Woods Park - Calgary Parks 100 Traditional Cache
Woods Park - Calgary Parks 100
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Calgary Parks 100 Project - Calgary Area Cachers teaming up with The City of Calgary Parks
In the 1920s Colonel James H. Woods donated this land for use as a park. It was first named Elbow Boulevard Park. After Colonel Woods died in 1941 the park was renamed in his honour. He was the publisher of the Calgary Herald from 1907 to 1935. He was very involved with Boy Scouts. Camp Woods at Sylvan Lake is named in his honour. The Woods foundation was created by his estate. Funding from the foundation was given to the establishment of Heritage Park and the building of the aviary conservatory at the Calgary Zoo.
In a small ornamental section of the park with symmetrical hedges and pathways is a tribute to Freddie Lowes, an early developer in the Elbow Park district. He became involved with the Calgary real estate market starting in 1906. (- from Discover Southwest Calgary's Parks and Green Spaces by David Pyeto)
This is a very busy area at times. Please step off the path and have a seat on the edge of the path to watch the river for a bit if muggles come by.
Celebrating Calgary Parks 100th Anniversary!
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 then 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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