Buckeye Council

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Buckeye Council
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters2301 13th Street NW Canton, OH 44708
LocationOhio
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°48′42.7″N81°23′55.7″W / 40.811861°N 81.398806°W / 40.811861; -81.398806 Coordinates: 40°48′42.7″N81°23′55.7″W / 40.811861°N 81.398806°W / 40.811861; -81.398806
PresidentGene Thorn
Council CommissionerJohn Fehrenbach
Scout ExecutiveJesse Roper II
Website
http://buckeyecouncil.org
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The Buckeye Council is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America that serves eastern Ohio and parts of northern West Virginia. Headquartered in Canton, Ohio, Buckeye Council serves more than 10,000 scouts and has more than 4,000 campers participate in its successful summer camp programs.

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Organization

The council headquarters is in Canton, Ohio and is administered through seven districts:

History

History
Canton Council #436
founded 1918		Wayne County #465
founded 1919		Massillon Council #462
founded 462		Tuscarawas Council
founded 1920
Massillon and Tuscarawas Counties Council #462
merged 1922		Salem Council #455
founded 1922
Central Stark County #436
renamed 1923		Alliance Council #434
founded 1923		Tuscarawas and Western Stark Area Council #462
renamed 1923		North Columbiana County #455
renamed 1923
Western Stark and Northern Tuscarawas Counties Council #462
renamed 1925		Columbiana County Council #455
renamed 1926
Canton Area Council #436
renamed 1927		Tuscarawas and Western Stark Area Council #462
renamed 1926
Canton Area Council #436
merged 1928		Fort Laurens Area Council #462
renamed 1929
Canton Area Council #436
merged 1930		Massillon #462
renamed 1930
McKinley Area Council #436
renamed 1932		Buckeye Area Council #462
renamed 1953		Columbiana Council #455
renamed 1953
Buckeye Council #436
merged 1958
Buckeye Council #436
merged 1991
Notes:

    Camps

    Buckeye Council operates three council camps - Seven Ranges Scout Reservation, Camp McKinley, and Camp Rodman. When the Buckeye Area Council merged with McKinley Area Council in 1958, Camp Buckeye and Tuscazoar were operated by the Buckeye Council until 1978 when Camp Buckeye was closed and subsequently sold in 1984. [1] When Camp Tuscazoar was outgrown, the camp was closed and sold in 1986 and Seven Ranges Scout Reservation was opened in 1987.

    Seven Ranges Scout Reservation

    Seven Ranges Scout Reservation
    Frank G. Hoover Dining Hall.JPG
    Frank G. Hoover dining hall and parade grounds before flag raising
    Location Kensington, Ohio
    Founded1987

    Seven Ranges Scout Reservation is almost 1,000 acres near Kensington, Ohio known for its Pipestone Camp Honor Program. The Reservation is composed of Camp Algonkin, Camp Calumet, and Camp Akela. Camp Algonkin features 24 campsites, the I. W. Delp Ecology Center, a waterfront area on Lake Don Brown with swimming and boating (Canoeing, Kayaking, Row-boating), a handicraft center, a field sports area (Includes Tomahawk throwing, archery, rifle shooting, and shotgun shooting), and an outdoor skills area. Other special locations in Camp Algonkin are Thunderbird Hill (The highest point in Carroll County), Bridge Builder's Amphitheater which features the Seven Ranges Radio Station, an outdoor, lakeside chapel, a large Order of the Arrow Ceremonies Ring, and the Frank G. Hoover Dining Hall which can accommodate 1,200 scouts at one time for a meal.

    Camp Akela is Seven Ranges Cub Scout Area. This features a small amphitheater, a fishing pond, and the COPE course for the entire camp. Summer programs at Camp Akela feature a 4 day-3 night Cub resident camp experience with BB guns, Archery, nature lore, crafts, fishing and the H.A.W.K. (Honor Akela With Knowledge) award.

    Camp Calumet is an outpost camp across Lake Don Brown. Troops can choose to outpost camp as part of their summer camp experience - using the patrol cooking method to prepare their own meals in their site, yet still participate in the many advancement and program opportunities in the Seven Ranges summer camp.

    The Pipestone Camp Honor Program was founded in Camp Tuscazoar, Zoar, Ohio in the summer of 1926 by George M. Deaver, Scout Executive of the Council; C. L. Riley, a teacher at Canton McKinley High School, who was serving as Camp Director at the time; I. W. Delp, Principal of Lehman High School in Canton; and Charles E. Mills, a Scouter who was skilled in theatrical production. The program sought to reward Scouts who excelled in advancement and Scouting spirit while at the camp. The Native Americans of the Tuscarawas valley inspired the ceremonies of the program. The success of the program led its founders to set it as a five-year series to encourage scouts to return the following summer, and after a scout achieved their 5th year award, that scout would have sufficient time (before turning 18) and a majority of merit badges needed to earn the rank of Eagle Scout.

    In order to earn pipestone, a Scout must complete the Swimming Requirement, a Good Turn Service Project for the Camp, have Camp Spirit, complete at least one merit badge or advance in rank at camp, complete the ecology requirement (1st-3rd year only), Earn Leadership Points (4th and 5th year only), Complete a Leadership Project (4th and 5th only), and submit (upon arrival on Sunday) One bundle of a cubic foot of barkless, straight, hardwood (no pine) firmly bound with twine. (1st-4th year only).

    Camp McKinley

    Boyhood home of McKinley, on the camp grounds. Boyhood home of President Wm. McKindley, Lisbon, Ohio. Now part of Columbiana County Boy Scout Reservation, built in 1808 (76739).jpg
    Boyhood home of McKinley, on the camp grounds.

    Camp McKinley has been owned and operated by various Councils with the Boy Scouts of America since 1934. The camp is located in Columbiana County, just outside the city of Lisbon, Ohio. Camp McKinley currently occupies approximately 196 acres (0.8 km2) and is operated by the Buckeye Council as an off season camp.

    From 1972 to 1991, the Columbiana Council operated Camp McKinley as its full-time summer camp. Columbiana council previously used Camp Twin Spruce as its summer camp until it sold the lease in 1971. The Stone Mansion, known as the McKinley Homestead, became the home of the camp ranger, and is located at the entrance of camp. In 1991, with the merger of Columbiana and Buckeye Council, Camp McKinley was closed as a Boy Scout summer camp in favor of newly built Seven Ranges Scout Reservation. In 1997 Buckeye Council began operating the Scaroyadii Trail (named for the Order of the Arrow Lodge of the dissolved Columbiana Council). This 18-mile (29 km) trail between Seven Ranges and McKinley follows portions of U.S. Route 30 and the abandoned Sandy Beaver Canal.

    Camp Rodman

    Camp Rodman is a small primitive camp on the outskirts of Alliance Ohio owned by the Rodman Foundation but operated and maintained by the Buckeye Council.

    Order of the Arrow

    Sipp-O Lodge #377 is the Order of the Arrow Lodge that supports the council.

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    References

    1. ↑ "Camp Buckeye". Tuscazoar.org. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
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