Blackhawk Area Council is the organizational entity for the Boy Scouts of America covering most of north and northwestern Illinois and the three counties in far southwestern Wisconsin.

Their official website can be found at:    www.blackhawkscouting.org

This site looks at history of Scouting in northern Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin through the activity patches issued for events. They are colorful and sometimes descriptive. Further, I will try to determine what were active district names during appropriate years.

Discussion: other councils have used the word Blackhawk for camps and districts. For instance, Chicago Area Council's Camp Owassipe has a sub-camp called Camp Blackhawk. Further, I believe Northwest Suburban Council has a district named Blackhawk. Additional confusion can arise from other council's districts having the same names. This is suspected with Sauk and Kishwaukee but possibly others. What I'm indicating is that some of the patches depicted here "may" not be from the Blackhawk Area Council and its Districts. When I receive definitive information, I will delete or make corrections.

The rights to the underlying patches and designs reside with the BSA and Blackhawk Area Council. The digital scans of the patches are my work and are not to be used without my permission.

Last updated: March 11th, 2007

US Grant Council (and Districts) Patches Canyon Camp Patches Canyon Camp Neckerchiefs
Kishwaukee District Mauh Nah Tee See District Sauk District Sinnissippi District Chaske & US Grant Districts Potawatomi District Winnebago District Winneshiek District Arrowhead District Wanchanagi District Wetassa / Ranger / Sycamore Districts White Eagle District	Explorer Activity Patches Scout Shows Interesting Sets Council Camporees BAC Cub Activity: Pow Wow / Pinewood / Cub Day Camp Popcorn / 1st Aid / Klondike / Continuous Fire Cracker Barrel/Conservation/FOS JLT / Recruiting / Religious Misc BAC Activity / Good-Turn Council and District Neckerchiefs (9 images) Suspect Whatzits?