Northwest Georgia Council

Northwest Georgia Council (#100)
Northwest Georgia Council (#100)
	BSA Northwest Georgia Council Headquarters
Owner	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters	Rome, Georgia
Country	United States
	Website; www.nwgabsa.org
	Scouting portal

Last updated July 04, 2024

The Northwest Georgia Council (The Northwest Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Inc.) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America which currently encompasses Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Polk, and Whitfield counties. In the early 1980s, affiliations with Catoosa and Murray counties were transferred to the Cherokee Area Council of Chattanooga, Tennessee, but associations with Murray county were later returned to the Northwest Georgia Council in 1995. The first troop chartered by the Northwest Georgia Council was Troop 12 of Dalton, Georgia, which was established by Mr. W. M. Sapp on March 14, 1911. The council's oldest continually chartered troop, Troop 12 of Adairsville, Georgia, was chartered soon after in 1915. The headquarters of the Northwest Georgia Council are located in Rome, Georgia. The current Scout Executive for the Northwest Georgia Council is Rob Stone.^[1]

Organization

The council is divided into two districts, the Etowah District and Three Rivers Service Areas

Camps

Camp Westin

Camp Westin is a short-term primitive camping facility of 55 acres located on Lake Allatoona in Bartow County.

Camp Sidney Dew

Camp Sidney Dew is over 650 acres (2.6 km²), was founded in 1939 and is located in a valley between John's Mountain and Horn Mountain with the Chattahoochee National Forest to the North and John's Creek to the South.^[2] Camp Sidney Dew serves as the Boy Scout Camp for the Northwest Georgia Council and provides the council with a place to host events such as summer camp, training events, Order of the Arrow events, etc.

History

Camp Sidney Dew was founded in 1939. The land for Camp Sidney Dew was donated by a farmer named Sidney Dew.^{[ citation needed ]} The most recent Ranger of Camp Sidney Dew is Eric Blevins who joined the council in 2021.^{[ citation needed ]} Every summer, Camp Sidney Dew hosts a four-week-long summer camp program for Boy Scouts across the Southern Region.^{[ citation needed ]}^{[ citation needed ]}

Facilities

The Trading Post serves as the camp store, and is also known as the Tom Caldwell Cabin because it was the home to the first Ranger, Tom Caldwell.^{[ citation needed ]} The Dining Hall seats up to 300 people. Named after Devine Hubbs, a long time Scoutmaster from Dalton, GA, the Hubbs Reception Center is the first building that people see when they pass through the gate into camp; it serves as the headquarters of the Camp Director and Program Director during summer camp and is where troops check in to start their week at summer camp. The Reception Center also serves as one of the main training facilities during year-round camp.

The Council Ring hosts the start and finish of the weekly camp program during summer camp, with a campfire. It was originally constructed in 1941 as part of an OA Ordeal.It was extended in 2007 to prepare for the 2008 SR-6S Conclave that took place at Camp Sidney Dew.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Handicraft/Order of the Arrow Lodge are two buildings in one. One half of the building serves as a handicraft area during summer camp program and the other half is the Waguli Lodge 318 headquarters. Originally the first camp mess hall, The Handicraft/OA Lodge is one of the oldest buildings on camp.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Aquatics Building is the host to a commercial pool, used during the summer camp program and available for year-round use for a small fee.^{[ citation needed ]}

Order of the Arrow

Waguli Lodge is the Order of the Arrow lodge.

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References

↑ "About Us | Northwest Georgia Council | 100". www.nwgabsa.org. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
↑ "Camp Sidney Dew marks 70 years serving Scouts". Rome News Tribune. Rome, Georgia: News Publishing Company. Retrieved 2009-10-10.

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[1] "About Us | Northwest Georgia Council | 100". www.nwgabsa.org. Retrieved 2021-07-29.

[70th_Anniversary-2] "Camp Sidney Dew marks 70 years serving Scouts". Rome News Tribune. Rome, Georgia: News Publishing Company. Retrieved 2009-10-10.

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