Orange County Council Explained

Orange County Council (#039)
Type:	council
Owner:	Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters:	Orange, California
Country:	United States
F-Date:	1921
Chiefscouttitle:	President
Chiefscouttitle2:	Council Commissioner
Chiefscout2:	Steve Bradley
Chiefscouttitle3:	Scout Executive
Chiefscout3:	Russell Etzenhouser
Website:	ocbsa.org

Founded in 1920 as the Orange County Council,^[1] the council was formed by the merger of the North Orange Council (#037) and the Orange Empire Council (#039) in 1972. The North Orange Council was founded in 1944 as the Northern Orange County and changed its name to North Orange in 1965.^[2]

Orange County Council is one of the 20 largest councils by traditional membership in the nation. In 2008 it had over 40,000 youth members.

Organization

Discontinued Districts

• Ahwahnee District (realigned into El Capitan, Los Amigos and Orange Frontier districts effective August 1, 2008 ^[3]).
• Santiago District (Merged into Rancho Del Mar)
• Rancho del Mar District (split into Rancho San Joaquin and Del Mar Districts).
• El Camino Real District (split into El Camino Real and Tiburon Districts).
• Tiburon District (merged back into El Camino Real, 2017)
• Del Mar District (realigned into Pacifica and Rancho San Joaquin Districts).
• Los Amigos District (merged into Valencia District 2019).
• Portola District (merged into Valencia District 2019).
• Venturing District (2019)

Camps

• Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley^[4]
  • Newport Sea Base^[5] on the Newport Harbor Oso Lake^[6]
• The Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center^[7]

Former Council Camps

• Camp RoKiLi, at Barton Flats (closed)
• White's Landing (closed)
• Rancho Las Flores at Camp Pendelton (closed)
• Camp Myford, Irvine (closed)

Order of the Arrow

The Orange County Council's Order of the Arrow Lodge, Wiatava #13, was the home lodge of the National Chief of the Order of the Arrow, Evan Chaffee, in 2007.^[8]

See also

• Randall v. Orange County Council

• Scouting in California

Notes and References

1. Web site: Orange County - 1910 to 1929 . ocalmanac.com.
2. Book: Hook . James . An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation . Franck . Dave . Austin . Steve . 1982.
3. Web site: 2008-02-08 . ScoutWeek . . 86. https://web.archive.org/web/20080606235915/http://www.ocbsa.org/site/c.khKQIWPBIoE/b.4130423/ . 2008-06-06 .)
4. Web site: Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley .
5. Web site: Newport Sea Base .
6. Web site: Oso Lake .
7. Web site: Newport Sea Base .
8. Web site: Wiatava #13 .