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Pacific Harbors Council serves the scouts in Pierce, King, Mason, Thurston, Lewis, Pacific and Grays Harbor Counties. The council operates one Scout camp: Camp Thunderbird. In 1994 Mount Rainier Council, Tumwater Area Council, and Twin Harbors Council merged to form Pacific Harbors Council. The council operates two service centers. The main office is located in Tacoma, Washington and the other is located in Tumwater, Washington.

Early History (1926 - 1994)
Pacific Harbors Council was formed from 3 councils in a merger in 1994. These councils were the Tumwater Area Council founded in 1926, the Mount Rainier Council founded in 1948 originally named Tacoma Area Council , and the Twin Harbors Council founded in 1930.

Recent History (1994 - Present)
In 1994 the Mt. Rainier Council, Tumwater Area Council, and Twin Harbors Council were merged to form the Pacific Harbors Council.

Districts
1994 - 2004 (9 Districts)
 * Narrows View - North Tacoma, Gig Harbor and Key Center.
 * Wapato - South Tacoma, Fircrest and University Place.
 * Nopi Soki - Fife, Federal Way and North Tacoma.
 * Lakes - Lakewood, Steilacoom, Dupont, Fort Lewis and McChord AFB.
 * Valley Mt. - Puyallup, Edgewood, Sumner, Orting, Buckley, Enumclaw & Black Diamond.
 * Mountain - Parkland, Spanaway, Graham, Yelm, Roy, McKenna, and Eatonville.
 * Twin Harbors - All of Grays Harbor and Pacific counties including Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Raymond, South Bend, Long Beach, Westport, Ocean Shores & Elma.
 * Black Hills - Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Shelton, Tenino and Rainier.
 * Evergreen - Chehalis, Centralia, Morton, Rochester and all of Lewis County.

2005 - 2009 (3 Districts)
 * Thunderbird - Tacoma, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Federal Way, Dupont, University Place, Fircrest, Ft. Lewis, McChord AFB, Auburn, Des Moines, Fife, and Milton.
 * Sasquatch - Thurston County, Mason County, Lewis County, Grays Harbor County, Pacific County, and McKenna.
 * Sleeping Giant - Parkland, Spanaway, Eatonville, Roy, Puyallup, Edgewood, Orting, Sumner, Bonney Lake, Lake Tapps, Buckley, Wilkeson, Carbonado, Enumclaw and Black Diamond.

July 2009 - December 31, 2018 (6 Districts)
 * Capital Area - Griffin, North Thurston, Olympia, Rainier, Shelton, Southside Tenino, Tumwater, Yelm, Lacey LDS Stake, and Olympia LDS Stake
 * Coastal Waters - Aberdeen, Elma, Hood Canal, Hoquiam, Lake Quinault, McCleary, Montesano, Mary Knight, Naselle-Grays, North Beach, North River, Oakville, Ocean Beach, Ocosta, Pioneer, Raymond, Satsop, South Bend, Taholah, Willapa Valley, Wishkah, and Elma LDS Stake
 * Glacier View - Lakewood, Bethel, Clover Park, Eatonville, Franklin Pierce, Steilacoom, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Graham LDS Stake, and Lakewood LDS Stake
 * Mt. Tahoma - Carbonado, Dieringer, Enumclaw, Orting, Puyallup, Sumner, White River, Puyallup LDS Stake, and Puyallup South Hill LDS Stake
 * Puget Sound - Tacoma, Gig Harbor, University Place, Fircrest, Tacoma North LDS Stake, Tacoma South LDS Stake, and Gig Harbor LDS Stake
 * Timberline - Adna, Boistfort, Centralia, Chehalis, Evaline, Morton, Mossyrock, Napavine, Onalaska, Packwood, Pe Ell, Randle, Rochester, Toledo, Vader, White Pass, Winlock, and Centralia LDS Stake
 * Lexas (LEXAS District covers the entire council and all districts with Learning for Life, Exploring, Scout-reach, and Outdoor Education)

2011 - December 31, 2018 (7 Districts)
 * Hylebos - Federal Way, part of Auburn, Fife, Milton, Northeast Tacoma, and Federal Way LDS Stake (Split off of Puget Sound District bringing the total number of districts up to 7)

January 1, 2019 - Present (2 Districts)
 * Rainier - The former Glacier View, Mt. Tahoma, Puget Sound, and Hylebos districts. Northeast of the Nisqually River.
 * Olympic - The former Capital Area, Coastal Waters, and Timberline districts. Southwest of the Nisqually River.

Camp Thunderbird
Located on Summit Lake in Olympia, Washington Camp Thunderbird sits on Summit Lake off of highway 101 in Thurston County Washington. It hosts Cub Scout overnight trips and resident camp. Several events are held throughout the year For Boy Scouts Klondike Derby in January, Night Hike in November,

For Cub Scouts Fall Festival in October Spring Roundup in May Cub scout Resident Camp throught the summer

Camp Thunderbird also hosts Area training events including Woodbadge and National Youth Leadership Training

For Nisqually Lodge Two Fellowships and two ordeals.

Camp Delezenne
Located in Elma, Washington The camp was closed in 2016. Currently the camp is in a waiting period for being returned to the logging company with whom the council has a 99 year lease.

Camp Hahobas
Located in Tahuya, Washington. The camp was closed in 2016.

Camp Kilworth
Located in Federal Way, Washington The camp was closed in 2016.

Camp Curran
The council transferred ownership of the camp in 2016.

Order of the Arrow
Order of the Arrow Nisqually Lodge