The Hiawatha Seaway Council provides scouting to youth in Central and Northern New York State, including Onondaga, St. Lawrence, Oswego, Jefferson, and Lewis Counties.

The Hiawatha Seaway Council is one of more than 300 local councils. The purpose of the Boy Scouts of America, incorporated on February 8, 1910, and chartered by Congress in 1916, is to provide an educational program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness.