A special note of gratitude to the many cachers in the Calgary Area who thoughtfully make geocaching a pleasant hobby by helping out with cache maintenance from time to time. In the case of this cache I would like to thank the Geoworms for their thoughtfulness and help in the replacement of the cache container - it's truly appreciated!
On the Valley Ridge Trail is a small LnL container with the usual logbook, pencils, variety of trading and a few trackable items.
About the near by Bearspaw Dam
The Bearspaw Dam was built at the same time as dikes in the central part of Calgary for the purpose of controlling winter ice-jam floods, which occurred frequently during the 1950s. Winter ice-jam floods can occur at any time during the winter when Chinook winds partially melt the surface ice, which subsequently breaks up and piles up against bridge abutments in the river. Since the construction of the Bearspaw Dam and dikes through the central part of the city, this type of flooding has largely been controlled (Alberta Environment, 1996). However, because of the dam's small capacity, the threat of further winter flooding should not be overlooked. In 1966, 11 years after the dam's construction, dikes protecting Sunnyside were filled to the brim and Calgary narrowly avoided flooding.