Shouldice Athletic Park - Calgary Parks 100 Traditional Cache

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Red90: With the new paved pathway, it is time to let this one go. This will free up the space for a new cache.

A big thanks to Geo Gnomes148 for letting me know what had happened. And a super big shout out to Anson, Clint, Byron and Steve from Maco Paving!!!!

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Hidden : 4/23/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Calgary Parks 100 Project

Calgary Area Cachers teaming up with The City of Calgary Parks

Celebrating Calgary Parks 100th Anniversary!

Shouldice Athletic Park is a vibrant park in the community of Montgomery along the shores of the Bow river. The park is home to a large variety of athletic fields with some undeveloped areas along the river.

Shouldice Park is named after James Shouldice, an early pioneer who donated the land to the City in 1910, on the condition of it becoming a park. James and his wife, originally from Ontario, settled in the Gleichen area before moving to a 470 acre farm west of Calgary. The farm was first known as Shouldice Terrace which became the community of Montgomery that we know today. The land sat untouched for 40 years after James' death in 1925 until being developed into a park in the late 1960's. In 1952, Fred Shouldice (James' son) donated funds to enable the construction of the Shouldice swimming pool. Later on the park was developed into the athletic center of today.

The area north of 16th avenue and south of Bowness road is now called "Shouldice Park" and the area south of 16th avenue is "Shouldice Athletic Park". The cache itself is hidden in an undeveloped area that was previously a residential property and has since been absorbed into the park. The are still two residential properties to the east of the cache.

The Calgary Parks 100 Project is a partnership between the City of Calgary Parks, and the Calgary Area Cachers to celebrate Calgary Parks 100th anniversary. Calgary Parks has supplied cache containers and swag for 100 caches, and the we have placed these 100 caches in 100 parks around Calgary. These caches have some cool swag and trackables when placed, so make sure to find them as soon as they are published.

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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