About

The mission of the lodge is to achieve the purpose of the Order of the Arrow as an intregal part of the Boy Scouts of America in the council through positive youth leadership under the guidance of selected capable adults.

Our Purpose - To recognize those campers- Scouts and Scouters- who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives and be such recognition causes other campers to conduct themselves in such a manner as to warrant recognition. To develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit. To promote Scout camping, which reaches it's greatest effectiveness as part of the units camping program, both year-round and in the summer camp, as directed by the camping committee of the council. To crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others.

History - Nentico Lodge was granted its charter on May 17, 1922. Camp Linstead in Severna Park, Maryland was the location of Nentico's first organized meeting. E. Urner Goodman conducted the installation of Nentico Lodge. The first Chief was J. Mitchell. In 1923, Perry W. Bradley, the Council Executive, became Nentico's first Vigil Honor Member. Nentico derives its name from a tribe of the Delaware. The Nanticokes broke off from the main body of the Delaware and migrated south into Maryland and part of Virginia to establish their own territory and villages. Camp Linstead, the Lodge's first home was located in an area once inhabited by the Nanticokes. Our totem is the eagle with outstretched wings, representative of strength and unity of purpose. The colors of the lodge are red, white, and yellow. One of the highlights to Nentico's early history was the hosting of the Grand Lodge Meeting held October 12-13, 1923 at Camp Linstead. Grand Lodge Meetings were forerunners of the National Order of the Arrow Conferences held today.

After the closing of Camp Linstead, Nentico Lodge provided many hours of service at Baltimore Area Council's Camps Rock Hall and Cone. Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation has served as the home of Nentico Lodge since 1948. The Lodge's Ceremonial site, the Mystic Circle of Nentico Lodge, was established at Broad Creek in 1949 and still remains today.