Town of Picture Butte
The town of Picture Butte is a proud member of the Canadian
Badlands Ltd. (this cache may not be located near the community
represented.) Picture Butte is a town in southern Alberta, Canada.
It is located 27 km (17 mi) north of the city of Lethbridge. It
claims the title of "Livestock Feeding Capital of Canada." Picture
Butte received its name from a prominence southeast of town. By
1947, however, the prominence's soil had been reworked and used for
street improvements, highway construction and a dyke on the shore
of the Picture Butte Lake Reservoir. The prominence no longer
exists. Radio personality and 34th on "The Greatest Canadian" list
Hal Anderson was born in Picture Butte.
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.
