- Source: Scouting and Guiding in New Brunswick
Scouting in New Brunswick has a long history, from the 1900s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.
Anglophone Scouting in New Brunswick
New Brunswick is administered by the New Brunswick Council of Scouts Canada. The New Brunswick Council has been directly involved with Kenya's Extension Scouting program (previously known as the Street Scouts program, active in Kenya, eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania) for a number of years. [1]
= Local Areas
=The Areas in New Brunswick are Southeast NB Service Area, Wabanaki Service Area, Riverton Service Area, Chaleur Service Area, Fundy East Service Area, and Wabanaki Area.
Francophone Scouting in New Brunswick
Girl Guiding in New Brunswick
Guides are served by the Guiding in Canada - New Brunswick Council.
Headquarters: Saint John, NB
Website: http://www.girlguides.nb.ca/
New Brunswick Council is divided into 6 areas
Coastal Shore in northeastern New Brunswick
Kennebecasis in central south New Brunswick
Mawiw in central New Brunswick
Tidewater in southeastern New Brunswick
Upper Saint John River Valley in western New Brunswick
Water's Edge in southern New Brunswick
Camps:
Camp Chacik is 41 acres (170,000 m2) near Kingston, NB in the Kennebecasis area. It was acquired in 1993.
Camp Chiplaquorgan is 20 acres (81,000 m2) on the shores of Oromocto Lake in the Mawiw area. It was opened in 1963. The name means "the stick that holds the pot over the fire".[2]
Camp Wee Waa Zee Zuk in the Mawiw area
Camp Nebooktook in the Tidewater area. The name is Mi'Kmaq meaning "Little camp/cabin in the woods".
Camp Whisong is 40 acres (160,000 m2) in the Tidewater area
Camp Etalacimuk in the Upper Saint John River Valley area
Comp Oswego in the Water's Edge are
Camp Wegwamageek was a 150-acre (0.61 km2) site in the Tidewater area. It was acquired in 1962. The name means "land's end" in Micmac. It was sold in 2010 to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
See also
Scouting in Maine
References
External links
New Brunswick Council - Scouts Canada
Guiding in Canada - New Brunswick Council