Town of Oyen
The town of Oyen is a proud member of the Canadian Badlands Ltd.
(this cache may not be located near the community represented.)
Oyen is a small town in eastern Alberta, close to the Saskatchewan
boundary, north of Medicine Hat. The town is located on Highway 41,
4 km (2 mi) south of its junction with Highway 9, and is the first
major centre within Alberta for travellers entering from nearby
Saskatchewan. Oyen is the service centre for a large but sparsely
populated dryland farming area. In the surrounding area wheat,
barley, and canola are important crops, and beef cattle are raised.
Oyen offers residents and visitors the grandeur of wide open blue
skies in the heartland of Alberta’s vast rolling prairie.
This tranquility is deceptive-Oyen is a modern urban community that
provides excellent municipal services, medical services, modern
schools, recreation/leisure facilities, senior accommodations, and
the benefits of “big city” life without “big
city” problems.
This cache is part of the Legacy Trail produced by the Canadian
Badlands Geocaching Association for the Best of the Bad Mega
Event.
The Legacy Trail
The Legacy Trail is a collection of geocaches that circles its
way over 100 miles on country roads traversing some of the most
scenic and spectacular landscape in this part of the Canadian
Badlands. A large number of caches in a variety of types, sizes and
difficulty are placed on the Trail. Every town, village and
hamletin the Canadian Badlands has its own cache. Some caches were
named after local historic events and people, as well as
celebrities who grew up in this area. Some caches were sponsored by
geocachers who attended the Best of the Bad Mega Event. The Legacy
Trail was produced by the Canadian Badlands Geocaching Association
for the Best of the Bad Mega Event.
The Canadian Badlands
The Canadian Badlands in Alberta are home to the world's most
extensive dinosaur bone beds, badlands and hoodoos, and a
world-class museum that shelters a 75 million-year-old legacy. The
region is rich in culturally and and a complex and diverse modern
society that is still deeply rooted in the spirit of the
frontier.
