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====Baden-Powell Council====
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The Baden-Powell Council was formed in 1998 by the merger of the former Baden-Powell Council (headquartered in Dryden, New York) and Susquenango Council (headquartered in Binghamton, New York). The council's new headquarters are in Binghamton.  The council covers five counties in New York State—Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga and Tompkins—as well as Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania.<ref name="BPhistory">{{Cite web |title=Council History |url=http://www.bpcouncil.org/page.php?11 |access-date=2007-06-21 |website=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref>

=====History=====
In 1917, the [[Cortland Council]] was founded, closing in 1918. In 1921, the [[Norwich Council]] was formed, merging into the [[Binghamton Council]] (#368) in 1924.{{listref|a}}

In 1918 the [[Binghamton Council]] (#368) was formed, changing its name to the [[Susquenango Council]] (#368) in 1920.{{listref|a}}

In 1918 the [[Johnson City and Endicott Council]] (#383) was formed, changing its name to the [[Fairplay Council]] (#383) in 1932.{{listref|a}}

In 1917 the [[Ithaca Council]] (#381) was formed, changing its name to the [[Thompkins County Council]] (#381) in 1926. Thompkins County (#381) changed its name to the [[Louis Agassiz Fuertes Council]] (#381) in 1929.{{listref|a}}

In 1925 the [[Fairplay Council]] (#383) was formed, merging into the Susquenango Council (#368) in 1932. In 1998, the Susquenango Council (#368) merged with the Baden-Powell Council (#381). The combined councils took the name Baden-Powell and the number (#368).{{listref|a}}

In 1929 the [[Louis Agassiz Fuertes Council]] (#381) was formed. In 1940 the [[Tioughnioga Council]] (#383) was formed. In 1975, the two council merged to become the [[Baden-Powell Council]] (#381).{{listref|a}}

In 1998, the [[Baden-Powell Council]] (#381) and the [[Susquenango Council]] (#368) merged to become [[Baden-Powell Council]] (#368).{{listref|a}}

=====Organization=====
As of 2017, the council has four districts:<ref name="bpdistricts">{{Cite web |title=Districts |url=http://bpcouncil.org/Districts.aspx |access-date=2011-05-23 |website=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref>
* Chenango District (Chenango County and part of Broome County)
* Delahanna District (Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania)
* Hiawatha District (Tioga County and part of Broome County)
* Taughannock District (Cortland and Tompkins Counties)

=====Camps=====
The Baden-Powell Council operates two Scout Camps:

'''Camp Barton''', founded in 1927, is a Scouts BSA of America camp located on {{convert|130<ref name="Barton year-round">{{Cite web |title=Camp Barton |url=https://www.bpcouncil.org/camping/camp-barton-year-round |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref>|acres|km2|1}} on Frontenac Point on the west shore of Cayuga Lake in New York State's [[Finger Lakes]]. It is approximately nine miles north of [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]].<ref name="Barton year-round" />

Camp Barton has nine summer camping sites with 2- and 4-man platform tents, as well as a winter lean-to site in one of the two gorges which surround the camp.<ref name="BP-Barton-sites">{{Cite web |title=Camp Barton Summer Camp |url=https://www.bpcouncil.org/camping/campbarton/ |access-date=2011-05-23 |publisher=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref> The camp facilities include many water-based activities on the camp's quarter-mile of waterfront, including rowing, motorboating, sailing, waterskiing, jetskiing and swimming,  as well as handicraft, nature, rifle and archery ranges, and scoutcraft areas.<ref name="BP-Barton-program">{{Cite web |title=Camp Barton Program |url=http://www.bpmlegal.com/barton/bartpgm.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033748/http://www.bpmlegal.com/barton/bartpgm.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=2007-06-21 |website=Camp Barton |publisher=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref>

The Camp's buildings and cabins are available for off-season use by Scouting and other youth organizations.<ref name="BP-Barton-offseas">{{Cite web |title=Camp Barton Off-Season Camping |url=http://www.bpmlegal.com/barton/offseas.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030216/http://www.bpmlegal.com/barton/offseas.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=2007-06-21 |website=Camp Barton Website |publisher=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref>

'''Tuscarora Scout Reservation''' is a Boy Scouts of America camp located on 1200 acres (4.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) around Summit Lake in New York State's [[Southern Tier]].<ref name="BP-Tuscarora-overview">{{Cite web |title=Camp Tuscarora |url=http://www.camptuscarora.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417015020/http://www.camptuscarora.org/ |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |access-date=2007-06-21 |website=Camp Tuscarora Website |publisher=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref>

The camp has ten summer camping sites with 2-man platform tents.<ref name="BP-Tuscarora-overview" /> It has five winter units with a center lodge equipped with wood stoves, refrigerators and electricity and four 8-man lean-tos. Tuscarora Scout Reservation also offers a renovated Nature lodge, dining hall, a nationally known Handicraft program, and a {{convert|40|ft|m|0|adj=on}}, progressively more difficult climbing wall with free rappel.  They also offer mountainboarding, paddleboard, shotgun and rifle range as well as multiple Wilderness Programs and Scoutcraft programs. The camp is available year-round for camping, hiking as well as shotgun and rifle programs. Tuscarora Scout Reservation hosts over 500 Scouts and leaders each January and February for its Winter Camp programs.  Tuscarora hosts the Council's annual National Youth Leadership Training Course every August.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Baden-Powell Council |url=https://www.bpcouncil.org/about/history/ |access-date=2018-01-05 |website=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref><ref name="BP-Tuscarora-program">{{Cite web |title=Camp Tuscarora Program |url=http://www.camptuscarora.org/program.htm |access-date=2007-06-21 |website=Camp Tuscarora Website |publisher=Baden-Powell Council}}</ref>

=====Order of the Arrow=====
The corresponding Order of the Arrow lodge is Otahnagon Lodge 172.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.otahnagonlodge172.org/about-otahnagon.html |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Otahnagon Lodge 172}}</ref>