Scouting in Alaska
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Scouting in Alaska has a long history, from the 1920s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. Alaska shares a communal Scout history, only being broken into smaller councils in the 1960s.
The Western Alaska Council and Southeast Alaska Council merged to form the Great Alaska Council in January, 2006. The combined Supercouncil has 3,000 volunteers serving 16,000 youth.
Scouts
in the Russia
n oblast
of Magadan
have a relationship with the Great Alaska Council.
Order of the Arrow
Nanuk Lodge #355 (absorbed Kootz Lodge #523 when Western Alaska Council merged with Southeast Alaska Council.)
Nanuk Lodge was created in 1947, and is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2007.
The Midnight Sun Council serves interior and northern Alaska, and is headquartered in Fairbanks.
OA lodge
: Toontuk Lodge #549
Toontuk Lodge was founded in 1961. The lodge is named after the barren ground caribou, which is known to the Yupik Eskimo people of Western Alaska as Toontuk. Toontuk Lodge has been recognized with the National Service Grant in 1997, where the money was used to rehabilitate the waterfront at Lost Lake with sand and a lifeguard tower. In 2006, Toontuk Lodge celebrated its 45th anniversary. Among its projects that year, the Lodge gave the Council a large amphitheater sited on Lost Lake at Lost Lake Camp.
The Farthest North Girl Scout Council serves the largest geographical area of any of the more than 300 Girl Scout Councils in the United States, serving everything from the 63rd parallel
north of the Alaska Range
, more than 350000 square miles (906,495.8 km²).
This council was started in 1925 by a handful of girls in Fairbanks, Alaska
headed by Jessie Bloom. Girl Scouting expanded to rural Alaska in 1945 with the establishment of the first troop in Nome
. Since English was the not the predominantly spoken language, they learned the Girl Scout Promise in Yup'ik
and English.
Headquarters: Anchorage, Alaska
Website: http://www.girlscoutsalaska.org/
The council has two camps: Camp Togowoods in Wasilla
near Anchorage and Camp Singing Hills in Peters Creek whose only building burned down in July 2009.
Early history (1920s-1950)
Scouting came to Alaska in the 1920s, and the Alaska Territorial Council was created in the 1930s.Great Alaska Council
Scouts
Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators
The Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators , or RAS/N , is the national Scouting federation of Russia, which became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 2004...
in the Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n oblast
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
of Magadan
Magadan
Magadan is a port town on the Sea of Okhotsk and gateway to the Kolyma region. It is the administrative center of Magadan Oblast , in the Russian Far East. Founded in 1929 on the site of an earlier settlement from the 1920s, it was granted the status of town in 1939...
have a relationship with the Great Alaska Council.
- Aleutian District
- Bear Paw District
- Bering Sea District
- Maritime District (formerly of Southeast Alaska Council)
- Denali District
- Eklutna District
- Totem District (formerly of Southeast Alaska Council, comprises Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan, Metlakatla, Prince of Wales Island, and environs)
- Shiskeenue District (formerly of Southeast Alaska Council)
- Tustumena District
- Y-K Delta District
- Rural District
Order of the Arrow
Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America . It uses American Indian-styled traditions and ceremonies to bestow recognition on scouts selected by their peers as best exemplifying the ideals of Scouting. The society was created by E. Urner Goodman, with the...
Nanuk Lodge #355 (absorbed Kootz Lodge #523 when Western Alaska Council merged with Southeast Alaska Council.)
Nanuk Lodge was created in 1947, and is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2007.
Midnight Sun Council
The Midnight Sun Council serves interior and northern Alaska, and is headquartered in Fairbanks.
OA lodge
Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America . It uses American Indian-styled traditions and ceremonies to bestow recognition on scouts selected by their peers as best exemplifying the ideals of Scouting. The society was created by E. Urner Goodman, with the...
: Toontuk Lodge #549
Toontuk Lodge was founded in 1961. The lodge is named after the barren ground caribou, which is known to the Yupik Eskimo people of Western Alaska as Toontuk. Toontuk Lodge has been recognized with the National Service Grant in 1997, where the money was used to rehabilitate the waterfront at Lost Lake with sand and a lifeguard tower. In 2006, Toontuk Lodge celebrated its 45th anniversary. Among its projects that year, the Lodge gave the Council a large amphitheater sited on Lost Lake at Lost Lake Camp.
Girl Scouting in Alaska
As of October 2009 two Girl Scout councils exist in Alaska.Farthest North Girl Scout Council
Website: http://www.fairbanksgirlscouts.orgThe Farthest North Girl Scout Council serves the largest geographical area of any of the more than 300 Girl Scout Councils in the United States, serving everything from the 63rd parallel
63rd parallel north
The 63rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 63 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America....
north of the Alaska Range
Alaska Range
The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 650-km-long mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest end to the White River in Canada's Yukon Territory in the southeast...
, more than 350000 square miles (906,495.8 km²).
This council was started in 1925 by a handful of girls in Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...
headed by Jessie Bloom. Girl Scouting expanded to rural Alaska in 1945 with the establishment of the first troop in Nome
Nome, Alaska
Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the...
. Since English was the not the predominantly spoken language, they learned the Girl Scout Promise in Yup'ik
Yupik language
The Yupik languages are the several distinct languages of the several Yupik peoples of western and southcentral Alaska and northeastern Siberia. The Yupik languages differ enough from one another that speakers of different ones cannot understand each other, although they may understand the general...
and English.
Girl Scouts of Alaska
Girl Scouts of Alaska was formed on October 1, 2009 by the merger of Girl Scouts Susitna Council and Tongass Alaska Girl Scout Council and serves all of Alaska south of the 63 North.Headquarters: Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
Website: http://www.girlscoutsalaska.org/
The council has two camps: Camp Togowoods in Wasilla
Wasilla, Alaska
Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census...
near Anchorage and Camp Singing Hills in Peters Creek whose only building burned down in July 2009.