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[[Image:Scout stone Brownsea.jpg|thumb|Stone on [[Brownsea Island]] commemorating the first scout camp]] | [[Image:Scout stone Brownsea.jpg|thumb|Stone on [[Brownsea Island]] commemorating the first scout camp]] | ||
The '''Brownsea Island Scout Camp''' was the world's first Scout camp, and is regarded as the formal birth of the worldwide [[Scouting|Scout]] movement. [[Robert Baden-Powell]] ran the camp from [[August 1]] to [[August 8]], [[1907]] on [[Brownsea Island]] in | The '''Brownsea Island Scout Camp''' was the world's first Scout camp, and is regarded as the formal birth of the worldwide [[Scouting|Scout]] movement. [[Robert Baden-Powell]] ran the camp from [[August 1]] to [[August 8]], [[1907]] on [[Brownsea Island]] in Poole Harbour on the South coast of England. Many of the concepts still used worldwide in the Scout programme were first used at the Brownsea Island camp. | ||
The [[Scouting 2007 Centenary|centenary of Scouting]] will be celebrated worldwide on the 100th anniversary of the start of the camp, on [[August 1]], [[2007]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6477573.stm</ref> | The [[Scouting 2007 Centenary|centenary of Scouting]] will be celebrated worldwide on the 100th anniversary of the start of the camp, on [[August 1]], [[2007]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6477573.stm</ref> | ||