World's Largest Dinosaur
Attractions of the Canadian Badlands
The World's Largest Dinosaur is the name of a model
Tyrannosaurus rex located in the town of Drumheller in the Canadian
province of Alberta. Built of fiberglass and steel, has a height of
25 meters (82 ft) and a length of 46 meters (151 ft), considerably
larger than the largest known specimens of the actual dinosaur
which reached up to 12.8 m (42 ft) in length, and was up to 4 m (13
ft) tall at the hips. For a small fee, visitors can climb the
dinosaur and appear in its mouth for a view of Drumheller and the
Canadian Badlands. At the base of the dinosaur is a tourist
information and gift shop. The dinosaur is not located at this
cache location.
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 hamlet
in 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 like no other place on
earth, home to the world's most extensive dinosaur bonebeds,
badlands and hoodoos, and a world-class museum that shelters a 75
million-year-old legacy. The region is rich in culturally and
historically significant sites that tell the story of the First
Nations people and early settlers, and of a complex and diverse
modern society that is still deeply rooted in the spirit of the
frontier.
