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====Five Rivers Council====
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Five Rivers Council serves Scouts in the Southern tier of New York and the Northern tier of Pennsylvania.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

=====History=====
In 1917, the [[Hornell Council]] was founded, closing in 1918. In 1918, the [[Corning Council]] was founded, closing in 1919.{{listref|a}}

In 1915, the [[Elmira Council]] (#375) was founded, changing its name to the [[Chemung County Council]] (#375) in 1926. In 1927 the council changed its name [[Elmira Area Council]]  (#375), and again in 1947 to [[Sullivan Trail Council]] (#375). In 1922, the [[Steuben County Council]] (#402) was founded, changing its name to the [[Steuben Area Council]] (#402) in 1931.{{listref|a}}

In 1991 Steuben Area Council (#402) and Sullivan Trail Council (#375) merged to become the [[Five Rivers Council]] (#375). In 1992, [[General Sullivan Council]] (#779) merged into the Five Rivers Council.{{listref|a}}

=====Organization=====
The council is divided into three districts:<ref name="FRdistricts">{{Cite web |title=Districts |url=http://www.fiverivers.org/districts/index.asp |access-date=2007-06-21 |publisher=Five Rivers Council}}</ref>
* Endless Mountains District
* Big Horn District
* Silver Fawn District

=====Camps=====
It operates two camps: Camp Brulé, in North East Pennsylvania, and Camp Gorton on [[Waneta Lake]] in New York.

;Camp Gorton

Camp Gorton, located on [[Waneta Lake]] in the middle of the Finger Lakes, provides over 350 acres of land in Upstate New York for Scouts BSA camps. In 2014 Camp Gorton celebrated its 92nd year of existence and 90th anniversary of being a scout camp on the east side of Waneta Lake.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Camp Gorton provides a program that is well-suited for younger scouts and is known for having an excellent waterfront and shooting sports programs.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} At the waterfront they offer facilities for fulfilling the Water Sports merit badge requirements as well as those for the Motorboating merit badge for no additional fee. Their Shooting Sports ranges have 16 slots for fulfilling the Rifle merit badge requirements and has plenty of cover for Scouts, Leaders, and Parents to come and observe.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

;Camp Brulé

Camp Brulé (pronounced "Brul-a"), named after [[Étienne Brûlé]], is in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the General Sullivan Council with headquarters in Athens and jurisdiction over Bradford, Tioga and Sullivan Counties.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

The camp covers the forty-two acres of Elk Lake and {{convert|200|acre|km2|1}} of forest land bordering it. Pancost Hall and Crandall Hall are memorials to Alfred H. Pancost, Chief Scout Executive and founder, and to Harry H. Crandall, first president of the council.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

On the parade ground a native boulder bears a bronze plaque in memory of [[Eagle Scout]] twin brothers from Troop 2, Towanda, Pennsylvania, Army Air Corp Lieutenants John R. and William G. Winter. Born August 11, 1925, they were killed in action in World War II on August 11, 1945. The plaque was erected by employees of the Patterson Screen Company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HISTORIC HODGE-PODGE |url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/SullivanCountyHistoricalSociety/HODGE.htm |access-date=2018-01-05 |website=SullivanCountyHistoricalSociety |via=RootsWeb.com}}</ref>

===== Order of the Arrow =====
TKäen DōD Lodge 30 formed from three former lodges. Seneca Lodge 394, Wakanda Lodge 186, and Winingus Lodge 30. TKäen DōD celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TKäen DōD |url=https://fiveriversbsa.org/join-us/order-of-the-arrow |website=fiveriversbsa.org}}</ref>