The cache is a rubbermaid container at an Abandoned Airstrip
at the southern end of Columbia Lake in Canal Flats. It is near to
the Columbia River Greenways information kiosk and trail heads for
GC2J50K & GC2D3BY.
The Google Earth image shows the airstrip along with some of the
geocaches in the area.
This N/S airstrip was built for BC Forests in the late 1960's to
replace the smaller E/W strip as a result of a land swap with
Crestbrook Products so they could expand their staging areas at the
Canal Flats mill. It was approximately 5,500 feet by 200 feet at an
elevation of 2,650 feet and used until the more modern field was
built in Fairmont in the mid 1980's. Local Private flyers enjoyed
using the airstrip and it was also the emergency field for
Cranbrook. While in the area enjoy the walks to the lakefront and
the forest trails that are part of the Columbia River Greenways
project.