"THE DITCH" #3 Traditional Cache
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No longer used in rural Osoyoos, the canal has now deteriorated
beyond use, with sections of the canal being removed by farmers to
expand farming area, and many remaining sections being filled with
garbage and unwanted rubbish. This cache site is the southern most
remaining section of the canal. Parking coordinates N 49 00.506, W
119 28.624
Former Premier 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.
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