Town of Three Hills
A Community of the Canadian Badlands
The Town of Three Hills is a proud member of the Canadian
Badlands Ltd. Three Hills is a town located in the southern part of
the province of Alberta, Canada. It is so named because of the
three highly visible hills that are situated to its north. Three
Hills was originally situated near the present day golf course SW
of its current location. Three Hills was incorporated as a village
in 1912, the year it was moved to its current location on the
Canadian Northern Railway. With ranchers and farmers constituting
its first residents, it soon became a centre for the surrounding
wheat-growing area. In 1922, the Prairie Bible Institute was
established in Three Hills with L.E. Maxwell as its founding
principal. This occurrence helped to increase the population of the
town proper and its adjacent settlements. By the mid 1980s the
nearby hamlets of Grantville and Ruarkville and the spacious
130-acre (0.53 km2) Bible College campus were annexed to the town.
Three Hills is a quiet beautiful town and host of the Best of the
Bad Mega Event held July 16, 2011.
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.
