Troop 123

The Troop

Our troop started in the late 1950s, and the first person who achieved the rank of Eagle did it in the 1960s. Some of the highlights of our troop are we have had a summer camp for about 20 years.

Every year (or every other year) for the past 20 years our troop has been on a high adventure. Our Scouts go sailing at Seabase, backpacking at Philmont, and dog sledding at Okpik, not to mention all of our Minnesota campouts. From April through October, we have weekend campouts, and in June we spend a memorable week for summer camp.

A unique feature of Troop 123 is Voyager Bay. At so many of our Eagle Board of Reviews, we hear from our Scouts that their most memorable times in Scouting were spent at our beautiful camp. We love our summer camp Voyager Bay.

Norm Groth was a member of Shepherd of the Hills, Troop 123’s official chartering organization, and he had 3 sons in the troop. He helped get Voyager Bay started.

From unlimited access at the shooting range to drifting around in sailboats, the Scouts love it up there! The Scouts lead the way with incredible ideas for fun – camp-wide Capture the Bucket, bonfires with skits, and Patrol Olympics. And of course, they leave with plenty of merit badges after a week in the woods.

Troop 123 expanded in 2019 to welcome girls into a parallel troop. They meet in the same spot and share meetings. We are proud of our integrated activities. We share our weekly meetings, summer camp, and merit badge sessions.