Virginia Council
| Voyageurs Area Council | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Hermantown, Minnesota | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Council President | Chris Mathews | ||
| Council Commissioner | Bob Woodke | ||
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Website http://www.vac-bsa.org/ |
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| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Membership | 279 | ||
| Lodge Chief | Ty Milner | ||
| Lodge Adviser | Tina Comstock | ||
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Website http://www.vac-bsa.org/KaNissMaIngan/ |
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Headquartered in Hermantown, Minnesota, Voyageurs Area Council serves Scouts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The Ka'niss Ma'ingan Lodge is the local Order of the Arrow Lodge for Voyageurs Council.
Voyageurs Area Council has a dedicated staff of nine people.
The Council Executive Board through officers are the governing body of the council territory. The board takes action to achieve the purposes of the local council. It establishes the council program, carries out resolutions, establishes and enforces policy and hires a Scout Executive.
The council's geographic territory includes 13 counties in Minnesota, three counties in Wisconsin, and one county in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The council is divided into four administrative districts.
Voyageurs Area Council is the successor to the former Lake Superior Council and the Headwaters Area Council.
In 1959, Lake Superior Council was formed from a merger of the North Star Council (northeastern Minnesota) and the Gitchee Gumee Council (northwestern Wisconsin and part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan). Then in 1994, Lake Superior Council merged with the Headwaters Area Council (headquartered in Hibbing, MN) to become Voyageurs Area Council. However, each of those councils had been formed by previous mergers, as depicted below.
Camp Horace Johnson is a 7-acre (28,000 m2) wooded area on Island Lake, 25 miles (40 km) North of Duluth on St. Louis County Road #4 (Rice Lake Road). Thirty people can be accommodated in the Lodge for pack and troop activities.
Camp Barksdale is a 10-acre (40,000 m2) wooded area along the south shore of Lake Superior. The entrance is located along State Highway 13, in between Washburn, WI and Ashland, WI. It is used extensively to accommodate many quality Scouting activities throughout the year.
The camp is quiet and has much to offer, including fishing, hiking, games, swimming, boating, canoeing and exercising Scout skills. The cabin has room for 12 campers, and features an electrical kitchen with stoves and refrigerator, fireplace, and wood heat. Visitors should bring their own water and sleeping pads.
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