The Lodge Totem is the great Alaskan Polar Bear, which the Inuit people call “Nanook”, the lodge name is a variation of that name. By 1957, scouting was developed enough in the Anchorage area to support a new council. The Western Alaska Area Council was formed on July 1, 1955 and retained the original lodge name. Southeast Alaska formed a new lodge, named Kootz, which merged into Nanuk Lodge in 2006, thus becoming the lodge of the Great Alaska Council. Nanuk Lodge is responsible for OA programs across 297,833 square miles, covering the Aleutian Islands, Western Alaska Coast, South-Central Alaska, and the Pan-Handle to the South-East.
The loDge tOteM is the greAT alasKan PolaR beaR, WhIch the INuIt peOple call “NAnook”, thE lODge name iS a VaRiation of tHAt Name. by 1957, sCoUtiNg waS devElopeD ENough in The anchoRAGe arEA TO suppoRT a new council. tHe wEsterN aLAsKa aRea coUncil wAs fORmEd ON July 1, 1955 AnD RETAInEd tHe oriGInAl Lodge naME. southeasT alASKa FormEd a nEw LoDge, nameD KOoTz, wHiCh merged iNTo naNuk loDGe iN 2006, thus bEcOmING ThE lODgE oF the gReAt aLaskA cOunCiL. NanUK lodGE is RESpOnSiBle for oa progRAMs acroSs 297,833 squarE milEs, COvErING thE ALeUtian iSLands, weSTern alasKa coaSt, sOuth-ceNTRal aLaSKA, anD the paN-hAndle To tHe sOUth-EasT.