Editing Scouting in Tennessee (section)

==Boy Scouts of America in Tennessee today==
There are seven [[Boy Scouts of America]] (BSA) local councils in [[Tennessee]].

===Cherokee Area Council===
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The '''Cherokee Area Council''' serves Scouts in [[Tennessee]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], with the council office located in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]] and The council is divided into four districts.<ref name="ref1">{{Cite web |title=Cherokee Area Council, Boy Scouts of America |url=http://www.cherokeeareabsa.com |access-date=2008-05-29}}</ref> Active from 1914, programs offered include: Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Learning for Life.  The council's Skymont Scout Reservation provides year-round and summer camping opportunities on the [[Cumberland Plateau]].<ref name="ref2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.skymont.org|title=Skymont Scout Reservation|access-date=2008-05-29}}</ref>

====Council camp====
[[Skymont Scout Reservation]], which consists of over {{convert|2400|acre|km2}} on the edge of the Cumberland Mountains Plateau, hosts Scouts BSA summer camps, Cub Scout family camps and high adventure activities throughout the summer and other camps during the year.<ref name=ref2 />  It is also home of the Talidandaganu' Lodge of the Order of the Arrow.<ref name="ref3b">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tali293.org/council.htm|title=Talidandaganu' Lodge #293|access-date=2008-05-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610013103/http://www.tali293.org/council.htm|archive-date=2008-06-10}}</ref>

===Chickasaw Council===
{{Main|Chickasaw Council}}
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The '''Chickasaw Council''' serves Scouts in the [[Memphis metropolitan area]], including all of Shelby County (Tennessee) and Crittenden County (Arkansas), as well as fifteen counties in the [[Mississippi Delta]], including districts that were merged from the Delta Area Council in 1993.

====Council camps====
[[Kia Kima Scout Reservation]], near [[Hardy, Arkansas]] on the [[South Fork Spring River]], was founded in 1916 by Memphis philanthropist [[Bolton Smith]]. The reservation, which hosts Chickasaw Council summer camps, is split into three properties: Camp Osage, Camp Cherokee and the Ozark Venture Base. The original Kia Kima facilities (pre-1963) have been restored and maintained as Old Kia Kima by a separate non-profit group.

'''[[Chickasaw Council#Camps|Camp Currier]]''', Eudora, Mississippi, near Memphis, was founded in 1925 to host weekend camping and training events throughout the year. (The more remote Kia Kima operated only during the summer for most of its history.)

===Great Smoky Mountain Council===
{{Main|Great Smoky Mountain Council}}
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The '''Great Smoky Mountain Council''' serves 21 East Tennessee counties and is headquartered in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].

==== Organization ====
The council is divided in to 6 districts.
* Cades Cove District
* Cataloochee District
* Eagle Creek District
* Mount Cammerer District
* Mount Le Conte District
* Tremont District (STEM Scouts)

==== Council camps ====
The council operates two camps, Camp Buck Toms and Camp Pellissippi. Camp Buck Toms is the primary camp of the council and is located in [[Rockwood, Tennessee]] on the shores of [[Watts Bar Lake]]. Camp Buck Toms operates as the council's summer camp property. Camp Pellissippi is located in [[Andersonville, Tennessee]] on [[Norris Lake]], and formerly served as the council's summer camp until 1977.

===Middle Tennessee Council===
{{Main|Middle Tennessee Council}}
The '''Middle Tennessee Council''' serves 37 Middle Tennessee counties, and is headquartered in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].

===Sequoyah Council===
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The Sequoyah Council serves Scouts in Northeast Tennessee and [[Virginia]].

====Organization====
* Breaks District
* Buffalo Mountain District
* Nolachuckey District
* Overmountain District
* Wilderness Road District

====Council camp====
"[https://campdavycrockett.org/ Camp Davy Crockett]", near [[Rogersville, Tennessee]], was founded in 1972.

===Lincoln Heritage Council===
{{Main|Lincoln Heritage Council}}
The Four Rivers District of the Louisville, Kentucky-based '''Lincoln Heritage Council''' includes BSA units in [[South Fulton, Tennessee]], located on the state border across from [[Fulton, Kentucky]].

===West Tennessee Area Council===
Headquartered in [[Jackson, Tennessee|Jackson]], the '''[[West Tennessee]] Area Council''' (WTAC) serves Scouts in all Tennessee counties west of the Tennessee River except for Shelby County (Chickasaw Council).
* Western District
* Central District
* [[Tennessee River]] District

====Council camp====
Camp Mack Morris in [[Camden, Tennessee]] serves as the primary camping facility for the WTAC and has been in continuous operation since 1946. It is also the home of Ittawamba Lodge 235 of the [[Order of the Arrow]].<ref name="ref3a">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ittawamba.org/|title=Ittawamba Lodge 235|access-date=2013-01-20}}</ref>