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Legionville - The Minnesota American Legion School Patrol Training Center
Legionville Mainlrs.jpg - Main Administrative and Classroom Building, Legionville. (Jim Wicklund)
Main Administrative and Classroom Building, Legionville. (Jim Wicklund)
The American Legion Department of Minnesota operates the Legionville School Patrol Training Center.  Legionville, which is located on the shores of North Lake approximatley 7 miles north of Brainerd, Minnesota, trains school safety patrol members from throughout Minnesota.  Two to four students from most Saint Paul Public and non-public schools attend Legionville each summer.

Training is provided by a Minnesota State Patrol

crossing3.jpg - State Patrol Safety Officer Training in Proper Handling of School Patrol Flag. (Legionville Photograph)
State Patrol Safety Officer Training in Proper Handling of School Patrol Flag. (Legionville Photograph)
Safety Training Officer.  During the weeks in which Saint Paul Public and non-public students attend the camp the Saint Paul Poilce Officer who supervises the School Police Patrol participates in the training.

While school patrol training is the primary mission of Legionville, the camp also provides classes in first aid, canoeing, and swimming.

The Legionville program was started in 1936 at the Crow Wing County Fair Grounds in

cabins.jpg - Camper Cabins at Legionville. (Legionville Photograph)
Camper Cabins at Legionville. (Legionville Photograph)
Brainerd.  The current Legionville facility, which consists of 1,707 acres with 1,500 feet of shoreline, opened in 1957.

The patrol members who attend Legionville return to their schools as leaders and usually serve as Captains and lieutenants of the building school patrol.  The Legionville graduates assist the teacher assigned as building school patrol supervisor in the training and supervision of the patrol.

Legionville Photo Album by Officer Jim Wicklund, SPPD