Scoutingsenb.com
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Southeast NB Scouting
Description
Royal Charter granted by King George V in 1912 incorporated the Boy Scout Movement as “The Boy Scout Association” throughout the British Commonwealth. Scouting came to Canada in the sspring of 1908 - just a month after the book
“ Scouting for Boys” was published in England. The Canadian General Council of the Boy Scout Association was incorporated by an act of the Canadian Parliament on June 12,1914. The Canadian General Council was a branch of the Boy Scout Association until October 30, 1946, when it became an independent member of the Boy Scout World Conference. A subsequent amendment changed the name to Boy Scouts of Canada. In 1976 the Scouts Canada logo was introduced and since then Scouting in Canada has become commonly referred to as SCOUTS CANADA.
Baden-Powell (B-P.)wrote to Earl Grey in 1910 to ask him to organize Scouting in Canada. Since that time, every Governor General has been either the Chief Scout for Canada (prior to 1946) or Chief Scout of Canada (after 1946).
