Camp Horseshoe Scout Reservation Ware HSR Chester County Council BSA Boy Scouts

 
 

2010 SUMMER CAMP:

Camp Ware Calendar
Camp Horseshoe Calendar
Boy Scout Flier

Cub Scout "Save -A-Date"
Cub Scout Flier
2010 Needs List
Summer Camp Forms

 

 - 2010 CAMP STAFF APPLICATION -


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Octoraro Lodge 22
 


Nationally Accredited
The Horseshoe Scout Reservation
is a Nationally Accredited
B.S.A. Facility.

Celebrating 100 Years of Scouting!



 

 

Camp Horseshoe Ware CCCBSA Boy Scouts BSA

Reservations now being accepted
for the Horseshoe Scout Reservation's 2010 -2011
Weekend Camping Season

Click here for
Details !



Calling All Campmasters and Rangemasters !!!!

HSR Horseshoe Campmaster camp BSA


Click the link below and select your preferred date NOW for HSR's
2010 - 2011
weekend camping season!

Campmasters

Rangemasters
 

HSR Horseshoe Rangemaster

Camp Horseshoe
Video-DVD

Recently created DVD tells the story of our summer camp program and why Camp Horseshoe is one of the premier Scout camps in the country.

Pick up your copy today at the Chester County Council Service Center or by emailing Amy D. (717-548-7045).  You can view the video in it's entirety by clicking on the links below.

 

Camp Horseshoe Part I

Camp Horseshoe Part II


Leave No Trace Awareness Training

"Leave No Trace is an awareness and an attitude rather than a set of rules. It applies in your backyard or local park as much as in the backcountry. We should all practice Leave No Trace in our thinking and actions--wherever we go".

As part of our commitment as a conservation oriented organization to our environment, the Horseshoe Scout Reservation will continue to offer the three hour Leave No Trace Awareness training on the second Saturday of every month. Registration for our Leave No Trace Awareness training is available online. For more information click here

"The Leave No Trace principles might seem unimportant until you consider the combined effects of millions of outdoor visitors. One poorly located campsite or campfire may have little significance, but thousands of such instances will seriously degrade the outdoor experience for all. Leaving no trace is everyone's responsibility."
 



Scouting Safely
The Guide to Safe Scouting and Age Appropriate Activities

The purpose of the Guide to Safe Scouting is to prepare adult leaders to conduct Scouting activities in a safe and prudent manner. The policies and guidelines have been established because of the real need to protect members from known hazards that have been identified through 100 years of experience. Limitations on certain activities should not be viewed as stumbling blocks; rather, policies and guidelines are best described as stepping-stones toward safe and enjoyable adventures.

All volunteers participating in official Scouting activities should become familiar with the Guide to Safe Scouting.

 




So What Exactly is a Magua?

Magua (pronounced Măg wa) is the name of HSR Director Ray Hayden's 125lb Alaskan Malamute and the unofficial mascot of the Horseshoe Scout Reservation. Often confused with a Husky, Alaskan Malamutes are about twice the size. Both Malamutes and Huskies are sled dogs, however "Mals" were bred to pull extremely heavy loads over long distances, whereas huskies are more of a racing sled dog (you're not likely to find a Malamute team racing in the Iditarod - they're not as speedy as huskies although there have been one or two dog teams that have competed.) This dog was actually never destined to be a racing dog; instead, it was used for heavy freighting, pulling hundreds (maybe thousands) of pounds of supplies to villages and camps in groups of at least four dogs for heavy loads. Malamutes are very strong but also extremely friendly and very gentle. There's a saying that "A Malamute has never met a person he didn't like". The rugged Alaskan Malamute is a working dog and a unique breed which is truly native to North American, best suited to people who love the great outdoors. Wolf-like in appearance, Malamutes shed profusely as do all Arctic dogs. In fact, take note of many bird nests throughout HSR. You'll see that many of them are lined with Alaskan Malamute fur.

The Malamute is a descendant of dogs of the Mahlemuts tribe of upper western Alaska (the breed can be traced back 2,000 to 3,000 years ago). These dogs had a prominent role with their human companions – working, hunting, and living alongside them. The interdependent relationship between the Mahlemut and their dogs fostered prosperity among both and enabled them to flourish in the inhospitable land above the Arctic Circle. For a brief period during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896, the Malamute and other sled dogs became extremely valuable to recently landed prospectors and settlers, and were frequently crossbred with imported breeds. This was often an attempt to improve the type, or to make up for how few true Malamutes were up for sale. This seems to have had no long standing effect on the modern Malamute, and recent DNA analysis shows that Malamutes are one of the oldest breeds of dog, genetically distinct from other dog breeds. The Malamute dog has had a distinguished history; aiding Rear Admiral Richard Byrd to the South Pole, and the miners who came to Alaska during the Gold Rush of 1896, as well as serving in World War II primarily as search and rescue dogs in Greenland, although also used as freighting and packing dogs in Europe.

You can usually find Magua in the Trading Posts on most Saturday afternoons or catching up on his sleep in one of the Ranger's trucks but you're likely to see him just about anywhere on the Reservation at any time of the day. Stop by and scratch his chest . . . he'll love you forever!

 

TRIVIA POINT: Magua was named after a character in the book "Last of the Mohicans" as are all of the campsites in Camp Ware.
 

UPDATE (8/29/10): A new member of the pack has been added . . . his name is Sequoia, who is a five month old Alaskan Malamute puppy.

 


To find out more about Alaskan Malamutes,
Click here for the Animal Planet video

 


 


 

 

 
 

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