Faced with falling membership and rising competition for the interest of children and teens, Scouts Canada has decided to sell 20 of its 260 properties in Ontario.

Five local camps are on the sell-off list, but some scout leaders are fighting the plan.

I remember the first time I was asked by my church to consider becoming a Scout leader. I'm afraid I was reluctant to commit. I questioned my ability to teach youth about surviving in the wild as this was what I imagined would be the main skill I'd need. I was convinced I knew nothing about preparing for a camping weekend. By Terry Wilder.

At first, Baden-Powell scouts may seem like any others. They go camping, learn survival techniques and emergency procedures and play a large role in the community. By Chris Daponte.

Information resources on songs, games, camping, games, crafts and other activities for Girl Guides.

Scouts Canada in row with local volunteers. Following a town hall meeting earlier this week, Elgin Scout leaders are prepared to "go forward" in their efforts to determine the legal ownership of Camp Timken. By Ian McCallum.

Association to further Scout badge collecting in Canada. Includes online trade catalog.

Features The Phoenix, an Internet publication replacing The Canadian Rover Eh?.

Comprehensive catalogue of badges, uniforms, memorabilia, and other items from 1908 to present.

Directory of units.

Information about Sea Scouting in Canada, resources, and the World Sea Scout Directory.

Association for Ontario and Quebec Rovers. Information about meetings.

Scouts Canada plans to put 20 of its Ontario campgrounds on the chopping block after dwindling membership and declining revenues have forced the venerable youth organization to streamline its operations. [Paid subscription or article purchase required.]

Scouts Canada ?bargaining in bad faith;? public meeting tonight. Frustrated by a series of missed deadlines and the impression Scouts Canada is ?bargaining in bad faith,? Elgin Scout leaders have begun to ?mobilize? in their fight to block the sale of Camp Timken. By Ian McCallum.

Scouts and Girl Guides in Saskatchewan say the declining farm economy is having an effect on their groups.

Includes pioneering, knots, dried foods, and equipment selection.

Scouts Canada has a fight on its hands as it tries to sell a 47-acre camp on Lake Cecebe that has been home to local Scouts for the past 57 years.

A tentative date of tomorrow is being floated by Scouts Canada to hear an appeal of its decision to sell off the Green Bay Scout Camp on Lake Cecebe - only the no local Scout members have heard of it. By Rob Learn.

Last week Mike Scott, Scouts Canada's Chief Commissioner, wrote to explain why Scouts Canada is selling off some of their camps. As a parent of a Scout I also feel it is important to "clear the air" on this topic.

Les Farquharson presented with the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award. Although a recent stroke has robbed Les Farquharson of most of his speech, there were no words needed at an awards ceremony held in his honour Friday afternoon. By Jason Ballantyne.

An official letter of appeal has been sent to Scouts Canada over the decision to sell off the 1st Burk?s Falls Scout Troop Camp ? Green Bay Camp ? on Lake Cecebe.

The York Regional Police Venturers are headed south. The youth group that has spent 11 years bringing together Scouts Canada and local cops in the Newmarket area is expanding to Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan this year. By Martin Derbyshire.

Local Scouting groups continue to contest ownership. Dismissed earlier this year as ?a property that had very little of special significance,? Camp Timken has been given the thumbs up from a Scouts Canada property review committee. By Ian McCallum.

Resources for Rovers including ceremonies, program information, links and forums.

A 43-year-old Scout camp in Eastern Ontario is on the verge of disappearing, as the national organization tries to grapple with a diminishing roll call.

couts Canada's decision to put Camp Chester near here on a list of 20 properties to be sold will be appealled by the local camp committee. To deal with declining enrolment and growing costs, Scouts Canada recently reviewed all of the 260 or so properties it owns in Ontario, including 150-acre Camp Chester on Marthaville Road in Enniskillen Township.

Canadian badger wishing to trade for District, Regional, Provincial, and other crests from Canada and foreign countries. Large display of crests.

SCOUT eh! is a group of registered Scouts Canada members dedicated to turning Scouts Canada into a democratic association.

Elgin Scout leaders are becoming increasingly frustrated with the "sham" process they face in an effort to overturn a Scouts Canada property review committee decision to close Camp Timken. Barely able to contain her anger, Karen Palmer, one of five local leaders working on a business plan to justify Camp Timken's continued operation, compares the exercise to "being led down the garden path." By Ian McCallum.

Resources site. Topics include: Klondike Derby, Scouting issues, spirituality, ceremonies, kit lists, Venturer and Rover bylaws.

History of Scouting and current status of national Scouting organizations.

Canadian Scouting history through a photo gallery and stories. Photographs from personal collections of Canadian Scouts through the Years.

By Anne Kyne. Column about the effect of Scouting on children from a parent's perspective.

I read with interest your article entitled, Baden-Powell Scouts active in the Brampton area which appeared in the Dec. 5 edition. Regrettably, Scouts Canada was not contacted in order to fact check the comments that were made about our organization. I would therefore like to take the opportunity to clarify a few matters. By Bruce Wannamaker.

A great deal has been reported in the media lately, including this newspaper, concerning Scouts Canada?s intention to reduce the number of properties it maintains and operates in Ontario. As the head of Scouts Canada, a volunteer position, I feel it is important to clear the air and ensure that everyone, both our adult and youth members and the general public, has all of the correct information concerning this situation.

Elgin Scout leaders have formulated a five-year program plan designed to justify the continued operation of Camp Timken, currently under threat of closure by a Scouts Canada property review committee. The plan hinges on increasing local membership after several years of dramatic decline, explains a former area commissioner. By Ian McCallum, Times-Journal Staff.

Images of postal issues depicting Scouting.

Lack of accessibility is one of the driving forces behind Scouts Canada's decision to sell off 1st Burk's Falls Scout Troop's 47 acre wilderness camp on Lake Cecebe.

Scouts Scope Newsletter, news, and resources including games, program ideas, Scoutmaster's Minutes, books by BP and others, and the entire Jim Speirs archives.

Index of units.

Big Canadian real estate is on the market. A rather sizable chunk of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's Empire is available for investors, homebuilders, fishing resort prospectors, or blacktop barons. Scouts Canada is pounding in "for sale" signs at the entrances of a number of Scout camps across the country, including at least twenty camps in Ontario. But don't worry. No Boy Scouts will mourn the loss of their summer camps, for the Boy Scouts of Canada no longer exist.

One official blames the turmoil on people not getting along. While cubs and boy scouts in Sarnia's church basements continue to meet regularly, the executive that runs the show is in disarray and Scouts Canada has rescinded the Sarnia charter. For the last five months, just two men have been trying to do the work that 12 executive members normally handle.

In a letter that can be found on this page, Scouts Canada commissioner Mike Scott says he wants to clear the air over the issue of property sales. One of those properties happens to be 47 acres on Lake Cecebe, known as Green Bay Camp. Viewpoint by Allan Dennis.

A great deal has been reported in the media lately, including this newspaper, concerning Scouts Canada's intention to reduce the number of properties it maintains and operates in Ontario. As the head of Scouts Canada, a volunteer position, I feel it is important to clear the air. By Mike Scott.