Kalan Porter
Notable Resident of the Canadian Badlands
Richard Kalan Porter (born November 11, 1985) is a
singer-songwriter from Medicine Hat, Alberta, and the winner of the
reality television series Canadian Idol in season 2. Porter grew up
on a buffalo ranch outside of Medicine Hat, Alberta. He is a
classically trained musician. His mother used to take him to music
lessons saying that one day he'll thank her, and he has said that
he now thanks her. Beating out 8,977 other contestants, Porter was
crowned "Idol" on September 16, 2004 in front of a live TV
audience.
Porter's first single "Awake in a Dream" was released on October 5,
2004 and debuted at number 1. It spent a total of 8 weeks at the
top of the charts and has become the best-selling debut single for
a Canadian artist to date. Porter's second album, Wake Up Living,
was released on 28 August 2007 and debuted at number 7 on the
Canadian albums chart. The first single, "Down in Heaven" (which
Porter wrote as a tribute to his mother) was available to radio
stations from 4 June, and reached number 25 on the Canadian Hot
100.
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.
