Salisbury Council

Del-Mar-Va Council (#081)
Owner	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters	Wilmington, Delaware
Country	United States
Website delmarvacouncil.org

Henson Scout Reservation
Administration building lounge in 2003
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Coordinates	38°33′29″N 75°44′13″W / 38.55796°N 75.73684°W / 38.55796; -75.73684
Founded	1965

Rodney Scout Reservation
Location	North East, Maryland
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Coordinates	39°31′43″N 75°57′26″W / 39.5286358°N 75.9571008°W / 39.5286358; -75.9571008
Founded	1923
Website http://www.delmarvacouncil.org/

Akridge Scout Reservation
Location	Dover, Delaware
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Coordinates	39°07′47″N 75°33′01″W / 39.1297871°N 75.5503335°W / 39.1297871; -75.5503335
Founded	2011
Website http://www.delmarvacouncil.org/

Del-Mar-Va Council serves Scouts in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

Del-Mar-Va Council is divided into the following districts:

Henson Scout Reservation, also known as Camp Nanticoke, is an 1,800-acre (7.3 km²) Scout camp located on the Delmarva Peninsula near Galestown, Maryland. One of two Scout camps on the peninsula, it serves thousands of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts throughout the summer months, and is open year-round for special Scout programs and for rental by outside groups. Boy Scout and Cub Scout summer programs are run separately.

Named for the famous aviator and philanthropist from Salisbury, Maryland (Richard A. Henson), Henson Scout Reservation has been in continuous operation by the Del-Mar-Va Council since the summer of 1965. The camp was originally known as Camp Nanticoke, which is now the name of the primary camping area. (The original plan was to develop two camps on a single reservation — Camp Nanticoke and Camp Choptank — but that never materialized.) Today, the entire reservation is still known by many as simply "Camp Nanticoke."

In November 2006, G. Lee Murdoch was named to succeed J. Ray Teat as director of the camp. Murdoch, a ten-year summer camp staff veteran and Eagle Scout, holds a master's degree in recreation management from Indiana University and a bachelor's in recreation and parks management from Frostburg State University. Teat was named the Del-Mar-Va Council's director of support services. In September 2011, Eric Salser become director after serving in various positions on camp staff including Program Director in the 1990s.

The camp's largely undeveloped 1,500 acres (6.1 km²) are widely recognized as an environmental gem, with habitat for countless birds, mammals and fish, including the bald eagle. The entire camp was protected in a conservation easement in partnership with the Nature Conservancy.

Camp Nanticoke offers a wide range of traditional Boy Scout summer camp programs, including swimming, nature/ecology, handicrafts, Scoutcraft (camping and outdoors skills), archery, rifle and shotgun shooting and fishing. Its first-year camper program, known as Brownsea, is extremely popular. Located on the Marshyhope Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River, the camp has a thriving waterfront program, offering canoeing, rowing, sailing and motorboating. It also has a fitness program, including physical fitness, biking and golf merit badges.