East Coulee
Ghost Towns of the Canadian Badlands
Located some 13 miles southeast of the town of Drumheller on
Highway10 is East Coulee. Once home to over 3000 people, it is now
a ghost town. Its heyday was the period 1928-1955 when coal mines
were working full blast and turning out hundreds of thousands of
tons of coal every year. East Coulee has plenty of old buildings,
abandoned mines, hoodoos, fossils, and unusual scenery to keep the
ghost towner occupied for quite a while. Be sure to check out the
East Coulee School Museum, The Atlas Coal mine and the nearby
hoodoos. The bridge where this cache is located was featured in the
Tom Cochrane music video for his song, Life is a Highway.
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.
