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Scouting and Guiding in Manitoba

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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.

Anglophone Scouting in Manitoba

Manitoba is administered by the Manitoba Council of Scouts Canada.

Area Councils-Local Groups and sections

Among Alberta's varied Scouting groups are Venturers, Beavers, Scouts and RCMP Rovers.

Canada has several associations which trace their roots to the Baden-Powell Scouts 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.

Francophone Scouting in Manitoba

French-speaking Scouts are directed by the Comptoir Scout Franco-Manitobains in Winnipeg.

Girl Guiding in Manitoba

Guide Companies were first registered in Manitoba in 1910, in Winnipeg. Guides are served by the Guiding in Canada - Manitoba Council.

Scout memorials

There is 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.

See also