Greater Alabama Council
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The Greater Alabama Council Number One is a division of the Boy Scouts of America. It is located in northern and central Alabama.
In the 1990s, the Boy Scouts of America went through a restructuring in an attempt to reduce manpower, and in several states small historic Councils were merged into a larger supercouncil. The new Greater Alabama Council is an example of such a supercouncil. The council office is located in Birmingham, Alabama.
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The Greater Alabama Council is divided into 14 districts:
- Arrowhead District
- Birmingham District
- Cheaha District
- Cherokee District
- Choccolocco District
- Etowah District
- Mountain Lake District
- Mulberry District
- Northeast District
- Sequoyah District
- Shelby District
- Talakto District
- Vulcan District
- Westmoreland District
[edit] Arrowhead District
Arrowhead District [1] encompasses Morgan County, Limestone County, and Lawrence counties, and covers all of the Decatur Metropolitan Area.
The district is based in Decatur, Alabama in Morgan County. Formed in 2003, when the districts of Arrowhead and the Limestone merged to form one Arrowhead District.
The first joint activity was a Spring Camporee hosted by Troop 211 at Point Mallard Park in Decatur.
[edit] Westmoreland District
The Westmoreland District encompasses Franklin County, Colbert County, and Lauderdale County. The district is based in Florence, Alabama in Lauderdale County.
Westmoreland District is named after Camp Westmoreland, a historic Boy Scout summer camp located in Lauderdale County. This is one of the oldest operating camps in the Southeastern United States; it first opened in the 1920s. Camp Westmoreland ceased operations as a summer camp in the 1980s, but it is still widely used to this day for both council and district activities.
Camp Westmoreland's old Order of the Arrow lodge was once home to Kaskanampo Lodge 310, which merged with Coosa Lodge 50 in the year 1999.
Westmoreland District was once a part of the Tennessee Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America before this council was merged with two other councils to form the Greater Alabama Council.[1]
[edit] Order of the Arrow Information
Coosa Lodge #50 is the Order of the Arrow lodge associated with the Greater Alabama Council. It has 14 chapters (each corresponds with a district of the GAC [where chapter name differs from district name, both the chapter name and district name are provided]):[2]
- Nischamawat Chapter, Arrowhead District
- Cahaba Chapter, Birmingham District
- Cheaha District
- Cherokee District
- Achunanachi Chapter, Choccolocco District
- Etowah District
- Mountain Lake District
- Achtu, Mulberry District
- Japeechen Chapter, Northeast District
- Sequoyah District
- Muscogee Chapter, Shelby District
- Kaskanampo Chapter, Talakto District
- Nunne Hi Chapter, Vulcan District
- Yuchi Chapter, Westmoreland District
