HALIFAX COUNCIL 1926 to 1933 (DAYTONA)
merged into CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNCIL 1933 (ORLANDO)
separated from CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNCIL 1925 (ORLANDO)
separated from CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNCIL 1925 (ORLANDO)
Scout leaders in the Daytona area in 1925 believed that their programs were poorly served by a distant council based in Orlando, so they determined to create a new council. Those planning this nascent entity had originally planned on using the name "Volusia County Council", but the addition of Flagler and Brevard counties required a more inclusive name, hence, Halifax Council. The first charter was received February 16, 1926. Despite the gift of a camping property that year, the council was still unable to send troops to a camp of their own, so local Scouts attended the Central Florida facility at Camp Wewa, from 1926 to 1928. New council leadership in late 1928 set the goal of obtaining a permanent council camp facility of at least forty acres, but that did not come to fruition. In 1929, five Scouts and the Council Executive attended the World Jamboree in England, followed by a two-month tour of Europe. Fundraising was a constant struggle for the council, with pleas to local businesses and government to keep the program afloat. Ultimately, Halifax Council could not remain viable and was dissolved in late 1933 by the Region 6 office in Atlanta. Merger with Central Florida Council was completed on January 12, 1934, and the area was designated as East Volusia District.
KNOWN CAMPS, PROPERTIES, AND CAMP PROGRAM NAMES
FLEMING CAMP 1926 to 1930?
On the same day that the charter was first issued, the council received its first property, ten acres donated by Cornelius Christiancy and George L. Turton, with the stipulation that the property could not be sold by the council, but must be returned to the donors' heirs. What came to be named "Fleming Camp" was an abandoned orange grove seven miles south of Daytona Beach on, on the Daytona-Enterprise Road, outside of Port Orange. The camp was useful for weekend camping, but was too small for long-term events.
KIWANIS SCOUT CAMP 1929 to 1933
The goal to have a permanent camp property by 1929 remained unfulfilled. Instead, Halifax Council entered into a ten-year lease with the local Kiwanis Club for their camp facility, located on Indian Lake outside of Daytona, two miles from DeLand Road. The site was already being used for several months prior to the agreement, and the lease gave the council control of the property year-round. Summer Camp was held there by Halifax Council from 1929 to 1931, but by 1932, Scouts from Volusia and Brevard counties were attending Camp Wewa.