Sept 20/2010 |
Geocache Activity 843 |
FIND 778 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 1.5; size micro; Creator: browneyedsusan Date First Hidden: 8/16/2010 Date Last Found: 9/19/2010 Description Parking available. In 1811 William Henry of the North West Company built Henry House. That same year fur trader David Thompson also of the North West Company crossed Athabasca Pass to return to Henry House. In doing so he established the primary trade route through the Canadian Rockies for the next 50 years. Read the plaque near the cache. For more information on Henry House and David Thompson visit the Jasper Yellowhead Museum. In accordance with Jasper National Park guidelines no trading items or things that might attract wildlife are to be left in this cache. Please bring your own pen.
Hint Magnetic Comments
PLANNING
We will be spending 2 days in Jasper on our way to Kelowna. I have identified a few new caches in the near vicinity of the townsite and will see how many I can find.
OUTCOME
4:15 PM This was my 6th, and last, search of the day. This was a nice pull-out on the Yellowhead highway.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
Not where I thought it might be, but soon found it. SL. TFTC. Here are three photos:
My first guess for the cache location
But the coordinates indicated here
And there it is!I am now 6/6 for today. A pleasant way to spend the afternoon.
5:50 PM Life is good
