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Our call sign is in honor of Treasure Island Scout Camp.

Treasure Island is located in the middle of the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1913, it’s the oldest continuous running Boy Scout Camp in America.

The camp consist of two islands, the main island, Treasure Island, is 40 acres, 1/2 mile wide and about a mile long. The second island, Marshall Island is about 130 acres, 2 miles long and a 1/2 mile wide. Marshall Island is home to outpost camping, shooting sports and C.O.P.E facilities.

Treasure Island hosts Summer Camping from June thru August and short term weekend camping in the spring and fall.

Unami Lodge #1, and the Order of the Arrow, was founded at Treasure Island in the summer of 1915 by E.Urner Goodman, the Camp Director, and Carroll A. Edson, his assistant, to perpetuate camp traditions and ideals from summer to summer. The organization was to be based on Leni Lenape traditions.

The graphic on the card is a large painting which hangs in the dining hall. It is a good representation of the camp as it stands today, with camp sites and building represented by structures in the painting. The blue heron, geese, and deer are frequent visitors to the island. Next to the compass rose is the Unami Lodge Totem, a snapping turtle, also a regular inhabitant.

The island itself is listed in the US Islands Award Program IOTA - NJ017R - While the camp belongs to a Pennsylvania Scout Council, it is actually located in New Jersey.
We will activate the island during our summer camp week.

Membership:

Boy Scout Troop 461 / 155 is part of the Delaware District of Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America
It is chartered to Redeemer Lutheran Church in Northeast Philadelphia

Boy Scout Troop 461 Amateur Radio Club is a brother club of the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club.

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