Editing Scouting in Michigan (section)

==Middle years (1950–1990)==
The Bass Lake lone troop Scout camp was part of the [[Owasippe Scout Reservation]] operated by the Chicago Area Council. The Bass Lake camp was a single camp on a small (approximately {{convert|600|ft|m}} wide) lake in the Owasippe reservation. A single troop would take over the entire camp, usually for a two-week period, preparing all their own food and overseeing all aspects of the camp life. Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Bass Lake camp is no longer in use.

International [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] gatherings named Senior Roundups were held every three years from 1956 until 1965.<ref name="roundupstamps">{{Cite web |last=Larson |first=Keith |year=2000 |title=Girl Scout Senior Roundups |url=http://www.sossi.org/girls/roundup.htm |access-date=2006-09-08 |publisher=Scouts on Stamps Society International}}</ref> The first one was held at [[Milford, Michigan]] in 1956, attended by 5,000 girls.

[[File:Michigan Boy Scout council map.png|thumb|right|The 10 BSA Councils of Michigan prior to the [[Michigan Crossroads Council]].]]
As the scouting program grew across the state, local councils began to be consolidated into larger councils to manage the increased number of scouts and units. By the end of the 20th century, Michigan was home to 14 Boy Scout councils and 14 Girl Scout Councils.

The 1986 [[National Order of the Arrow Conference]] was held at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant.