Boy Scout Troop 104

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Urbana, Illinois

Prairiefire District

Prairielands Council

Troop 104 meets every Tuesday night from 7:00 to 8:30 in the Fellowship Hall of St. Matthew Lutheran Church at 2200 S. Philo Rd. in Urbana. Boy Scouts is open to any boy who is 11 years old or who has completed 5th grade, and who has not reached his 18th birthday.

Troop 104 uses a listserv hosted by Prairienet to communicate to its members. If you'd like to receive troop mailings, you can sign up here. This is a "closed list," generally only available to troop members and friends, but we'll listen to requests for exceptions.

We have at least one outdoor event every month (except December, which is ususally too busy already). Some of our activities have included:

• Backpacking in the general area of Breckenridge, CO.
• Backpacking in Southern Illinois and Wisconsin
• 50-mile canoe trips down the Middlefork and Vermillion Rivers in East Central Illinois
• Treks to Philmont Scout Ranch in 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999 and 2001.
• Expeditions to the BSA's Sea Base in the Florida Keys in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006.
• A one-week backpacking trip to the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area in Colorado in 2000. (With lots of help from Troop 105 in Granby, CO.)
• Annual "Lake Base" weeks on the Lake Superior shore in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan.
• Starved Rock and Garden of the Gods in Illinois
• Turkey Run, Shakamak and McCormack's Creek State Parks in Indiana
• Numerous other places closer to home

If you are interested in joining, have questions about the troop, or have comments about these web pages, email us at .

Troop 104 Information

• Our 1997 50-mile canoe trip (Middle Fork and Vermilion Rivers)
• Journals from Troop 104's treks to Philmont in:
  • 1994
  • 1997
  • 1999
  • 2006 (with Prairielands Council)
• A journal for our 2000 backpacking trip to the Indian Springs Wilderness area in Colorado.
• The 2002 Out Island Adventure at Florida Sea Base.

Scouting Links of Interest

• The Prairielands Council home page
• The official BSA home page
• USSCOUTS home page - The US Scouting Service Project. Lots and lots of scouting stuff here.
• Scouter.com, from the publishers of Scouter's Journal. This is a good place to look for a lot of scouting info.
• Requirements for merit badges
• Requirements for Boy Scout ranks
• A page with knot tying instructions, and and another with animated pictures of knots.