Originally a logging camp, the Scouts purchased the land and first had campers in 1929.

[3][4] There are seven Boy Scouts of America local councils headquartered in Wisconsin.

Additionally, some adjacent councils in Illinois and Minnesota serve portions of Wisconsin.

The Bay-Lakes Council is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, and also serves Scouts in Michigan.

[1] The Gateway Area Council, headquartered in La Crosse, serves Scouts in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

[1][3] The Glacier's Edge Council provides Scouting services to communities in the counties of Adams, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk, Rock, Walworth in Wisconsin as well as Winnebago and Boone counties in Illinois.

It is composed of representatives of more than 250 community organizations holding charters to operate a program of the Boy Scouts of America.

The council meets annually in May to elect officers and board members.

It was organized in 2005 growing from a consolidation of the Four Lakes and Sinnissippi Councils and granted a charter by the Boy Scouts of America.

State Line and Indian Trails merged to become the Sinnissippi Council (#626) in 1966.

Its name came from the shape of the Wisconsin-Minnesota border, which is said to resemble that of the head of an Indian.

[1] Samoset Council is headquartered in Weston (near Wausau), and serves the north central part of Wisconsin and was founded in 1920.

[1] In 1917 the Wisconsin Rapids Council was formed, changing its name to Wood County in 1925.

The name and totem were chosen by the youth of the new lodge on the morning of July 8, 2012.

Additionally, two adjacent councils in Minnesota serve portions of Wisconsin.

Badgerland Council serves more than 14,200 girls and has some 4,500 adult volunteers in south-central and south-western Wisconsin.

[14] Manitou Council serves 7,500 girls in Calumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Washington counties in Wisconsin.

[15] It was slated to be merged with several other councils into Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes.

In December 2008, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals gave a preliminary injunction enjoining the national organization from changing the status of Manitou Council.

In partnership with over 6,000 adult volunteers, Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes (GSNWGL) serves nearly 15,000 girls in 58 counties in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) serves some 33,000 girls in Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Washington and Waukesha, as well as the southern part of Ozaukee and eastern parts of Dodge and Jefferson counties.