Marin Council
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| Marin Council (#035) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | San Rafael, California | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| President | Chris Cardinal | ||
| Council Commissioner | Sam Guyton | ||
| Scout Executive | Michael Dybeck | ||
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| Website www | |||
One of the six councils that serves the San Francisco Bay area, the Marin Council was formed in 1910. In 1918 it absorbed the Mill Valley and Sausalito Councils.[1]The Marin County's Scouting community was born just six months after the national Boy Scouts of America organization in 1910.[2]
Camps[edit]
- Camp Marin-Sierra (Chubb Lake) located in Emigrant Gap, CA. The camp features 320-acres of forested terrain with significant facilities, including Ibach And Murray lodges, a rifle, shotgun and archery range, full commercial kitchen, rock climbing wall, camp fire bowl and waterfront facilities. Marin Sierra hosts resident camp for Scouts BSA troops and Venture crews. The facility is also used year-round by various Scout units and is staffed by a full-time ranger. [3]
- Camp Tamarancho located in Fairfax, CA. 412 acre camp available for year-round use, the camp has developed facilities including a full commercial kitchen, archery and rifle ranges, a chapel and both developed and primitive campsites. [4] Tamarancho hosts BSA units from around Northern California as well as Marin Council programs such as Cub Scout day camp. The camp is staffed by a full time ranger. Surrounding the camp is one of the Bay Area’s largest network of maintained single-track mountain bike trails.[5]
Order of the Arrow[edit]
- Talako Lodge #533[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation. Search this book on
- ↑ "After 100 years in Marin, Boy Scout tradition lives on". Retrieved 2017-10-30.
- ↑ "Camp Marin Sierra". www.boyscouts-marin.org. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Camp Tamarancho". www.boyscouts-marin.org. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Camp Tamarancho Loop Mountain Bike Trail, Fairfax, California". MTB Project. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Talako Lodge History". usscouts.org.
External links[edit]
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