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		Mission Statement The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Who We Are

The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated in 1910. Boy Scouting started in Marquette prior to that timeat the First United Methodist Church.  The Hiawathaland Council was incorporated in 1944 as a merger of five Boy Scout Councils in the Upper Peninsula.

Hiawathaland Council is located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and is geographically separated by the other councils in the state by the Great Lakes. Lake Superior is to the north, to the south is Lake Michigan, Lake Huron to the east. Wisconsin is to the west and Canada is to the northeast.  It consists of all the Upper Peninsula except southern Menominee County and eastern Gogebic County plus Florence County and Niagara in Wisconsin.

It serves nearly 2,000 young people yearly in almost 100 Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troops, Venture Crews, and Explorer Posts with nearly 1,000 registered adult leaders. The council is divided into five districts:

1. Chippewa — Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac Counties.
2. Copper Country — Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon, Baraga, and western Gogebic Counties.
3. Pere Marquette — Marquette and Alger Counties.
4. Red Buck — Delta and Schoolcraft Counties.
5. Menominee/Iron Range — Dickinson, Iron, and northern Menominee Counties.

Summer camp operations have been held at  various locations in the Upper Peninsula through the years beginning at Harlow Lake in the 1920’s. They were consolidated into Camp Hiawatha in 1967. It is located on Doe Lake Road off the Rapid River Truck Trail 12 miles south-west of Munising.  Boy Scout Summer Camp, National Youth Leader Training, Cub Scout Resident Camp, Order of the Arrow events, the Bobcat Trail, and training events are held there.

In 1977, the current Council Service Center in Harvey was purchased. It provides a trading post where basic handbooks and badges are available. Uniforms and equipment are available online at www.scoutstuff.org.

 Also, the staff maintains advancement, membership, and training records there as well as producing promotional and informational pieces for activities and programs.

The staff consists of two professional positions and two Council Service Center employees. Scout Executive Dewey Jones has overall responsibility for Council operations and works with the council committees on finance and administration.

 District Executive Mike Alberts advise the district committees and supports unit operations. He is also the council’s program committee advisor and director of Camp Hiawatha through the summer. 

In the Service Center, Linda Zorza handles bookkeeping and production functions.  She generally comes in early in the morning to do the financial work without distractions and works until 3:30 pm.

The registrar is a part-time employee responsible for membership, training, and advancement records as well as the trading post where handbooks and badges are available.  She works from 11:30 to 5

The Council Service Center is staffed from 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday and the trading post is open for transactions from noon to 5 pm.