Editing Scouting in Alabama (section)

===Greater Alabama Council===
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| name = Greater Alabama Council (#001)
| location =[[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| country = United States
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| chiefscouttitle = Scout Executive
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| website = {{url|http://www.1bsa.org}}
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The '''Greater Alabama Council''' is located in northern and central Alabama. The new council is a supercouncil. The council office is located in Birmingham, Alabama.

====History====
The Greater Alabama Council was formed by a merger of the Choccolocco Council, Tennessee Valley Council and the Central Alabama Council in 1998. The Choccolocco Council was formed in 1921. The Etowah County Council was formed in 1919 and changed its name to Northeastern Alabama in 1925; the council merged into Choccolocco in 1933. The Central Alabama council was formed as the Birmingham Area Council in 1915, changing its name in 1996. The Tennessee Valley Council was formed in 1924. Tennessee Valley absorbed Muscle Shoals Council in 1928 and the Andrew Jackson Council in 1930.<ref name="CSP Book" />

====Organization====
The Greater Alabama Council is divided into 13 districts:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff |url=https://1bsa.org/board.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216103203/https://1bsa.org/board.php |archive-date=2019-02-16 |website=Greater Alabama Council Boy Scouts of America}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Districtis |url=https://1bsa.org/districts/ |website=Greater Alabama Council Boy Scouts of America}}</ref>
====Camps====
'''Camp Westmoreland''', a historic BSA summer camp located in Lauderdale County. This is one of the oldest operating camps in the Southeastern United States; it first opened in the 1920s. Camp Westmoreland ceased operations as a summer camp in the 1980s, but it is still widely used to this day for both council and district activities. Camp Westmoreland's old Order of the Arrow lodge was once home to [[Kaskanampo Lodge 310]], which merged with [[Coosa Lodge 50]] in the year 1999. Westmoreland District was once a part of the [[Tennessee Valley Council]] of the Boy Scouts of America before this council was merged with two other councils to form the Greater Alabama Council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.westmorelanddistrict.com/ | title = Westmoreland District Website |access-date=2019-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223336/http://www.westmorelanddistrict.com/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

'''Camp Comer''' is located four miles South of Mentone, Alabama. According to "Mentone Alabama: A History" by Zora Shay Strayhorn:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mentonealabama.org/strayhorn/StrayhornCamps.htm | title= Mentone Alabama: A History |access-date=2022-06-24}}</ref>
     <blockquote>"The land was purchased in 1962 and named after Hugh Ross Corner of Sylacauga, a longtime scout worker, who was serving as president of the Choccolocco Council at that time. M. M. Beck, council vice-president, suggested the name.
                  In 1965 a fund-raising campaign was successful in developing the lake and camping area. Stumps were removed from the lake and the dam was raised. The lake was named Lake Republic in honor of Republic Steel of Gadsden, a financial supporter of the camp.
                  On June 8, 1965, Camp Comer was officially opened. Work continued on the reservation and a year later 3,000 scouts and leaders attended camp."</blockquote>'''Camp Sequoyah''' is nestled among 1,447 acres for woodlands in east central Alabama, near Cheaha State Park. It has been in operation since it was dedicated on June 29, 1972 and is a part of the Frank Spain Scout Reservation, which encompasses 1,447 acres.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.scoutwiki.org/Camp_Sequoyah_(Greater_Alabama_Council)#:~:text=Camp%20Sequoyah%20has%20been%20in,badge%20opportunity%20periods%20each%20day. | title = Camp Sequoyah (Greater Alabama Council) on Scoutwiki.org |access-date=2022-06-24}}</ref> 
====Order of the Arrow====
''' Coosa Lodge #50''' is the [[Order of the Arrow]] lodge associated with the Greater Alabama Council. {{As of|2011|11}}, the lodge has 12 chapters:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coosa50.org |publisher=Coosa Lodge 50, WWW |title=Chapters |access-date=November 8, 2011}}</ref>
* Achunanchi Chapter, Choccolocco District
* Cahaba Chapter, Birmingham District
* Cheaha Chapter, Cheaha District
* Cherokee Chapter, Cherokee District
* Kaskanampo Chapter, Talakto District
* Koasati Chapter, Mountain Lake District
* Lookout Mountain Chapter, Lookout Mountain District
* Muscogee Chapter, Shelby District
* Nacha Sipo Chapter, Three Rivers District
* Nischamawat Chapter, Arrowhead District
* Nunne Hi Chapter, Vulcan District
* Yuchi Chapter, Westmoreland District