Midland Rotary Waterfront Trail: Yakari Traditional Geocache
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Midland Rotary Waterfront Trail: Yakari
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A nano container hidden along the Midland Rotary Waterfront part of the Trans Canada Trail. This series follows my favorite French "bandes dessinées" characters. You will have an awesome view of Tiffin Bay from here!
Yakari is a Franco-Belgian comic book series, aimed at a younger audience, written by the Swiss francophone Job and illustrated by the Swiss francophone Derib.
The books have been translated into at least 17 languages including English. Yakari has on two occasions been adapted to a cartoon series on television. Yakari is one of the most well-known franco-Belgian comics in europe.
Yakari is a young Sioux Native American who has the particularity to be able to understand and speak animal languages. During his adventures, he meets all sorts of North American animals. His best friends are a girl Sioux, "Rainbow", and his pony "Little Thunder". He has a totem animal, "Great Eagle", who frequently appears to him to give him critical advice. The setting is the North American Great Plains, mainly. Horses have already been introduced by the Spanish, but there is no mentioning of white man whatsoever in the series. (In one book, there's even a mention by an old tribesman that there's a mystery how the horse came to the land, and that it hasn't always been there.) It can therefore be assumed that Yakari's adventures take place after the 15th century, but long before the settling rush in the late 18th/19th century.
The comic shows a very positive view of the culture of the Sioux and depicts them as peaceful people who live in harmony with nature.
The Midland Rotary Waterfront Trail connects the Tay Shore Trail from Ste. Marie Among the Hurons in the south through Ste. Marie Park and along the residential waterfront to the Midland Town Dock and Downtown Core and on through recreational lands and private marinas to the Mid-Pen Link in the north. In this corridor there are seven public parks featuring waterfront lookouts, resting amenities, photo opportunities, flower gardens, and a man made waterfall. The Midland Waterfront Trail is paved and winds its way around the Midland waterfront for about 8 km, after which it connects with the Tay Shore Trail. The Tourist Information Centre for Midland is located at the Town Dock, at a well-designed parkette on the Waterfront Trail, at the bottom of King Street.
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