One of the six

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councils that serves the

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area, the Pacific Skyline Council was founded in 1940 as the Stanford Area Council (#031). In 1994, the Stanford Area Council merged with the San Mateo County Council (#020) to form the current council which serves youth in San Mateo County and northern Santa Clara county.

Organization

* Discovery District: northern/western San Mateo County, including Brisbane, El Granada, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, Moss Beach, Pacifica, San Bruno, South San Francisco, and the southern portions of Colma and Daly City. * Redwood District: southern San Mateo County, including Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, Woodside, and La Honda * Stanford District: northern Santa Clara County, including Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and Mountain View

Camps

* Cutter Scout Reservation (located in the Santa Cruz Mountains) is a Scout camp set in a redwood grove north of Big Basin Redwoods National Park. The camp contains many activities including a pool, a lake (Lake Gamlen), and an operational C.O.P.E. course. Many council weekend events are held at the reservation including

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ordeals, and fellowships. In August 2020, the CZU Lightning Complex Fire burned through the camp. Several bigger structures, including the Harkson Lodge, were lost in the blaze, but the Troop Services Building, the Pool, and a number of smaller structures survived. * Boulder Creek Scout Reservation is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains near

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. The reservation is home to the council's

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program performed every summer. * Camp Oljato is a camp for

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s located at

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in Lakeshore, CA (

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). The site was previously a pair of Jewish resident camps known as Camp Kelowa for Boys and Camp Singing Trail for Girls, which are now known as Camp Tawonga. In 1942, the camp was converted to a

camp. The camp's property ranges in elevation from 7,000 to just under above sea level. Camp Oljato is primarily accessible by

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s; these boats run on a regular schedule during the Scout

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season running from mid June to mid August. CampOljatoSwimming

Order of the Arrow

Ohlone Lodge #63 serves as the

lodge for the Pacific Skyline Council. It was formed on January 1, 1995, with the merger of the Pomponio and Stanford-Oljato lodges. The lodge is named in honor of the

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tribes of Native Americans. The lodge's totem is the California

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References

Foster City, California Western Region (Boy Scouts of America) 1994 establishments in California Boy Scout councils in California {{Scout-stub

Organization

Camps

Order of the Arrow

See also

References