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Located within the the city of Ontario at the Founder's Garden. This is one incredible piece of artwork and history, a truly beautiful spot!
You are looking for a digital camera memory stick holder. Located along the "Sluice" portion of the waterway. When at the cache you will be hidden from the buildings to the west of the sluice. You may want to bring another cacher with you, a child could be helpful too. There is no need to enter the sluice, any water or planters to retrieve the cache. One person can do this cache without any help or the use of any tools, but it requires some strength and thought. Respect and enjoy the area.
In 1998 artists Kipp Kobayashi and Marta Perlas were tapped to design a gateway to Ontario--one that paid homage to the role water played in the city's history. "We decided on a sluice because it was a strong image, something that draws you in," Kobayashi said. "We liked the image of the water coming down from the mountains and nourishing the area below." City founder George Chaffey combined sluices, canals, wells and aqueducts to get water from the mountains to nourish the city, agriculturally and economically. The story goes that Chaffey, hoping to sell land, had a fountain built next to the railroad. Whenever a train pulled into station, the fountain turned on--a visual assurance that this land was fertile and well irrigated. Kobayashi and Perlas worked with landscape architect LRM, Ltd. to create "Founder's Garden," a 13.5-acre installment that includes olive trees, roses and grapes--crops that built the city. A sluice feeds a series of four fountains that represent a water drilling tower, a well, an aqueduct and a reservoir. At the south end of the project is a surveyor's scope. Look through it to see a picture of the city at the turn of the 19th century. Then, as now, water had a starring role. Cache Contents Log Book
In 1998 artists Kipp Kobayashi and Marta Perlas were tapped to design a gateway to Ontario--one that paid homage to the role water played in the city's history.
"We decided on a sluice because it was a strong image, something that draws you in," Kobayashi said. "We liked the image of the water coming down from the mountains and nourishing the area below."
City founder George Chaffey combined sluices, canals, wells and aqueducts to get water from the mountains to nourish the city, agriculturally and economically. The story goes that Chaffey, hoping to sell land, had a fountain built next to the railroad. Whenever a train pulled into station, the fountain turned on--a visual assurance that this land was fertile and well irrigated.
Kobayashi and Perlas worked with landscape architect LRM, Ltd. to create "Founder's Garden," a 13.5-acre installment that includes olive trees, roses and grapes--crops that built the city. A sluice feeds a series of four fountains that represent a water drilling tower, a well, an aqueduct and a reservoir. At the south end of the project is a surveyor's scope. Look through it to see a picture of the city at the turn of the 19th century. Then, as now, water had a starring role.
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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)
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