GC3V6P0 Kickin' Cache (Traditional Cache) in British Columbia, Canada created by formeandu

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A cache by formeandu Message this owner

Hidden : 5/9/2019

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

While on a recent motorcycle trip we became acquainted with this lovely little town and great campground. (Do be aware of the trains all night long!) Along the river I found a nice little beach and thought you might like to spend some time there too.

The nearby river, Kicking Horse gets its name from the legendary tale of James Hectar who was trekking around this river looking for new routes for the Canadian Pacific Railway and collecting plant species with friend John Palliser and a few native guides. On one unfortunate day he was kicked in the chest by his horse while trying to cross the river and was knocked unconscious.

Medicine wasn’t so good back then, so they chalked him up as dead. As they were burying him he awoke from his coma, and freaked everybody out. The natives then named the river Kicking Horse River after James Hectars’ return from the dead.