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Pacific Skyline Council (#031)
OwnerBoy Scouts of America
HeadquartersFoster City, California
CountryUnited States
Founded1932
Website
pacsky.org
 Scouting portal

One of the six Boy Scouts of America councils that serves the San Francisco Bay area, the Pacific Skyline Council was founded in 1940 as the Stanford Area Council (#031). [1] In 1994, the Stanford Area Council merged with the San Mateo County Council (#020) to form the current council.[2]

Organization

  • Discovery District
  • Redwood District
  • Stanford District

Camps

A photo of the entrance to the Boulder Creek Scout Reservation in Boulder Creek, California
Boulder Creek Scout Reservation entrance
  • Cutter Scout Reservation (located in the Santa Cruz Mountains) is a Scout camp set in a redwood grove north of Big Basin Redwoods National Park. The camp contains many activities including a pool, a lake (Lake Gamlin), and an operational C.O.P.E. course. Many council weekend events are held at the reservation including Camporees, Order of the Arrow ordeals, and fellowships.[3]
  • Boulder Creek Scout Reservation is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Boulder Creek, California. The reservation is home to the council's National Youth Leadership Training program performed every summer.[4]
  • Camp Oljato is a camp for Boy Scouts located at Huntington Lake in Lakeshore, CA (Fresno County) that was founded in 1941 as a Jewish boys' singing camp. In 1942 the camp was converted to a Boy Scout camp. The camp's property ranges in elevation from 7,000 to just under 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level. Camp Oljato is accessible only by pontoon boats; these boats run on a regular schedule during the Scout camping season running from mid-June to mid-August.[5]

Order of the Arrow

  • Ohlone Lodge #63[6]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
  2. ^ http://www.pacsky.org/AboutUs
  3. ^ Lodge Calendar Ohlone #63. Retrieved August 5, 2016
  4. ^ Nation Youth Leadership Trainning Pacific Skyline Council. Retrieved August 5, 2016
  5. ^ "Camp Oljato". Pacific Skyline Council. 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  6. ^ http://ohlone63.org
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