page_title: Scouting in Illinois
section_title: Camps
hierarchical_section_title: Scouting in Illinois / Councils / Pathway to Adventure Council / Chicago Area Community / Camps
caption_attribution_description: English: Chicago Troop 664, Bass Lake - Owasippe
context_page_description: Scouting in Illinois has served youth since 1909. The state was the home of the Boy Scouts of America founder, William D. Boyce.
context_section_description: The Chicago Area Council operates Owasippe Scout Reservation in Michigan.
  The Bass Lake lone troop Scout camp was part of the Owasippe Scout Reservation operated by the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The Bass Lake camp was a single camp on a small (approximately 600 feet wide) lake in the Owasippe reservation. A single troop would take over the entire camp, usually for a two-week period, preparing all their own food and overseeing all aspects of the camp life.  Active in the 1950s and 1960s, Bass Lake camp is no longer in use.
caption: Camp Bass Lake swim area - 1959 - Troop 664
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