History

Mission of the History Center

• History Construction Plans (original)
• History Center Plans & Goals
• Virtual Visit
• Our Collection (not yet available online)
• Learn more about the Northern Lights Alumni Association

• Cover
• Inside Cover
• Map of Established Trail Markers

Map for Established Markers –

1. Black Building – A1
2. Totem Pole – A2
3. Baker Tree Plantation – A3
4. Burke Trail System– A4
5. Bomb Shed -B
6. Cooking Grill – C
7. Waterfront Steps – D
8. Original Kitchen –  E
9. Pump Shed – F
10. First Campfire Arena – G
11. Toboggan Slide – H
12. First Chapel – I
13. Cabin A – J
14. Boathouse – K
15. Family/Scoutmaster Cabins – L
16. Chuckwagon -M
17. OA Gateway – N
18. Matson / Lof Homestead – O1
19. Pop Stone Tree Plantation – O2
20. Water Tower – P
21. Boardman Outpost – Q
22. Camp Dump – 
23. Flothe Homestead –
24. First Rifle Range – 
25. Horse Corral – 
26. OA Grounds –
27. Preachers Grove (original & current) – 
28. Sawmill – 
29. Tree Plantations –  by Boat House 

1. Astronomy Dome –
2. Black Building – 
3. Boathouse – 
4. Bomb Shed – 
5. Cabin 1–
6. Cabin 2 – 
7. Cabin 3 – 
8. Cabin 4 – 
9. Cabin 5 –
10. Cabin 6 – 
11. Cabin 7–
12. Cabin 8 – 
13. Gas Cabins – 
14. Cabin 9 – 
15. Cabin 10 – 
16. Cabin 11 – 
17. Cabin 12 –  
18. Cabin 13– 
19. Cabin 14 – 
20. Cabin 15 – 
21. Cabin 16 / Cook’s Teepee – 
22. Cabin A – 
23. Cabin B –  
24. Cabin N –  
25. Cabin O – 
26. Chaplain’s Gazebo –  
27. Cooking Grill –  Marker C 
28. CS Jones Tower –
29. CS Dining Hall– 
30. CS Scheels Tower –
31. CS Setter Tower – 
32. CS Starion Tower – 
33. CS Storm Shelter – 
34. Dining Hall –
35. Director’s Cabin – 
36. Family Cabins / Scoutmaster Cabins – Marker L 
37. Fire Tower – 
38. Fox Building –
39. Ham Radio Tower –  
40. Health Center –
41. History Center – 
42. Nature Building – 
43. Original Kitchen –  Marker E 
44. Pumphouse – 
45. Pump Shed – Marker F 
46. Quartermaster – 
47. Ranger’s Shop –
    1. Camp Vehicles
48. Ranger’s House – 
49. Rifle Range – 
50. Storm Shelter – 
51. Shotgun Shed – 
52. Silver Beaver Lodge –
53. Telephone Building – 
54. Totem Pole – Marker A2
55. Trading Post – 
56. Water Tower – Marker P 
57. Waterfront Steps – Marker D 
58. Welcome Center – 
59. Youth Latrines – 

