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The Bay-Lakes Council is the Scouting America council serving eastern Wisconsin. Headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, it is geographically one of the larger local Scout councils. Bay-Lakes Council #635 was formed on July 1, 1973, the product of a merger between six east Wisconsin councils. The council is served by Kon Wapos Lodge of the Order of the Arrow.
The Bay-Lakes Council was formed in 1973 by a merger of the following councils: Badger (based in Fond du Lac), Waumegesako (based in Manitowoc), Nicolet Area (based in Green Bay), Valley (based in Menasha), Twin Lakes (based in Oshkosh), and Kettle Moraine (based in Sheboygan). The Hiawathaland Council joined in 2012. The history of each of these parent councils is depicted below.
Hiawathaland District was transferred to the Michigan Crossroads Council on January 1, 2025.
Among councils that predated the ones that merged into Bay-Lakes, includes Sturgeon Bay Council which was formed in 1918 disbanded in 1919.
Bay-Lakes Council has a professional staff of approximately 20 employees. There are over 7,500 Scouts in the council's 23 counties in Eastern Wisconsin. There are 141 Cub Scout packs, 174 Scouts BSA troops, 17 Venturing crews and 12 Explorer posts and over 3,400 adult volunteers. Bay-Lakes Council is divided into seven districts.
Located on Bear Paw Lake 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Mountain, Wisconsin in the Nicolet National Forest, Bear Paw Scout Camp has year-round camping, both indoor and outdoor, but is primarily a week-long resident summer camp for Scouts. In addition to rustic campsites and heated cabins for camping, Bear Paw has several permanent buildings supporting its program areas, a trading post for snacks and memorabilia, an enclosed chapel on a wooded point overlooking the water, a large and modern dining hall, a lakeside fire circle for evening council fires and ceremonies, and a nine-hole disc golf course. Hiking trails range from short, in-camp jaunts to destinations such as Explorer Point to longer treks to Oconto County features such as Lost Mountain, Staff Mountain, and Waupee Rapids. Marked cycling trails up to 50 miles (80 km) long criss-cross the roads in the vicinity of camp.
Besides summer camp weeks, Bear Paw's sixteen campsites and four heated cabins can be rented by Scouts. Some events and programs offered throughout the year include shooting sports, Maple Syrup Days, Cooking merit badge, Paul Bunyan Woodsman Award, geocaching, orienteering, and wilderness search and rescue.
The camp has a website.
Bay-Lakes Council
The Bay-Lakes Council is the Scouting America council serving eastern Wisconsin. Headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, it is geographically one of the larger local Scout councils. Bay-Lakes Council #635 was formed on July 1, 1973, the product of a merger between six east Wisconsin councils. The council is served by Kon Wapos Lodge of the Order of the Arrow.
The Bay-Lakes Council was formed in 1973 by a merger of the following councils: Badger (based in Fond du Lac), Waumegesako (based in Manitowoc), Nicolet Area (based in Green Bay), Valley (based in Menasha), Twin Lakes (based in Oshkosh), and Kettle Moraine (based in Sheboygan). The Hiawathaland Council joined in 2012. The history of each of these parent councils is depicted below.
Hiawathaland District was transferred to the Michigan Crossroads Council on January 1, 2025.
Among councils that predated the ones that merged into Bay-Lakes, includes Sturgeon Bay Council which was formed in 1918 disbanded in 1919.
Bay-Lakes Council has a professional staff of approximately 20 employees. There are over 7,500 Scouts in the council's 23 counties in Eastern Wisconsin. There are 141 Cub Scout packs, 174 Scouts BSA troops, 17 Venturing crews and 12 Explorer posts and over 3,400 adult volunteers. Bay-Lakes Council is divided into seven districts.
Located on Bear Paw Lake 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Mountain, Wisconsin in the Nicolet National Forest, Bear Paw Scout Camp has year-round camping, both indoor and outdoor, but is primarily a week-long resident summer camp for Scouts. In addition to rustic campsites and heated cabins for camping, Bear Paw has several permanent buildings supporting its program areas, a trading post for snacks and memorabilia, an enclosed chapel on a wooded point overlooking the water, a large and modern dining hall, a lakeside fire circle for evening council fires and ceremonies, and a nine-hole disc golf course. Hiking trails range from short, in-camp jaunts to destinations such as Explorer Point to longer treks to Oconto County features such as Lost Mountain, Staff Mountain, and Waupee Rapids. Marked cycling trails up to 50 miles (80 km) long criss-cross the roads in the vicinity of camp.
Besides summer camp weeks, Bear Paw's sixteen campsites and four heated cabins can be rented by Scouts. Some events and programs offered throughout the year include shooting sports, Maple Syrup Days, Cooking merit badge, Paul Bunyan Woodsman Award, geocaching, orienteering, and wilderness search and rescue.
The camp has a website.