BROWARD COUNTY COUNCIL   1927 to 1937 (FORT LAUDERDALE)

merged with DADE COUNTY COUNCIL 1937
also known as DADE-BROWARD COUNCIL  1933 to 1934
formerly part of PALM BEACH COUNTY COUNCIL
formerly part of EAST COAST COUNCIL

Broward County Council was chartered as a First Class council in 1927, separating from Palm Beach County Council (Broward County itself was created by an act of the Florida Legislature in 1915, out of the southern part of Palm Beach County).  In the early years of the council, Scouts attended camp programs in the nearby councils (Palm Beach County, East Coast, Dade Councils).   The short existence of the council was marked with financial shortcomings and the inability o maintain a paid professional, ultimately leading to an arrangement where the council was supervised by the Dade Council executive.  Newspaper articles from 1933 and 1934 would often refer to "Dade-Broward Council", although there does not appear to be a charter issued to a council by that name.  In a letter to the editor of the Fort Lauderdale News on February 1, 1935, Dade County Council executive A.S. MacFarlane wrote of an "affiliation agreement" between Broward and Dade County Councils dissolved by actions of the Broward Council in the previous December.  In 1936, the local County Commission and a few municipal governments pledged funds for hiring a new Executive to lead a revived First Class Council; this never came to fruition.  By the end of 1937, Broward County was again in the territory of Dade County Council.

CAMP WAUWINIT (BROWARD COUNTY COUNCIL)   1932 to 1934

The first camp property operated by Broward County Council was located in Lauderdale Lakes.   "Wauwinit" is said to be a Seminole word for "murmuring pines".  Swimming activities were held at the nearby Las Olas Casino pool (built by the Citiy of Fort Lauderdale, the first Olympic-sized pool built in the state); Scouts wanting to use the pool would need to row boats across New River Sound to the beach near the pool.  The facility was available for other youth groups to use, and was the location for weekend camping and training activities.  In 1933, almost 200 Scouts from Broward and Dade Counties attended summer camp during the two-week season.  Wauwinit was open for another two weeks in 1934, for 200 Scouts.  By mid-July 1934, the council had plans for a new summer camp location for 1935.  

CAMP NUACO HATCHES/ MIDDLE RIVER CAMP  (BROWARD COUNTY COUNCIL)  1935 to 1937

In mid-1934, Broward County Council had plans for a new facility, north of Fort Lauderdale on a peninsula east of Federal Highway on Middle River.  This 30 acre camp was named "Nucoo Hatchee", reportedly translated as "middle river".  While the council had a ten-year plan to develop the camp  into one of the "show places and major camping headquarters of the whole state", the camp was open for long-term activities for only a few years.

BROWARD COUNTY BOY SCOUT CAMP  (BROWARD BOY SCOUTS)  1938

In 1938, the units in Broward County organized a week-long summer camp program in Pompano Beach, at an island location west of the Hillsboro Lighthouse.  Despite the plans that the program would be the "first annual Broward County Boy Scout Camp", this was the only year for the activity.