Editing Scouting in Michigan (section)

==Boy Scouts of America==
[[File:Michigan BSA Councils.png|thumbnail|BSA Councils serving Michigan (2012).]]

===Michigan Crossroads Council===
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Due to a population decline in the 2000s, with a corresponding loss in youth members, the Boy Scouts of America decided that Michigan's councils should consolidate to help save costs and raise membership. In October 2010, the Area 2 Project was launched to develop a sustainable origination for the 21st Century. In 2012 the Area 2 project committee presented a "Crossroads Recommendation" to the [[Central Region (Boy Scouts of America)|Central Region]]. As a result of the recommendation, nine councils were merged into the [[Michigan Crossroads Council]], which was then divided into four field service councils.

* '''[[Great Lakes Field Service Council]]''' serves Scouts in [[Metro Detroit]].
* '''[[President Gerald R. Ford Field Service Council]]''' serves Scouts in [[Western Michigan|western]] and [[Northern Michigan|northern]] Michigan.
* '''[[Southern Shores Field Service Council]]''' serves Scouts in [[Southern Michigan]].
* '''[[Water & Woods Field Service Council]]''' serves Scouts in [[Flint/Tri-Cities|eastern]] and [[central Michigan]].
In 2020, [[Michigan Crossroads Council]] made a decision to merge their Field Service Councils to create one central Council.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hopkins |first=Christopher |title=MiScouting Forward |url=https://michiganscouting.org/miscoutingforward/ |access-date=2020-12-04 |website=Michigan Crossroads Council {{!}} Boy Scouts of America |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Bay-Lakes Council===
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The '''Bay-Lakes Council''' is headquartered in [[Appleton, Wisconsin]], and also serves Scouts in Michigan. It is merged with Hiawathaland Council, retaining the Bay-Lakes name.

Camp Hiawatha was opened in 1967 on property formally known as Wolfe's Lodge. There were several small cabins and a larger lodge on the "family side" and little else. The "camp side" was nothing but trees, brush and ferns as tall at the campers. The first campers that summer faced a real challenge. No electricity, telephones, running water and very little shelter.

Today Camp Hiawatha is {{convert|800|acre|km2}} and encircles Bunting Lake, a {{convert|60|acre|m2|adj=on}} lake in the middle of Hiawathaland National Forest in the heart of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The closest towns are Chatham and Munising, Michigan.

Camp Hiawatha is now under the administration of [[Bay-Lakes Council]], becoming Bay-Lakes' third Scouts BSA resident camp, joining Bear Paw Scout Camp and Gardner Dam Camps, and fifth overall resident camp, joining Cub Scout World Camp Rokilio and Twin Lakes Webelos Resident Camp.

===La Salle Council===
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'''La Salle Council''' serves Scouts in [[Indiana]] and Michigan.

===Voyageurs Area Council===
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Headquartered in Hermantown, Minnesota, Voyageurs Area Council serves Scouts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan