Russian Island photo Geocache Traditional Cache
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Russian Island photo Geocache
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Overlooking Russian Island on the Fraser River.
Bring your camera. this is a remarkable view of the Fraser River, famous for it's salmon runs. Excellent safe place to pull your vehicle off the road.
Chilcoin Sam provided the following interesting information on Russian Island. Thank you kindly!
"According to local legend, the small wooden house and the mining operation on Russian Island were built by a Russian immigrant who came to mine gold. The island was, and still is, accessible only by aerial tram during the summer, or across the ice in winter. All the materials for the house and outbuilding had to be hauled great distances. Russian Island was abandoned in the 1950s or 1960s, and today is inhabited only in the summer by several pairs of nesting geese."
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(Decrypt)
N ybt ba gur tebhaq cbvagf gur jnl gb gur znpeb va n ohfu,
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