Northern Lights Council

Northern Lights Council
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Fargo, North Dakota
Country United States
Founded 1974
President General David Sprynczynatyk
Council Commissioner Mike Briggs
Scout Executive Roger Hoyt
Website
nlcbsa.org

The Northern Lights Council, Boy Scouts of America is the local Boy Scout council that serves all of North Dakota, parts of South Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, and northeast Montana. The Northern Lights Council (NLC) formed in 1974 when several councils (Red River Valley Council - Fargo, Lake Agassiz Council - Grand Forks, Missouri Valley Council - Bismarck, and Great Plains Council - Dickinson) were merged into one. As of 2017, the Northern Lights Council delivers Scouting to more than 15,360 members and 4,050 registered volunteers. The Northern Lights Council is the second largest Council geographically of the more than 300 BSA Councils in the United States. [1]

Organization

The Northern Lights Council is divided into 10 districts:

  • Flickertail District
  • Frontier Trails District
  • Great Plains District
  • Lake Agassiz District
  • Lakes District
  • Northern Sky District
  • Oxcart Trails District
  • Roughrider District
  • Tomahawk District
  • Voyageur Trails District

Camps

Camp Wilderness
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Country United States
Coordinates 47°05′38″N 94°56′38″W / 47.094°N 94.944°W / 47.094; -94.944 (Camp Wilderness, BSA)
Founded 1946
Website
Camp Wilderness

Northern Lights Council is home to Camp Wilderness, which is located in Northern Minnesota on Bad Axe Lake, located near Emmaville, Minnesota just north of Park Rapids. Founded by Herman Stern and other businessmen in the region in 1946, Camp Wilderness is a 2,400 acres (9.7 km2) camp. On August 18, 2006, the camp celebrated its 60th Anniversary by opening the Butler Wilderness Outpost, a Cub Scout camp for the scouts to attend.

Other Camps:

•Heart Butte Scout Reservation, near Lake Tschida in North Dakota

•Big 4 Scout Camp, west of Minot, North Dakota

•Tom Brantner Memorial Camp, near Glyndon, Minnesota

Order of the Arrow

Pa-Hin Lodge #27
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Fargo, ND
Country United States
Founded 1977
Website
Pa-Hin Lodge

Pa-Hin Lodge 27 is the local lodge of the Order of the Arrow for the Northern Lights Council. The Pa-Hin Lodge was chartered in 1977 and serves Boy Scouts in the states of North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, and South Dakota. The Pa-Hin Lodge started on January 1, 1977 through the merger of four lodges.

The four Lodges which merged to form Pa-Hin were:

  • Thunderbird Lodge (371) (last charter expired on December 31, 1976)
  • Chan-O-Wapi Lodge (52) (last charter expired on December 31, 1976)
  • Minniduta Lodge (176) (last charter expired on December 31, 1976)
  • Chatoka Lodge (183) (last charter expired on December 31, 1976)

From 1977 through approximately 1980, the former lodges continued to conduct operations as tribes (example: the Thunderbird Tribe), holding conclaves and OA events along the old lodge lines. Around 1980, the tribes structure was dis-established and operations were organized as Chapters, aligning chapters based on the District structure established by the Northern Lights Council.

The 2014 Roster count was over 600 registered members. Pa-Hin is a Lakota (Sioux) word meaning porcupine. Variations of spelling include pȟahíŋ (Lakota), phahį́ (Dakota), and pahį́ (Assiniboine).

The totem of the Pa-Hin Lodge is the porcupine, but the Lodge's common logo shows a porcupine with a saber tooth.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
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