Paldi Alder Trail - Ferns & Moss Traditional Cache
Paldi Alder Trail - Ferns & Moss
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Ferns & Moss cache
Approx. 20 metres off trail. Medium lock & lock container. Difficulty is due to jumpiness of GPS in this area. unregistered Trackable for FTF.
Paldi Alders Series
A short series to highlight a small part of the Trans Canada Trail in the Paldi area of Duncan. The reference to the alders reflect the prominence of these trees along this part of the trail and the visual impact that they have.
A brief background of Paldi
Mayo Singh Manhas emigrated from the village of Paldi in Punjab India when he was seventeen years old. He arrived in Canada in 1906 and started working as a lumber stacker at a sawmill near Abbotsford. He learned about the lumber business and after leasing a sawmill in Rosedale and then purchased a sawmill in New Westminster. Wanting to build on the success of the 2 sawmills he looked for a new location for a third mill. In 1918 he acquired a defunct sawmill in the Cowichan Valley and built up a business and community that was thriving, at one point included a mill, bunkhouses for workers, housing for families, and a school established in 1921. It was also home to the second Sikh temple on the Island and a Japanese temple was also built later. It was a community comprised of East Indians, Japanese, Chinese, and Caucasians.
The series
This short series starts in Paldi where you can still see the Sikh Temple and a few buildings that the community is trying to preserve. There are 4 caches, three of which have trackables for first to find. While scouting out the caches sites I was struck by the abundance of birds and variety of animal spoor that I came across.
Parking is best from the Paldi end. The coordinates for parking there are N 48 47.434, W 123 51.151
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