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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.
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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:
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.
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
and three within Winnipeg
Headquarters: Winnipeg
Website: http://www.girlguides.mb.ca/
Camps:
Former Camps:
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 Canadian Federation of Independent Scouting, 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.