1. Activity Field – 
2. Apache Campsite – 
3. Archery Range – 
4. Assiniboine Campsite –  
5. Bell Tower – 
6. Blackfoot Campsite – 
7. Boardman Outpost – Marker Q 
8. Buck Lake Campsite –
9. Campfire Arena (old main) – 
10. Campfire Area First – Marker G  
11. Camp Dump – 
12. Chapel – Virgil Reed Chapel in the Pines
13. Chapel/First – Marker I 
14. Chuckwagon – Marker M 
15. Climbing Tower (new) – 
16. Climbing Tower (old) – 
17. Coonskin Outpost –
18. Crow Campsite – 
19. CS Butler Wilderness Outpost – 
20. CS Bear Campsite 
21. CS Bobcat Campsite –  
22. CS BB Gun and Archery Range – 
23. CS Chapel and Campfire Arena – 
24. CS Family Camping Area – 
25. CS Waterfront – 
26. CS Sledding Hill – 
27. CS Tiger Campsite –  
28. CS Wolf campsite –
29. Delaware Campsite –
30. Disc Golf Course
31. Erie Campsite – 
32. Fishing Area and Piers – 
33. Flag Field – 
34. Fox Campsite – 
35. Gilwell Campsite – 
36. Gitano Commissioner Area and Campsite – 
37. Great Water Campsite –  
38. Homestead/Flothe –  Marker 
39. Homestead/Matson / Lof  – Marker O  
40. Horse Corral – Marker 
41. Huron Campsite – 
42. Iowa Campsite
43. Jicarilla Campsite – 
44. Klamath Campsite –  
45. Lakota Campsite – 
46. Lily Lake Outpost – 
47. Lipon Campsite – 
48. Mandan Campsite –  
49. Mantrap Outpost Site –
50. Mataga Commissioner Area and Campsite – 
51. Maynard Wedum Campsite –  
52. Nature Areas (Old) – 
53. North Star Campsite – 
54. Nootka Campsite –
55. OA Gateway – Marker N 
56. OA Grounds – Marker 
57. OA Quill Hill – 
58. Ojibwa Campsite – 
59. Osprey Campsite – 
60. Osprey Nest – 
61. Pawnee Campsite –
62. Pollinator Project – 
63. Preachers Grove (original & current) – Marker 
64. Project COPE – 
65. Rifle Range (First) – Marker 
66. Rife Range – 
67. Rotary Hill Commissioner Area and Campsite – 
68. Sawmill – Marker 
69. Sakakawea Campsite –
70. ScoutCraft Program Area – 
71. Skeet Shooting Range – 
72. Sledding Hill – 
73. Sparrowhawk Campfire Arena – 
74. Tail Beaver Campsite – 
75. Toboggan Slide – Marker H 
76. Tree Plantation/Dr. Baker – Marker A3 
77. Tree Plantations – Marker 
78. Tree Plantation/Pop Stone – Marker O  
79. Van Schaick Campsite – 
80. Wasichus Commissioner Area / Trail Blazers – 
81. Waterfront –
82. Windigo Commissioner Area – 
83. Witscheman Commissioner Area – 

1. Bad Axe Road – 
2. Bog Walk –  
3. Burke Trail System– 
4. Canoe Trails – 
5. Cross Country Trail – 
6. Inside Gateway –  
7. Main Gateway – 
8. Main Road – 
9. Original Road –  
10. Original Survey Notes – 
11. Wilderness Road –
12. Additional Maps of Camp Wilderness
    1. Local Area Maps

1. Bad Axe Lake –  
2. Big 4 Lake – 
3. Boardman Lake – 
4. Buck Lake – 
5. Crescent Lake – 
6. Crow Wing Lake –  
7. Deep Lake – 
8. Heart Butte Lake – 
9. Lily Lake – 
10. Little Buck Lake – 
11. Logging Lake –  
12. Mantrap Lake –
13. Metigoshe Lake –  
14. Pa-Hin Lake – 
15. Reed Lake – 
16. Shoe Lake –
17. Wabaunaquat Lake –
18. Wolf Lake – 

1. Camp & Program  Directors 
2. Rangers
3. Chaplains 
4. Unknown Legends – Help us identify these individuals
5. Edgar Olson  – Wrote the Camp’s Alma Mater
6. Herman Stern – Founding Father of  Camp Wilderness
7. George Edwin Black– Black Building Namesake
8. George Boardman – Council Executive in 1949
9. John Lien – First Camp Cook 
10. John Lindblom – Camp Surveyor
11. Neville Pearson – Photographed Camps First Years
12. Dr. Norman Baker – Founding Father of Camp Wilderness
13. Steve Werpy – Long Time Camp Staffer 
14. Virgil Reed – First Camp Director 

1. 1949 Dedication –
2. 10th Anniversary –
3. 20th Anniversary –
4. 30th Anniversary – 
5. 40th Anniversary – 
6. 50th Anniversary –
7. 60th Anniversary –
8. 65th Anniversary –
9. 70th Anniversary – 
10. 75th Anniversary –
11. 80th Anniversary –
12. 85th Anniversary –
13. 90th Anniversary –
14. 95th Anniversary – 
15. 100th Anniversary –

1. Additional Activities to do at camp 
2. Additional Maps of Camp Wilderness
3. 1.  Local Area Maps
4. Camp Development 
5. Camp Critters
6. Camp in the News 
7. Camp Newsletters 
8. Original Survey Notes – 
9. Past Programs  History Project 
10. Staff Photos 

