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BC Parks 100 - China Beach Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/20/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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BC Parks is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The first BC Park was Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island which was officially created on March 1, 1911.


Today, the parks system in British Columbia is one of our greatest resources. Currently 14.26% (13.5 million hectares) of British Columbia's land base is protected.
There are more than 340 campgrounds, 6000 km of hiking trails, 118 boat launches and 263 day-use areas in B.C.'s provincial park system.


BC Parks and the BC Geocaching Association are partnered along with the Year of Science to invite you to explore BC Parks.


This is one of 100 caches placed in parks throughout BC. Each cache will have a unique trackable geocoin available for the first 3 finders.
There are also BC Parks trade items, BC Geocaching Association buttons, and Year of Science pins.


There is a maximum of one coin per Geocaching account. Please trade fairly for all items in the cache. If you have a coin from another cache, please leave it for another cacher - you would want them to do the same for you.



This cache is hidden in China Beach Provincial Park which is the southern terminus of the Juan de Fuca Trail. The cache is under a fallen giant, on the trail from the campground to the beach. There is parking in the campground for trail access. You can also make a loop by parking at the day use area (1km past the campground access road) and walking the day use trail to the beach then along to the campground trailhead and back up again. The sandiest trail is definitely the one at the day use end! Allow an hour or so if you make the loop.

China Beach Area at Juan de Fuca Provincial Park

There are activities going on in BC Parks all year to celebrate this wonderful anniversary.


2011 is also the Year of Science in BC.
There are events and a collection of interesting stories about people who chose Science.


Here is the list of all the BC Parks 100 caches








Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)