Editing Scouting in Alaska (section)

== Boy Scouting in Alaska today==
There are two [[Boy Scouts of America]] local councils in [[Alaska]].

===Great Alaska Council===
{{Infobox WorldScouting
|name=Great Alaska Council (#610)
|image=Great Alaska Council CSP.png
|image_size  = 250px
|type=council
|owner=[[Scouting America]]
|headquarters=[[Anchorage, Alaska]]
|location=
|country=United States
|coords=
|f-date=1934
|defunct=
|founders=
|founder=
|members=
|chiefscouttitle=President
|chiefscout=Gregory Hobbs
|chiefscouttitle2=Commissioner
|chiefscout2=Curtiss Clifton
|chiefscouttitle3=Scout Executive/CEO
|chiefscout3=Samuel Giacalone
|website= [http://www.scoutingalaska.org scoutingalaska.org]
}}

The ''Western Alaska Council'' and ''Southeast Alaska Council'' merged to form the '''Great Alaska Council''' in January, 2006.  The combined ''Supercouncil'' has 3,000 volunteers serving 16,000 youth.<ref name="CSP Book">{{cite book |last1=Hook|first1=James |last2=Franck |first2=Dave|last3=Austin|first3=Steve |year=1982 |title=An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation |url=https://www.angelfire.com/tx6/patch/cspbook.html}}</ref> The Western Alaska Council was formed in 1954 from a part of the [[Seattle Council]], which had absorbed the  [[Alaska Council]] in 1954.

[[Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators|Scouts]] in the [[Russia]]n [[oblast]] of [[Magadan]] have a relationship with the Great Alaska Council.

====Organization====
*Bear Paw District (serves the [[Matanuska-Susitna Borough]] and [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]])
*Denali District (serves Southern [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] and [[Girdwood, Anchorage|Girdwood]])
*Eklutna District (serves Northern Anchorage, [[Chugiak, Anchorage|Chugiak]] and [[Eagle River, Alaska|Eagle River]])
*Maritime District (formerly of Southeast Alaska Council, serves [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Haines, Alaska|Haines]], [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]] and [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]])
*Totem District (formerly of Southeast Alaska Council, serves [[Petersburg, Alaska|Petersburg]], [[Wrangell, Alaska|Wrangell]], [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]], [[Prince of Wales Island, Alaska|Prince of Wales Island]], and environs)
*Tustumena District (serves [[Kenai Peninsula]], [[Cordova, Alaska|Cordova]], [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]], and Western Alaska)

====Order of the Arow====
Nanuk Lodge was created in 1947, and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2022. Nanuk Lodge #355 was established July 1, 1947, with the inception of the Alaska Council of the Boy Scouts of America, based out of the State Capital of Juneau. Initially the Council was responsible for the entire State of Alaska. Nanuk Lodge #355 absorbed Kootz Lodge #523 when Western Alaska Council merged with Southeast Alaska Council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=快猫视频-re01.cc回家导航 |url=https://www.kmaa4.com/?agentId=6425070 |website=www.kmaa4.com}}</ref>

The Lodge Totem is the great Alaskan Polar Bear, which the Inuit people call “Nanook”, the lodge name is a variation of that name. By 1957, scouting was developed enough in the Anchorage area to support a new council. The Western Alaska Area Council was formed on July 1, 1955 and retained the original lodge name. Southeast Alaska formed a new lodge, named Kootz, which merged into Nanuk Lodge in 2006, thus becoming the lodge of the Great Alaska Council. Nanuk Lodge is responsible for OA programs across 297,833 square miles, covering the Aleutian Islands, Western Alaska Coast, South-Central Alaska, and the Pan-Handle to the South-East.

===Midnight Sun Council===
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|name=Midnight Sun Council (#696)
|image=Midnight Sun Council CSP.png
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|owner=[[Scouting America]]
|headquarters=[[Fairbanks, Alaska]]
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|chiefscouttitle2=Council Commissioner
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|chiefscouttitle3=Scout Executive/CEO
|chiefscout3=Stephen Smith
|website= {{url|http://www.midnightsunbsa.org}}
}}

The '''Midnight Sun Council''' serves interior and northern Alaska, and is headquartered in Fairbanks.

====Organization====
*Tanana Valley District
*Bush District<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midnightsunbsa.org/tanana_valley_district.html  |title=Bush District}}</ref>

====Camps====
*Lost Lake Scout Camp<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midnightsunbsa.org/lost-lake-scout-camp/lost-lake-scout-camp.html|title=Lost Lake Scout Camp - Alaska scouting - Midnight Sun Council BSA|website=www.midnightsunbsa.org|date=8 July 2016 }}</ref>
*Northern Lights High Adventure<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alaskahighadventure.org  |title=Northern Lights High Adventure}}</ref>

====Order of the Arrow====
Toontuk Lodge #549 was founded in 1961.  The lodge is named after the barren ground [[caribou]], which is known to the [[Yupik peoples|Yupik]] Eskimo people of Western Alaska as Toontuk.  Toontuk Lodge was recognized with the National Service Grant in 1997. The money was used to rehabilitate the waterfront at [[Lost Lake Scout Camp]]<ref name="midnightsunbsa.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.midnightsunbsa.org/lost_lake.html |title=Lost Lake Scout Camp |access-date=2013-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616112905/http://www.midnightsunbsa.org/lost_lake.html |archive-date=2013-06-16 }}</ref> with sand and a lifeguard tower.  In 2006, Toontuk Lodge celebrated its 45th anniversary. Among its projects that year, the Lodge gave the Council a large amphitheater sited on Lost Lake at Lost Lake Camp.
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