Knots and hitches
- A really excellent video showing how to tie a perfect cleat hitch.
- Animated Scouting Knots – website
Packing lists
These are packing lists we have used for weekend camps. You are always responsible to use your head and prepare for the weather, but these lists are a good reference in deciding what you need to bring. You always need your uniform unless you have specifically been told not to bring it.
- Scout weekend personal kit list – Fall 2021
- Packing and personal gear video
- Winter weekend personal gear list
- Week-long summer camp personal gear list
Local Environment
Sea Scout materials
- Sea Scout Leader Handbook (Scouts Canada, c.1970) – pdf
- Sea Scout Leader Handbook (unofficial, compiled from various sources) – pdf
- Canadian Sea Scout Manual (1967) – pdf
- canoe float plan (SmartBoater.ca) – pdf
- Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys (W. Baden Powell, 1911) – pdf
- Nautical Terms and Nomenclature – website
General resources
- Scout Leader’s Handbook (2008) – pdf
- Duty of Care (2004) – pdf
- Aids to Scoutmastership (1920) – pdf
- F.A.S.T. – Fun Active Scout Training – pdf
- Flags – Canadian flag history – pdf
- Flags – provincial – pdf
- BP&P Quick Reference for Troop Leaders
Patrols
- Patrol Leader Handbook – pdf
- The Patrol System (1917) – pdf
- The Scout Staff – pdf
Winter
- Winter Scouting (1950) – pdf
- Klondike sled plans – pdf
Map and Compass
- Map & Compass – Jumpstart – pdf
- map and compass activities – pdf
- Hiking – Jumpstart (multiple skills – compass, map, first aid) – pdf
Pioneering (building with spars and rope)
- pioneering projects – pdf
- Progressive Pioneering (1964) – pdf
- Pioneering – Jumpstart – pdf