Organization

Del-Mar-Va Council is divided into the following districts:

• Cecil District
• Choptank District
• Powder Mill
• Iron Hill
• Sussex District
• Three Rivers District
• Tri-County District
• Two Bays District
• Virginia District

There are two Boy Scout camps: Rodney Scout Reservation, also known as Camp Rodney or RSR, located in North East, Maryland

North East, Maryland

North East is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,733 at the 2000 census.-History:The Turkey Point Light Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002...

, and Henson Scout Reservation, also known as Camp Nanticoke or HSR, near Galestown, Maryland

Galestown, Maryland

Galestown is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 101 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Galestown is located at ....

. Rodney covers 900 acres (3.6 km²) and Henson 1,500 acres (6 km²).

Order of the Arrow

Order of the Arrow

The Order of the Arrow is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America . It uses American Indian-styled traditions and ceremonies to bestow recognition on scouts selected by their peers as best exemplifying the ideals of Scouting. The society was created by E. Urner Goodman, with the...

 – Nentego Lodge #20

Henson Scout Reservation

Henson Scout Reservation, also known as Camp Nanticoke, is an 1800 acres (7.3 km²) Scout camp located on the Delmarva Peninsula

Delmarva Peninsula

The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia...

 near Galestown, Maryland

Galestown, Maryland

Galestown is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 101 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Galestown is located at ....

. One of two Scout camps on the peninsula, it serves thousands of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts throughout the summer months, and is open year-round for special Scout programs and for rental by outside groups. Boy Scout and Cub Scout summer programs are run separately.

History

Named for the famous aviator and philanthropist from Salisbury, Maryland

Salisbury, Maryland

-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...

 (Richard A. Henson), Henson Scout Reservation has been in continuous operation by the Del-Mar-Va Council since the summer of 1965. The camp was originally known as Camp Nanticoke, which is now the name of the primary camping area. (The original plan was to develop two camps on a single reservation — Camp Nanticoke and Camp Choptank — but that never materialized.) Today, the entire reservation is still known by many as simply "Camp Nanticoke."

In November 2006, G. Lee Murdoch was named to succeed J. Ray Teat as director of the camp. Murdoch, a ten-year summer camp staff veteran and Eagle Scout, holds a master's degree in recreation management from Indiana University and a bachelor's in recreation and parks management from Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University is a four-year university located on a campus in Frostburg, Maryland, in Western Maryland, and is part of the University System of Maryland. FSU is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.-History:...

. Teat was named the Del-Mar-Va Council's director of support services.

The camp's largely undeveloped 1500 acres (6.1 km²) are widely recognized as an environmental gem, with habitat for countless birds, mammals and fish, including the bald eagle. The entire camp was protected in a conservation easement in partnership with the Nature Conservancy.

Boy Scouting programs

Camp Nanticoke offers a wide range of traditional Boy Scout summer camp programs, including swimming, nature/ecology, handicrafts, Scoutcraft (camping and outdoors skills), archery, rifle and shotgun shooting and fishing. Its first-year camper program, known as Brownsea, is extremely popular. Located on the Marshyhope Creek

Marshyhope Creek

Marshyhope Creek is a tributary of the Nanticoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, and runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and Dorchester County, Maryland....

, a tributary of the Nanticoke River

Nanticoke River

The Nanticoke River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland. The river course proceeds southwest...

, the camp has a thriving waterfront program, offering canoeing, rowing, sailing and motorboating. It also has a fitness program, including physical fitness, biking and golf merit badges.

For older Boy Scouts, the camp offers a high adventure trekking program, involving a week-long canoe/bicycling trek around the Nanticoke River

Nanticoke River

The Nanticoke River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland. The river course proceeds southwest...

 watershed. Its Eagle Base program is designed to give older Scouts the opportunity to earn specialized merit badges required for the Eagle rank. And Project COPE is an extremely popular low- and high-ropes challenge course. Finally, new to Camp Nanticoke in the 2008 summer will be a Visual Arts area consisting of computers, graphic arts and photography merit badges.

The Admin lounge has a lounge for adults only and seven on-site computers are available for anyone to use.

