Highway 4 Scenic/Historic Series #16 Traditional Geocache
Highway 4 Scenic/Historic Series #16
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This is a reguler sized lock&lock with a FTF prize and tradable items. I hope you enjoy the series.
This series was placed to tell the history, show the beauty, as
well as to break up the trip along Highway 4 going to the West
Coast. All of the caches are placed on the right hand side of the
road, so you do not have to cross the highway, as you head west
towards Tofino/Ucluelet. The caches are well off the road and there
are safe pullouts at each location. Please give drivers behind you
plenty of notice when you are getting close to turning off the
highway. There is also plenty of viability for when you are pulling
back out on the road. This cache is hanging now. The entire road to the West Coast is bear and
cougar country so please by vigilant.
I chose this spot to bring to your attention this area. Just on the other side of the bridge not far from here is a area known as The Black Hole. It was nicknamed this by the environmentalist who protested the logging practices here in 1993. The protests lasted a very long time and it caused a lot of down time for the forestry industry which was hard on the workers and their families and communities. The protest gained world wide attention and as a result very hard guidelines are now in effect. What was not reported was the facts about after the protest disbanded. After the protesters left this area The forest company went in and took out 3 dump truck loads of garbage that the protesters left behind. They were forced to do this so that they could finish the area by replanting. I think they did a very good job seeing the growth that has happened in 18 years.
Congratulations to Team Pawz and DIOS on the FTF
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