This series of caches are placed
along the route of the proposed Valley Link Highway. For
many years a committee of volunteers and former mayors of Lake Cowichan and
Port Alberni worked tirelessly in promoting the route to upgrade it to
highway status in order to provide an alternate route through the middle of
Vancouver Island connecting the West Coast communities.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  They actually did have some success
and got the road from Port Renfrew to Lake Cowichan paved.

Each year the committee put on a
breakfast in Lake Cowichan hosted by the City and then a cavalcade of a bus
carrying approximately 40 people and 20 to 40 private vehicles, (cars and
trucks) made the trip to Port Alberni where they were welcomed by a group of
business and other interested parties. 
A separate cavalcade did the Port Alberni to Cumberland
route.

We have tried to place additional
information about spots along the way that have their own significance.
Those mentions will show up at the beginning of the description.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Please read at least one full cache
page to be familiar with the series.

All cache containers are the same
and are placed where it is safe to pull off.
yes">   PLEASE bring a pen or
pencil as there are none in containers.
yes">  Log books are waterproof paper.
yes">  Please keep signatures small to conserve the log books
and rehide container as found.

Cachemobile

The road is a mixture of public and
open to the public industrial roads with some very big equipment using
it.  Some of the logging trucks
are 14 to 16 feet wide!  The
Provincial government pays some of the cost of upkeep in return for public
use.  Make sure you have
GOOD tires and a spare. Two wheel drive is OK.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  The route can start from either end
but make sure your fuel tank is full! These caches were placed driving from
Lake Cowichan to Port Alberni (east to west) and most of the pulloffs are on
the right. 

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Driving Etiquette

When approaching a bridge (they are
all single lane), slow down as you usually climb up and over and can not see
oncoming traffic and you do not want to get caught in the middle with no
place to go. The road in most places is wide enough to pass oncoming traffic
but if it is tight with some of the larger trucks, pull off and stop so the
driver knows exactly what you are doing.
yes">  If you are traveling slow and a vehicle comes up behind
you, please pull over and let him by.