Scouting and Guiding in Manitoba
Scouting in Manitoba 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.
Scouts Canada[]
Manitoba is administered by the Manitoba Council of Scouts Canada.
Service Areas[]
Manitoba is divided into Service Areas, each with an Area Commissioner and (ideally) with a service team.
The current Service Areas are:
- Lakeland
- West Manitoba (West Man)
- Northern Manitoba (Nor Man)
- Pembina Trails
- North West Winnipeg
- Agassiz Basin
- East Winnipeg
Within each area are groups — made up of one or more sections (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers) a group will have at least a Group Commissioner and may also have a group administrator, secretary, treasurer, registrar and quartermaster. This structure follows the Scouts Canada Standard.[citation needed]
Council Service Center: Winnipeg
Association des Scouts du Canada[]
French-speaking Scouts are directed by the Comptoir Scout Franco-Manitobains in Winnipeg.
Girl Guides of Canada[]
Guide Companies were first registered in Manitoba in 1910, in Winnipeg.
Girl Guides of Manitoba[]
Girl Guides of Manitoba is divided into nine area, six covering rural Manitoba
- Cambrian in northern Manitoba
- Intermountain in western mid-Manitoba
- Interlake in central and eastern mid-Manitoba
- Pine Ridge in southeastern Manitoba
- Assiniboine in southwestern Manitoba
- Pembina Valley in southern Manitoba
and three within Winnipeg
- Prairie West
- Bishop Grandin
- Lagimodiere
Headquarters: Winnipeg
Website: http://www.girlguides.mb.ca/
Camps:
- Caddy Lake established in 1948
Former Camps:
- Ponemah on Lake Winnipeg established in 1928.
B-PSA Federation of Canada[]
Canada has several associations which trace their roots to the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association in the United Kingdom. They form the , which is a member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts. Members of the federation include BPSA — Manitoba.
Scout memorials[]
Scouting memorials include The Seton Centre in Carberry, Manitoba, for Ernest Thompson Seton; an historic plaque and Seton Woodland Park, on the Trans-Canada Highway (east of Carberry, Manitoba); as well as Seton Bridge, Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba.
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