Scouting in Louisiana

The Louisiana Purchase Council serves 20 parishes in Northeast and Central Louisiana. Parishes include: Allen, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Rapides, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll, and Winn.

In 1917, the Ruston Council was formed, ending in 1918. In 1923, the Fourth District Council (#213) was formed, changing its name to the Ouachita Valley Council (#213) in 1925. In 1919, the Alexandria Council (#208) was formed, changing its name to the Attakapas Council (#208) in 1921. In 1923 the council changed its name to Rapides Parish Council (#208), and back to Attakapas (#208) in 1925. Attakapas (#208) dissolved in 1925, reforming in 1938.[3]

The council was formed from 2003 the merger between the Ouachita Valley (#213) and Attakapas (#208) councils to serve Scouts in Northeast and Central Louisiana.

• Pioneer District: Ouachita, Morehouse, East Carroll, West Carroll, Richland and Madison Parishes.
• Thunderbird District: Union, Lincoln, Jackson, and Winn Parishes.
• Attakapas District: Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, and Rapides Parishes.

• Camp T.L. James - near Downsville, Louisiana.
• Camp Attakapas - approximately 35 miles NE of Alexandria, near Jena.

• Comanche Lodge 254

The Calcasieu Area Council serves the families and youth in five Parishes of Southwest Louisiana.

In 1923, the Choctaw Area Council (#210) was formed. In 1919, the Calcasieu Parish Council (#209) was formed, changing its name to the Lake Charles Council (#209) in 1920. It changed its name to the Calcasieu Parish Council (#209) in 1922. In 1925, Calcasieu Parish changed its name to the Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes Council (#209). In 1930, the Choctaw Area (#210) and Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes (#209) councils merged to form the Calcasieu Area Council (#209).[3]

The Council is divided into three districts: Pioneer District serves Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Jeff Davis Parish; Cypress Knee District serves Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes; Thunderbird District serves Beauregard and Vernon Parishes.

The Council's Camp is Camp Edgewood, located near DeQuincy, Louisiana.

• Quelqueshoe Lodge 166[4]

The Evangeline Area Council (#212) serves Scouts in Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Iberia St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary and Vermillion parishes.

In 1924, the council was formed.

• Bon Temps District
• Kuna Nisha District

• Mountain Bayou Scout Camp
• Camp Brownell
• Camp Steen
• Camp Thistlethwaite

• Atchafalaya Lodge

Istrouma Area Council serves Scouts in 13 parishes in Louisiana (Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Feliciana and West Baton Rouge) and in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. The Council is divided into three districts- Nashoba, Sewell-Eagle, and Nawaganti.

Camps

Avondale Scout Reservation- 1,700 acre reservation located in Clinton, LA. The reservation is divided into 4 camps- Camp Avondale (summer camp area), Woodbadge Hill (primitive camping), Camp Tigator (Council Training Center) and Camp McGee (Cub Scouts). The property has three lakes (Lake Istrouma, Lake Tigator, and Lake McGee) and frontage on Sandy Creek.

Carruth Scout Preserve- 150 acre property in Port Allen, La. Home to primitive camping.

Camp 5 Lakes- 200 acre property located in Bush, La. Home to primitive camping.

Order of the Arrow

Quinipissa Lodge

The Norwela Council of the BSA was established in 1923. It serves a nine-parish region: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster.

In 1925, the ClaiBienWeb Council (#699) was formed. In 1921, the Shreveport Council (#215) was formed, changing its name to the NorWeLa Area Council (#215) in 1923. The ClaiBienWeb Council merged into the NorWeLa Area Council (#215) in 1923.[3]

Entrance to Garland Scout Ranch

• Neshota District
• Netami District
• Yatasi District
• Cherokee District

• Kinsey Scout Reservation, south of Stonewall (fka Garland Scout Camp)[5]

• Caddo Lodge

The Southeast Louisiana Council serves the Southeast Louisiana Parishes of Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemine, St. John the Baptist, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. Tammany, and Terrebonne.

In 1917, the Minden Council was formed, ending in 1919. In 1924, the Mississippi-Gulf Coast Area Council (#666) was formed, merging into the New Orleans Area Council (#214) in 1927.[3]

In 1916, the New Orleans Council (#214) was formed, changing its name to the New Orleans Area Council (#214) in 1927. It kept the name until 1999, when it changed to Southeast Louisiana Council.[3]

• Bayou District
• Cataouatche District
• Cypress District
• Emerging Markets District
• Fleur de Lis District
• Pelican District

• Chilantakoba Lodge

Before the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Chilantakoba Lodge was the largest Order of the Arrow lodge in its section. The membership peaked around 600 but, following the storm, fell to nearly 100. The Council's camp, and much of the area it serves, was impacted severely. There were downed trees, damaged buildings, destroyed trails, and loss of many other assets on the council's property. Members of Chilantakoba Lodge helped in the resurrection of the Council Camp, Salmen Scout Reservation, and helped to staff the summer program, putting on three weeks of Boy Scout summer camp. It is this level of dedication, and desire to serve, that has caused Chilantakoba Lodge to produce five Lodge Chiefs who have later gone on to receive the Distinguished Service Award, the highest award for service to the Order.

Girl Scouts Louisiana East serves some 16,000 girls in 23 parishes. It was formed by the merger of Girl Scout Council of Southeast Louisiana and Girl Scouts-Audubon Council in April 2008.

Headquarters

New Orleans, Louisiana

Website: www.gsle.org;

Service Center

• Baton Rouge, LA

Camps

• Camp Marydale is 400 acres (1.6 km²) in St. Francisville, LA
• Camp Whispering Pines is 600 acres (2.4 km²) in Independence, LA. It includes a 23-acre (93,000 m²) lake.
• Camp Covington is 23 acres (93,000 m²) in Covington, LA. It was founded in 1927.
• McFadden Cabin is located in City Park (New Orleans)

It was formed by the merger of Bayou Girl Scout Council, Central Louisiana Girl Scout Council, Inc., Girl Scouts Pelican Council, and Girl Scouts Silver Waters Council in January 2008.

Headquarters

Lafayette, Louisiana

Website

www.girlscoutspinestogulf.org

Camps

• Camp Bon Temps is 106 acres (0.43 km²) in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
• Camp Wawbansee is 140 acres (0.57 km²) in Arcadia, Louisiana
• Camp Indian Creek is in Chatham, Louisiana