Strong As An Oakes Traditional Cache
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I have been wanting to put a cache in this lovely park for so long...why put it off.
Named after the now legendary Sir Harry Oakes, who donated the land and funding to build a first-class sports complex in a farmer’s field at the corner of Morrison Street and Stanley Avenue. It’s exactly what the city needed to help boost the struggling economy. Crews of 10 to 20 men work tirelessly getting paid $1 per day to build what is now known as Oakes Park, but in order to put as many people to work as possible, every five days a different crew comes to continue the construction. Oakes Park officially opened Aug. 31, 1931 and while it gave numerous sports a new home, it was baseball players in the city who benefited the most from the generousity of Oakes and the hard work of hundreds of men.
Now it is home to not just only the baseball fields, but a track which is used for local athletes, also a walking path, a soccer pitch, change rooms and washroom facilities.
The park has even been the home of the NHL Celebrity Slo-pitch.
Due to the high muggle traffic, stealth is absolutely critical when retrieving, signing, and replacing the cache.
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