Owasippe Scout Reservation (OSR), located in Twin Lake, Michigan

Twin Lake, Michigan

Twin Lake is an unincorporated community in Muskegon County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes. Local government services are provided by Dalton Township. As of the 2000 census, the community population was 1,613...

 is the resident camp operated by the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts of America

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. It began in 1911 as Camp White on 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of land on Crystal Lake donated by the White Lake Chamber of Commerce. It is the United States' oldest and longest continuously operating Boy Scout camp. At its peak of use the reservation covered 11,000 acres (45 km²) and served over 10,000 scouts per summer, but the overall decline in Scouting nationwide has seen yearly attendance fall to approximately 3,800 campers.