Kaleden Hotel Traditional Cache

Whether you are hiking or biking south along the KVR trail from Penticton, north from OK Falls, or have been spending the day at nearby Pioneer Park, the Kaleden Hotel is a family friendly cache.

This cache is a small lock n lock. We are hoping this cache can be a GeoCoin Hotel! The logbook is a small Rite in the Rain booklet

You do not need to enter the hotel to find this cache.

This cache was hidden with permission from the Kaleden Rec Commission.

"Kaleden Hotel Park contains one of the original landmarks in the area along Skaha Lake, the concrete shell of the historic Kaleden Hotel, which was constructed in 1912. This grassed area is fast becoming a favorite place to hold wedding ceremonies." (Source: http://www.kal-rec.ca/services.html

More History: (Information taken from "Kaleden's Centennial 1909-2009" publication written and edited by Ron King)

Constructed in 1911, the hotel had two dining rooms (one formal, one for serving the many single men who were busy on the newly planted orchards or home building projects in the area).  The building also had its own power plant.  Each room had a bath as well as an outdoor sleeping porch.  Ultimately, both the First World War as well as the evolution of better roads and faster transportation diminished the site's value as a stopover.  After the interior was gutted and sold off, the hotel was slated to be demolished.  However, neighbour Jim Goodwin was concerned about how blowing up the building might harm his home.  He bought the hotel for  a dollar.  It changed hands a couple more times before the community gained ownership over the building and surrounding land.