1. Allen Lodge
2. Chateau Paulette Steak House
3. Clay Township 
4. Clark Family Cabin 
5. Companeros Mexican Restaurant 
6. Deer Lane
7. Deer Town & Aqua Park
8. Eagle Island  
9. Emmaville Cafe 
10. Hubbard County 
11. Isle O’Dreams Resort 
12. Johnson Cabin 
13. Local Logging in Hubbard County
14. Mantrap Conservation Lodge 
15. Mantrap Lodge 
16. Paul Bunyan State Forest 
17. Railroad Bed 
18. Rapid River Logging Camp 
19. Tails End Resort
20. Thorpe Tower 
21. Val Chatel Ski Lodge 
22. White Birch Camp
23. Wonewak

• Serving with Honor Wall – Mission
• Currently on the Wall
• Previously on the Wall

• Northern Lights Council
  • • Districts of NLC 
    • Scouts & Scouters – Doing Great Deeds
    • Buildings & Monuments Dedicated to Scouting
  • Great Plains Area Council – HQ/Minot, ND
    • Minot Council
    • Minot District Council
  • Lake Agassiz Council – HQ/Grand Forks, ND
    • Grand Forks Council
    • Grand Forks County Council
    • Greater Grand Forks Area Council
    • Grand Forks Area Council
    • Devils Lake Council
    • Lake Region Area Council
  • Missouri Valley Council – HQ/Bismarck, ND
    • Bismarck Area Council
    • Williston Council
  • Red River Valley Council – HQ/Fargo, ND
    • Fargo Council
    • Park Region Council – HQ/ Fergus Falls, MN

• Pa-Hin Lodge / Northern Lights Council
  • • Tribes of Pa-Hin 
  • Chatoka Lodge / Great Plains Area Council
  • Chan-o-Wapi Lodge / Missouri Valley Council
  • Minniduta Lodge / Red River Valley Council
  • Thunderbird Lodge / Lake Agassiz Council 

Additional Camps (past & present)

• Northern Lights Council
  • Camp Brantner –  Glyndon, MN
  • Big 4 Scout Camp – Minot, ND
  • Heart Butte Scout Reservation – Lake Tschida, ND
  • Camp Wilderness (see above sections) – Park Rapids, MN
• Missouri Valley Council
  • Heart Butte Scout Reservation – Lake Tschida, ND
  • Camp Chatoka, Williston, ND
  • Camp Chan Owapi – Wildwood Lake, ND
  • Chevron Boy Scout Camp – Killdeer, ND
  • Missouri Valley Council Camps – Unknown
• Great Plains Area Council
  • Metigoshe Scout  Reservation – Lake Metigoshe, ND
  • Camp Spanish Point, Lake Sakakawea, ND
  • Big 4 Scout Camp – Minot, ND
  • Boy Scout Camp, Rice Lake, ND
  • Great Plains Council Camps – Unknown
  • Great Plains Area Boy Scout Camps – Unknown
  • Williston Council Camps – Unknown
• Red River Valley Council
  • Camp Shawondasee – Long Lake, MN
  • Camp Rokiwan – Spirtwood Lake, ND
  • Camp Wakpalla – – Grand Rapids, ND
  • Camp Harding – Unknown
  • Camp Runestone – Near Alexandria, MN
  • Wilderness Camp (see above sections) – Park Rapids, MN
• Park Region Council
  • Camp White Eagle, Eagle Lake, MN
• Lake Agassiz Council
  • Camp Kiwanis – Wood Lake, ND
  • Camp Chandawag / Oak Island – Lake of the Woods, MN
  • Camp Wabaunaquat – White Earth Lake, MN
  •  Lake Agassiz Council Camps – Unknown
  • Camp Rotary – Unknown
  • Camp Hi – Adventure Unknown
• Possible Additional Camps 

• Jon L. Wanzek Center for Scouting
  • Old Fargo Office
• Capital Credit Union Scout Center
• Grand Forks Office

• How to Add your Unit’s History & Stories
• Troop Histories & Stories
  • Troop Buildings/Shacks
  • Troop Campsites
• Pack Histories & Stories
• Crew Histories & Stories
• Post Histories & Stories
• Ship Histories & Stories