Cub Scouting programs

While traditionally Cub Scouts have participated in day camps, Henson Scout Reservation offers an overnight/resident camp, designed to introduce Cub Scouts to the basics of camping in a supportive, structured environment. It offers 3-day, 2-night sessions for both Cub Scouts and Webelos and weeklong sessions just for Webelos. Each year's programs are thematic. The summer 2008 theme is Wild West.

The 2007 theme was "Exploring the New World," marking the 400th anniversary of Capt. John Smith's exploration of the Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West...

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Rodney Scout Reservation

Rodney Scout Reservation, operated by the Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts of America

The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...

, is located on 900 acres (3.6 km²) of rolling upland woodlands at the head of the Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West...

 and boasts over a mile of prime bay frontage. It has been in continuous operation since 1923.

History

Rodney is located in Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...

, about 6 miles (9.7 km) Southeast of Interstate 95

Interstate 95

Interstate 95 is the main highway on the East Coast of the United States, running parallel to the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Florida and serving some of the most populated urban areas in the country, including Boston, Providence, New Haven, New York City, Newark, Philadelphia, Baltimore,...

 or Maryland Route 40

U.S. Route 40 in Maryland

U.S. Route 40 in the U.S. state of Maryland runs from western Maryland to Cecil County in the state's northeastern corner. With a total length of over , it is the longest numbered highway in Maryland. Almost half of the road overlaps with Interstate 68 or Interstate 70, while the old alignment...

 off Maryland Route 272

Maryland Route 272

Maryland Route 272 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from Turkey Point within Elk Neck State Park north through North East to the Pennsylvania state line near Calvert, where the highway continues as Pennsylvania Route 272...

 near North East

North East, Maryland

North East is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,733 at the 2000 census.-History:The Turkey Point Light Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002...

. The camp location provides easy access from Baltimore, Washington

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, Wilmington

Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...

, and Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

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It is on the site of an old abandoned iron mining site formerly titled Whitaker Iron. In 1922, DuPont gave much funding for the fledgling scout camp that has multiple facilities, camp grounds for roughly two dozen troops and many merit badges. Such activities include pottery, archery, sail and power boating, rock climbing, and even Indian lore. Because of the proximity to a large hill, most of the runoff can flow through the camp sites, creating veritable rivers and floods. Visitors are advised to bring ground cloths and/or an elevated platform for the site.

Lenape

The Lenape side of camp centers around the pool and Bridge House, which is the winter camping headquarters.

• Choptank — Pavilion w/electricity and wall tents in summer; tent site in winter camping season
• Accomac — Winter cabin w/kitchen and wall tents in summer; tent/cabin site in winter camping season
• Wicomico — Winter cabin w/kitchen and wall tents in Summer; tent/cabin site in winter camping season
• Minquas — Winter cabin w/kitchen and wall tents in summer; tent/cabin site in winter camping season
• Alapocas — Winter cabin w/kitchen and wall tents in summer; tent/cabin Site in Winter camping season
• Shawnee — Largest winter cabin w/kitchen and wall tents in summer; tent/cabin site in Winter camping season
• Minsi — Winter cabin w/kitchen and wall tents in summer; tent/cabin site in winter camping season
• Sasquatch — (summer Brownsea area); tent site in winter camping season
• Ute -(summer Archery Range); tent site in winter camping season

Pathfinder

• Beachcomber — Tent site w/wall tents in summer, great view of the Cheasapeake Bay, close to the main parade field and the Nature Lodge
• Cheekacoo — Tent site w/wall tents in summer, small "chicken coop" for leaders in Summer, great location next to the main parade field with a great view of the bay
• Ranger — Tent site w/wall tents in summer, shady Site
• Seahawk — Tent site w/wall tents in summer, shady site surrounding an open field, great location next to Brown Lodge, the climbing wall, Scoutcraft, and the main parade field
• Shady Grove — Tent site in einter, serves as Scoutcraft area in summer
• Bayview — Tent site w/wall tents in summer, great view of the bay, right next to the Pathfinder comfort station
• Pioneer — Leader cabin, Adirondacks for the Scouts, tent/Adirondack site in winter, great view of the bay, great central location, right next to the Pathfinder comfort station
• Pathfinder Headquarters — Full service cabin, great location, serves as staff housing in summer
• Barratt Lodge — Nice bunkhouse, serves as woodcarving area in summer
• Brown Lodge — Great building in camp, serves as meeting room, Scoutmaster's lounge, commissioner's office, chaplain's office, and staff lounge in summer
• Chesapeake  - (old Pathfinder Waterfront Area) - Bunkhouse located on the main parade field, used as staff housing in summer

