This cache was originally placed with a view of a "giant of the prairies" in a little known & well hidden area of Southern Alberta. Originally there were two giants at this location.
This rail siding was named after a master mechanic McNab, who worked for the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company (AR&I). The narrow gauge railway between Lethbridge and Great Falls, Montana known locally as the “Turkey Trail” was built in the 1880’s.
A typical mixed train in the early 1890’s was a steam train, coal cars (loaded heading south and empty heading north), passenger car, livestock car and freight cars.
Many of the original settlers of southern Alberta came north on the train from Salt Lake City, Utah bringing all their possessions in one or two bags, their livestock and their furniture to start a new life on the barren prairies.
In the 1920’s, the rails were changed to standard gauge and are still used many times per day by the CPR on their main north - south rail line to Montana from Alberta.
Pull off the road onto the driveway for parking. You do not need to enter the private property to find the cache.
Since we located this cache for the Prairie Winds Adventure tail, the "prairie giant" has disappeared.