  scouting in illinois has served youth since the 1910s. the state was the home of the boy scouts of america (bsa) founder, william d. boyce. thumbnail|bsa councils serving illinois. ==early history (1910-1950)== in 1946, the national order of the arrow lodge meeting was held at chanute field. the 1963 and 1971 national order of the arrow conferences were held at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign. in april 2014, the following councils announced that they would merge: * calumet council * chicago area council * des plaines valley council * northwest suburban council the merged council will be named the pathway to adventure council. ===today=== there are 13 boy scouts of america local councils in illinois. six councils in neighboring states also serve parts of illinois. ==councils== ===abraham lincoln council=== abraham lincoln council is headquartered in springfield, illinois and serves central illinois. it operates camp bunn in hettick, illinois, camp illinek in springfield, illinois, and is served by the illinek order of the arrow lodge. the council website is abraham lincoln council. the three districts in the council are: * honest abe district (serving cass, morgan, scott & northern half of green counties) * lincoln home district (serving sangamon & menard counties) * log cabin / railsplitter district (serving montgomery and the western 3/4 of christian county & the northern half of macoupin county) the u.s. scouting service project has created a link to all known websites (districts, troops, packs, venturing crews, o.a. lodge & chapter, etc. websites) located within the abraham lincoln council which can be found at its official site. the u.s. scouting service project also maintaines the scoutcamp.org website which provides general information and a place for leader comments on the two camps operated by the abraham lincoln council at camp bunn and camp illinek. ===blackhawk area council=== blackhawk area council is headquartered in rockford, illinois and serves southwestern wisconsin and northwestern illinois. it runs canyon camp, located between stockton and apple river, illinois, as well as camp lowden near oregon, illinois, and is served by wulapeju lodge #140. the council was formed by the merging of the u.s. grant council in the west and blackhawk council in the east portion of what is now the blackhawk area council. formerly, the two councils each had one camp. the council also owns a cabin in mount carroll, illinois. the word wulapeju (one spirit) refers to the merger of the ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (chief blackhawk's name) lodge and wetassa lodge #227 as part of the council merger. some older members of the former wetassa lodge st
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