In the photo below the fence posts are visible across the
slough
If you read the interpretative boards at the park to the north,
they will tell you that the slough used to be a quarry, but that
information is false. The slough was low lying farmland in which
the owners used to have their vegetable gardens. In 1910 when the
lock and dam were built in Lockport to raise the water to make the
Red River navigable, this area was flooded along with the lower
portion of the original Donald Road. The landowners living at the
top of the hill donated land to the municipality to build a new
road running along the flooded land coming down to River Road
further west on higher ground.
My Great Uncle and Aunt reside at the top of the hill and own
part of the slough as do all of the land owners on the hill. My
Uncle told me that the fence posts you can see running across the
slough are from before the land was flooded and mark the edge of
his property. My Uncle and Aunt have so graciously given me
permission to place a cache on their property in the slough. Thank
you Uncle Ronnie and Aunty Lorna!
The easiest way down is to use the mown grass path up the hill
to the south of the cache location. Please be careful, even though
the path is mown, it is a little steep and the land drops off just
to the east of the uncut area. You are looking for a small winter
friendly camoed pill container.