouts of Troop 697.
In 2010 the Ozark Trailblazers District in the Greater St. Louis Area Council worked all spring and summer to try to restore parts of the old camp that the city of Irondale still owns. The recreation hall was partly restored, the pool was cleaned of brush and trees, several campsites were created, and camp signs were placed around the camp.
The Beaumont Scout Reservation is 2,400 acres (9.7 km2) of Scout property operated by the Greater St. Louis Area Council. It is located in High Ridge, Missouri.
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