Wilderness

• Frontier — Bunkhouse w/Kitchen, Tent/Cabin Site in Winter Season, Wall Tents in Summer
• Susquehannock — Bunkhouse w/Kitchen, Tent/Cabin Site in Winter Season, Wall Tents in Summer
• Cliff Dwellers — Tent Site w/Wall Tents in Summer
• Wilderness — Cabin w/Kitchen, Serves as Staff Housing in Summer
• Whitaker Iron — Tent Site w/Wall Tents in Summer
• Windy Point — Bunkhouse/Tent Site w/Wall Tents in Summer, Great View of the Bay, Close to Wilderness Comfort Station
• Lone Pine — Bunkhouse/Tent Site w/Wall Tents in Summer, OK View of Bay, Close to Wilderness Comfort Station, Closest Site to Sailing Base, Farthest Site from Dining Hall
• Fisherman's — Cabin w/Kitchen, Cabin/Tent Site in Winter, Used as Staff Housing in Summer

Summer Camp

For eight weeks during the summer, Rodney is open for long-term summer camping, staffed by paid employees of Del-Mar-Va Council. Merit badges and other programs are offered in the areas of Aquatics (pool, sailing base, and boatyard), Brownsea (1st year camper program), climbing, handicraft, high adventure saling, mountain biking, nature, Scoutcraft, and shooting sports (archery, shotgun, and rifle). "Rodney Outdoor Challenge(ROC)" and technology programs were added for the 2008 season, which was also RSR's 85th summer.

Winter Camping

From September to May, Rodney is open for weekend camping, staffed by the volunteer Rodney Campmaster Crews. Some weekends offer programs put forth by districts in Delmarva Council. Most weekends include a program such as orienteering, cooking, rifle shooting, or many others put on by the campmaster crews.

Nentego Lodge

Nentego Lodge 20 History
On July 29, 1925, a charter was granted to Unalachtico Lodge of the Del-Mar-Va Council. The lodge totem was the turkey. By the late 1930s, the lodge had become inactive and was disbanded.

Through the efforts of the Delmont Lodge #43 of the Valley Forge Council, Lodge #20 was reorganized on June 22, 1957. The new name chosen by the membership was Nentego, a derivation of the name of one of the major Delaware Tribes, which means, "People from across the water." Delmont Lodge inducted two youth from each district and the council professional staff to provide the initial core of Nentego Lodge. The Lodge totem is the Rockfish, which can be found in the Chesapeake Bay. The lodge colors are blue, for the water of the Chesapeake, and grey, for the Rockfish. The first lodge flap appeared in 1957, and its basic design remains in use today.

Section NE-4C History
Section NE-4C was established in June 1994, following a realignment of the councils and areas of the Northeast Region. The Section had been formerly known as NE-6 until the 1994 realignment, which resulted in the elimination of Area 6 and the transfer of NE-6 charte lodge Ahthuhquog #540 to Section NE-5. Section NE-4C is now one of the three Order of the Arrow Sections in Area 4 of the Northeast Region. Section NE-6 was formed on May 22, 1982 when its five charter lodges were transferred with their respective councils from SE-9 in the Southeast Region to the Northeast Region. A sixth lodge, Black Eagle, transferred from NE-3A to NE-6 in June 1982. Section NE-6 continued as a group of six lodges until a 1988 realignment of the Northeast Region. In November of that year, Susquehannock and Tuckahoe Lodges from NE-5B and Wunita Gokhos from NE-5A joined Section NE-6.
Since the formation of NE-4C, three lodges have been transferred to other sections, Ahthuhquog, Black Eagle, and Wunita Gokhos. Information for this page came from the 2002 Section NE-4C Conclave Handbook.