and bass while shallow sandbars, make for great fishing. Camp Tapico has 17 wilderness campsites, which Scout troops, Venturing crews and other groups can rent. During the winter, Camp Tapico hosts activities such as snowshoeing and winter camping in quinzhees. The camp was established in 1946 and developed a thriving summer camp operation. Camp Tapico ran a traditional week-long summer camp program. It served Scout troops from Flint, MI and the surrounding suburbs, as well as out-of-council troops from Illinois and Missouri. Troops camped out and participated in staff-led activities such as the Water Carnival and flag ceremonies. Scouts also earned merit badges like Archery, Rifle Shooting, Canoeing, Climbing, and Wilderness Survival. This camp has been permanently closed and sold by the Council. It is now a nature preserve under the name: Upper Manistee Headwaters: The Milock Family Preserve. Camp Kiwanis Camp Kiwanis located east of Mason, Michigan, on M-36 at Diamond Road. The camp contains , of which are wooded. Camp Kiwanis is open year-round for camping, hiking, sledding and outdoor fun. Camp facilities can sleep 107 people indoors, or 300 outdoors. Camp Kiwanis was previously owned by the Lansing Kiwanis Club and used as a fresh air camp for tubercular children. It was donated June 8, 1939, to the Chief Okemos Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The camp was also used for several years by the Volunteers of America and the Salvation Army for children and their mothers. Northwoods Scout Reservation Northwoods Scout Reservation is located near West Branch in Ogemaw County, Michigan. The camp consists of of northern hardwood forest, wetlands and Lake Arrowhead, a private lake. 618 of the 840 is used as the main scout camp, the remaining is a family camp; where families can stay when their kids are at camp. Part of Big Williams Lake is also on camp property. Facilities range from rustic campsites on the south side of the lake to the heated log cabin overlooking Lake Arrowhead. Chief Okemos Council purchased Northwoods Scout Reservation in 1962. It was formerly the Kenyon Ranch, with the only structure on the property a horse barn, which is now a garage at the ranger’s house. The roads, campsites, cabins for staff and family camp, Log Cabin, Meijer Lodge, Administration Building, Memorial Building and program structures were added over the years. The camp has two unofficial Mascots; one is a loon, the other