The council serves Scouts in the St. Louis Metro area, southeast Missouri, and southern and central Illinois.

The MacArthur Service Center, which is the council's headquarters, is located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis.

Camp Irondale also had a chapel called Inspiration Hall to serve the Scouts' religious needs.

A state grant of approximately $90,000 will be needed to fix the Olympic-sized pool and create a new filtration system.

The city of Irondale can't afford to fix it by itself and it may not be cost effective for the small town.

In 2010 the Ozark Trailblazers District worked all spring and summer to try to restore parts of the old camp that the city of Irondale still owns.

Within Beaumont, there are many campsites and camporee areas, as well hiking trails, climbing tower, low and high ropes course, rifle range, shotgun range, Scoutmaster's chapel, maintenance building and ranger's station, ranger homes, a mud cave, multiple cabins, and Sverdrup lodge.

The name S-F was derived from the St. Louis department store Stix, Baer and Fuller due to their contribution to help buy the property.

Camp Sakima is named in recognition of Leif J. Sverdrup who headed the campaign to raise the funds for the Ranch to be built.

He believed in the value of the Scouting program so much that when approached by the committee to create the Ranch for funds, he happily donated the amount needed for the base.

It was built to meet the ever-growing need of space for Scouts that was a result of the Post-World War II baby boom.

The lake is an essential part of the aquatic program and was a primary goal held by the Ranch founders.

She donated the money to build the lake in name and memory of her husband Eugene D. Nims, the founder of Southwestern Bell Telephone.

This water park includes: two slides, and a play area with numerous aquatic games and activities.

In this model, the core of the summer camp program is the use of the patrol method to cook meals, the menu of which consists of hamsteak, cold cuts, eggs, chicken patties, steakburgers, milk, hot dogs, sloppy joes, and other items.

Citing lack of interest from units outside of GSLAC, as well as with in, a new dining hall was built beginning in the fall of 2014 for the 2015 season.

The week offers Scouts the chance to earn merit badges, participate in aquatics programs (including a trip to Huck's Cove and an evening water carnival), spend time in the field sports area, enjoy an opening and closing campfire program put on by the staff that includes humorous skits and songs, and participate in many other activities.

On Thursday nights new members are elected into the Order of the Arrow in a tapout ceremony located at the respective camp's cove.

A typical week for a Swift camper might include rock climbing and rappelling, challenge course, rifle, shotgun, and pistol shooting, horseback riding, water skiing, tubing, wake boarding, knee boarding, mountain biking, and many other fun activities.

Scouts who attend the Ranger program learn leadership and team-building skills by working together throughout the week to overcome obstacles.

There are two commissioners that oversee campsite programs put on by the troop counselors, facilitates leaders meetings, and addresses problems as they come up.

The business manager directly runs the camp office and trading post, as well as oversees the kitchen staff of two.

According to the family, Mrs. Lewallen wanted an adequate road built to their farm, and the best way to do that was to allow the Boy Scouts to have a camp there.

The property includes the Earl Jarvis Dining Hall, the towering Mount Logan, Scoutcraft, nature and wayfinder areas.

Towering pines, an abundance of wildlife, vibrant wildflowers, and captivating sunsets create an enchanting backdrop for visitors.

Upon completion of the mergers of the early 1990s, it was decided that the council was geographically too large to administer one Order of the Arrow program.

At that time, the Order of the Arrow was not endorsed by the Boy Scouts of America, and Jonito Otora was disbanded in 1939 in favor of a similar organization called the Golden Sun.

In 1986 Steve Meinhold was elected to be the North Central Region Chief, becoming the first Shawnee Lodge member to hold a national position.

In the year 2009 Jack O'Neill served as National Chief, the first Shawnee Lodge member to hold that position.

He was a part of the Shawnee Lodge Vigil Class of 2008 and is an Eagle Scout from Troop 169, at Assumption Parish in South St. Louis County.