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Scouting in Québec 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 Québec

Quebec is administered by the Quebec Council of Scouts Canada, which includes the Quebec Rover Round Table.

Areas

Abenaki Area Eastern (Montreal) Area Ohiyo Area Stoney Point Area

Local Groups and sections

1st Bedford Group 1st Bedford Scouts 1st Candiac Group 1st Huntingdon 3rd Ile Perrot Sea Scouts, Pincourt 12e Fatima Beaver Colony 12e Groupe Scout de Pointe-au-Pere Baie D'Urfe Scout Troop Beaconsfield Heights Group Beaurepaire Scout Troop Consolata 500th Wolf Cub Pack (Montreal) Duy Tan Rover Crew Groupe Scout 617e (Laval) Ile Perrot Beavers Ile Perrot Scouting Group Kirkland Northwest Cubs Lakeside Heights Beavers Missing Link Rover Crew Mohawk Wolf Cub Pack, Baie D'Urfe Montreal West Scouts Morin Heights Scouting (170) Notre Dame de L'Ile Perrot Roxboro Cubs Scoutisme Rosemere Memorial Scouting Second Shawbridge Sea Scouts Seeonee Cub Pack (Ile Perot) Saint Simon's Blackfoot Scouting Group Saint Christopher's/Saint Ignatius' Group (Montreal North) Storer Scouting Group Tamarack Venturer Company (Westmount) Terra Cotta Group Valois (Pointe Claire) Wayfarers Rover Crew (Pointe-Claire)

Tamaracouta Scout Reserve

Tamaracouta Scout Reserve is a Scout camp located near Mille Isles, Québec. The camp, which claims to be the oldest continuously-operating Scout camp in the world, is situated on 1000 acres (4 km²) of forest in the Laurentian Mountains. It is owned and operated by Scouts Canada, Québec Council. The camp is open year-round and offers a staff summer camp program.

The camp opened in 1912 with funds provided by a group of generous citizens led by Colonel E.A. Whitehead. Originally a farm, the property formerly belonged to the Dawson family of Mille Isles. The name Tamaracouta comes from two sources. There are a large number of Tamarack trees located on the property. The word couta meaning body of water in a First Nations language.

After World War I, the camp decided to adopt a Hudson's Bay Company theme. Since that time, campsites have been named after the HBC Trading Posts. Staff positions also take HBC names, such as Camp Factor instead of Camp Director.

The Tamaracouta Scout Reserve will host the 2007 11th Canadian Scout Jamboree, with 8,000 expected.

Knights of Tamara

The Knights of Tamara are an honour camping society formed in 1933. The Knights recognize outstanding campers at summer camp. As of 2005, over 3500 campers have become Knights. To become a Knight, a camper must meet certain requirements, such as having camped at TSR for a certain amount of time, and be nominated by their peers. If their nomination is approved, they become a squire at a ceremony near the beginning of their week of camp. During the week, they must complete certain tasks, including sleeping out alone one night in the woods. At the end of the week, they are knighted in a special public ceremony followed by the "Second Ceremony", which is for Knights only. Knights wear a bracelet with a large bead around one wrist.

The Knights of Tamara was originally founded to institutionalize and control informal hazing traditions which were a concern to camp leadership.

National issues

Members of Scouts Canada are upset with the national organization's governance structure which no longer includes locally-elected councils. In response, Scouter Mike Reid from Montreal, Québec founded in August, 2004 an organization called SCOUT eh! which is a group of "registered Scouts Canada members from across Canada dedicated to transforming Scouts Canada into a democratic association".

Francophone Scouting in Québec

Francophone Scout organizations in Québec include the Association Evangélique du Scoutisme au Québec Inc., a Protestant organization founded in 1982, with 300 members, a full member of UISGE.

UIGSE member associations

There are two associations affiliated to the UIGSE, both mainly active in Québec:

• Canada FSE Explorers
• Association Evangélique du Scoutisme au Québec inc.

Independent associations

There are also a number of independent Scouting associations active in Québec. Among them are

• Association de Scoutisme d'Actions
• Association Québécoise des Aventuriers de Brownsea

Girl Guiding in Québec

See also

• Association des Scouts du Canada
• Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d’Europe
• Scouting in Maine
• Scouting in New Hampshire
• Scouting in New York
• Scouting in Vermont

External links

• Quebec Council
• Tamaracouta

1. http://sunshine.scouts.ca/bpp/BYLAW2.pdf

• Canadian Scouting