"THE DITCH" #1 Traditional Geocache
traxman2008: Unfortunately we will have to archive this one as the recent widening of the highway has now made this cache unsafe to access without crossing private property.To relocate the cache again will remove it from the environment that was the intention for the original placing of the cache.
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The start of construction of the gravity fed canal in 1918 would
eventually move water from this starting point 23 miles south
reaching the US border in 1927, turning the semi-arid land into
lush green farms. Parking coordinates N 49 15.195, W 119 31.565
Former Preimer of British Columbia (1917-1927) John Oliver, in an
attempt to establish a settlement for unemployed World War 1
veterans, formed the South Okanagan Lands Project. This ambitious
plan would have the veterans build a 23 mile long irrigation canal
from Vaseux Lake to the US border. The canal referred to by the
locals of the time as "the ditch", began construction in 1918 and
reached the US border in 1927. Veterans were to be the perferred
settlers as the semi-arid land became irrigated.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Jngpu lbhe fgrc.