Last Mountain Traditional Cache
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Pretty much at the end of the road, getting into the hills past here will need to be on foot, or at least off roading. The cache will not be hard to find, the hard part will be getting here.
The Last Mountain area is one of the few natural areas of its size in Southern Saskatchewan that is in its natural state without being protected by some agency. This cache however, is not in the natural area, as there are no public areas in the hills, but it is getting very close. I placed this cache in celebration of my 100th found cache. I placed a geocoin from the Grasslands National Park (east block) in the cache, so hopefully some kind cacher will pick it up, and move it on. (TB430KM)
There is some other swag in the container, but nothing very special, other than the coin.
I grew up on the edge of the Last Mountain hills, and it was a special place for me and my family, and we made frequent trips to the hills to tend to the cattle we had, as well as for picnics and to share with others the wonderful terrain, and the spectacular view from the peak. The coordinates for "the Peak" are found in the geocache, but it is on private land. Any attempts to get there should be done respectfully, including closing any gates that get opened. You will not be able to drive there from where the cache is located, and if you head into the hills on foot, be prepared to get lost. Trails are random, and everything begins to look the same very quickly.
The Legend of Last Mountain
When the Great Chief of the world completed the building of all the hills, he found he had a little material left over and he looked about to see where he should put it. He saw that the prairie lay smooth and level and for many days journey, unbroken by mountain, lake or stream.
"What fitter place than this to lay good soil?" he said, and in the midst of the prairie he built a mound with what dirt remained and, scooping a hollow with his hand, he made the water left over from the rivers a long lake. And he breathed on it so that the grass and trees grew, and the birds and buffalo came to rest in the shade.
All that was wanting was a name, so the Great Chief lifted up his voice and summoned all his braves and they came on wings like the eagle, greeting their chief with a shout like thunder booming among the hills. Then from their ranks steeped Cheewana, daughter of the great chieftain, beautiful as the summer morning, wise as a beaver and she bent at his feet.
And she said, "Because this mountain was the last of thy making and this lake is the last of thy filling, I offer you for the one the name of Last Mountain and for the other that of Last Mountain Lake."
Published by William Pearson Publishing Company Ltd. Of Winnipeg in the approximate year of 1911.
Exerted from a pamphlet called "Last Mountain Lake Saskatchewan's Summer Resort"
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