Calgary Parks 100 Project, celebrating Calgary Parks 100th
Anniversary!
Calgary Area Cachers teaming up with The City of Calgary Parks
Dept.
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 CAC has placed these
100 caches in 100 parks around Calgary.
Bearspaw Legacy Park is near the south end of the Bearspaw
Reservior on the west side. Across the reservoir on the east side
is Haskayne Legacy Park. Downstream and east of the Bearspaw Dam is
Bowness Park.
Both parks are upstream of the Bearspaw Water Treatment Plant, one
of only two sources of Calgary's water. Originating at the Bow
Glacier north of Lake Louise, the Bow River supplies just over half
of the city's drinking water and has a watershed of 7,770 sq. kms.
(25,000 sq. miles).
A pathway and an interpretive trail will meander through the park,
which will also provide a variety of environmental education and
low-impact recreational activities. Bearspaw and Haskayne Legacy
Parks will be developed in concert early in the next decade.