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| Heritage Resevation | |
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| Owner | Greater Pittsburgh Council Boy Scouts of America |
| Location | Farmington, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Allegheny Trails Council |
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Heritage Reservation is a facility owned and used by the Boy Scouts of America through the Greater Pittsburgh Council (GPC). It It is located in Farmington, Pennsylvania . It is many used during the summer for Scouting activites, but is activite year-round. It is home to three different camps. Camp Freedom and Camp Liberty are Boy Scout camps. Camp Independence is a Cub Scouting camp. The facility has been open since 1980. It currently services about 3,000 Scouting youth each summer.
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[edit] Location and Geography
Heritage Reservation is located in 1,700 acres of forest located in the Laurel Highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. It is located in Farmington, Pennsylvania, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Some parts of the reservation property line lie within five miles of the West Virgina state border.
[edit] Lake Courage
The main feature of the reservation is Lake Courage. This man-made lake was construction before the opening of the reservation. It is approximately 270 acres and over 5½ miles of shore line.
[edit] History
[edit] Camp Liberty
[edit] Camp Freedom
[edit] Camp Independence
Camp Independence, often shortened to just Indy, is the Cub Scouting facility of Heritage Reservation and the Greater Pittsburgh Council. It a residence camp and allows boy the oppurtunity to participate in events during the day, but also to spend time outdoors and camp in tent, building an appreciation for nature and further building upon one of Scoutings many principles. Opened in 1992, this facility services over 3,000 youth and adults each summer. One of the key features of this camp is its annual themes. There is a four year rotation on camp themes: Knights of the Roundtable (KOTR), Wild Western Frontier (Wild West), Sea Adventures, and Safari Adventures (Safari).
| Year | Theme | Dining Hall Dance† | |
| 1992 | Knights of the Round Table | N/A | |
| 1993 | Space Adventure‡ | N/A | |
| 1994 | Wild West | N/A | |
| 1995 | Sea Adventures | N/A | |
| 1996 | Safari Adventure | N/A | |
| 1997 | Knights of the Roundtable | N/A | |
| 1998 | Wild West | "Boot Scootin' Boogie" by Brooks and Dunn | |
| 1999 | Sea Adventure | N/A | |
| 2000 | Safari Adventure | n/A | |
| 2001 | Knights of the Roundtable | "Hampster Dance" | |
| 2002 | Wild West | "Cotton Eye Joe" | |
| 2003 | Sea Adventure | "Volcano" by Jimmy Buffett | |
| 2004 | Safari Adventure | "Safari Dance" | |
| 2005 | Knights of the Roundtable | "Hampster Dance" | |
| 2006 | Wild West | "Cotton Eye Joe" | |
| 2007 | Sea Adventure | "Hot, Hot, Hot" by Buster Poindexter |
† Dining hall dances did not begin until 1998
‡ Only used once
[edit] Program Areas
Camp Independence offers many different activities in several program areas:
Aquatics:
- Swimming
- General Swimming
- Ice berg† ‡
- Boating
- Row Boats
- Fanoes
- Funyacks†
- Huck Finn Raft
Frontier (formerly Field Sports):
- BB Guns
- General BB Shooting
- Sports Pin BB†
- Archery
- General Archery Shooting
- Action Archery
- Rock Throwing ‡
- Sling Shot ‡
Ecology (formerly Nature):
- Fishing
- Mine Walk
- Dino Dig (Safari Only)
- Bauldering
- Nature Walk
Outback (formerly Camp Craft/ Handicraft):
- Cooking
- Tent Assembly/Knots
- Axe/Knife Safety
- BMX Track ‡
† Webelos Only
‡ Added after the 2006 P.A.C.T. Iniative
