Trevor Linden
Notable Resident of the Canadian Badlands
Trevor Linden is a retired NHL hockey player. Trevor was born in
Medicine Hat to Lane and Edna Linden. Linden was a skilled athlete;
despite hockey being his top priority, he also participated in
baseball, golf, volleyball, basketball, and speed skating. He spent
his career with 4 teams: the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders,
Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals. Even before joining the
NHL Linden had a big impact in the hockey world. He led the
Medicine Hat Tigers of Western Hockey League to two consecutive
Memorial Cup champions. Linden's most memorable time in the NHL was
with the Vancouver Canucks, when he captained them to within one
win of the Stanley Cup, but fell short and never won it in his
career. After 19 season in the NHL, Linden retired on June 11,
2008, twenty years to the day after he was drafted into the NHL by
the Vancouver Canucks. His jersey number was retired by the team 6
months later.
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.