title: Scouting and Guiding in Manitoba
text: # Scouting and Guiding in Manitoba
  
  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.
  
  ## 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:
  
  * Lakeland
  * West Manitoba (West Man)
  * Northern Manitoba (Nor Man)
  * Pembina Trails
  * North West Winnipeg
  * Agassiz Basin
  * East Winnipeg
  
  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.
  
  ### Manitoba Girl Guides
  
  Manitoba Girl Guides is divided into five areas:
  
  * Cambrian
  * Crocus West
  * Grand Pines
  * Lagimodiere
  * Prairie Valley
  
  Headquarters: Winnipeg Website: https://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/MB/
  
  Former Camps:
  
  * Caddy Lake established in 1948
  * Ponemah on Lake Winnipeg established in 1928.
  
  ## 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.
  
  