Camp Pioneer (Oregon)
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{{Infobox WorldScouting
|name=Camp Pioneer
|image= Boy Scouts ~ Camp Pioneer (7839747376).jpg
|caption=Camp Pioneer circa 1953
|type=camp
|owner=Cascade Pacific Council
|headquarters=
|location=Willamette National Forest
|country=United States
|f-date=1936
|defunct=
|founders=
|founder=Cap Monroe
|website={{url|https://cpcbsa.org/project/camp-pioneer/}}
}}
Camp Pioneer is a Boy Scouts of America camp located in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness area within the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. It is operated by the Cascade Pacific Council of Boy Scouts of America. The camp is located south of Marion Forks, east Oregon Route 22.
History
Camp Pioneer was founded in 1936 by Cascade Pacific Council councilman Cap Monroe and a group of Eagle Scouts from a troop in Albany, Oregon. In 2002, a forest fire temporarily closed the camp,{{Cite news |last=Cruz |first=Laurence M. |date=2002-08-17 |title=Crews stunt Marion blaze |work=Statesman Journal |url=https://statesmanjournal.newspapers.com/image/202179839/?terms=CRUZ}} with the United States Forest Service using the camp as a command post to fight the fire.{{Cite web |title=Mount Marion Fire 100% Contained |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/newsandevents/news/2002newsarchives/020820MtMarion.html |access-date=2007-10-21 |website=USDA Forest Service}} In 2003, the camp was threatened by the B&B Complex Fires.{{Cite news |last=Gault |first=Roy |date=2003-09-05 |title=Fires take toll |work=Statesman Journal |url=https://statesmanjournal.newspapers.com/image/198424377/?terms=gault%2Bfire}} Fire fighting crews were able to protect the camp from damage.
Camp
Pioneer is situated around Pine Ridge Lake, elevation 4,875 ft (1486 m) at the base of Mt. Jefferson, near the Pacific Crest Trail{{Citation |title=Gaalt, Roy. Until the Forest Service clears the area, crossing Milk Creek is a definite challenge | url = https://statesmanjournal.newspapers.com/image/202781268/?terms=milk|date=2007-08-23 |work=Statesman Journal}} and Mount Jefferson Wilderness Area.{{Cite news |last=Arends |first=Hank |date=1999-03-07 |title=Campers get variety of experiences |work=Statesman Journal |url=https://statesmanjournal.newspapers.com/image/200318565/?terms=Campers%2Bget%2Bvariety%2Bof%2Bexperiences}} Many of the camp employees are college and high school students working during their summer break.{{Cite news |last=Schrogin |first=Jonah |date=2003-04-28 |title=Camps provide fun summer jobs. |work=Oregon Daily Emerald |url=http://dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2003/04/28/News/Camps.Provide.Fun.Summer.Jobs-1980886.shtml}} The name "Pine Ridge" can be seen at Camp Meriwether (Oregon) as the name of one of their campsites.
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Scouting in Oregon}}
- {{official|https://cpcbsa.org/project/camp-pioneer/|Camp Pioneer}}
{{Summer camps in Oregon}}