This geocache is part of the Gold Country Geocaching Event Passport to the Gold Trail. Check goldtrail.com for more details. Explore Gold Country and view breath taking scenery, walk along parts of the Old Cariboo Wagon Trail, and wander into the friendly Gold Rush communities that are brimming with much to see and to discover.
When one approaches Logan Lake from the east, there is the view of a nice clean community with plenty of green space – parks. The slightly elevated vista from the highway shows off some of what makes Logan Lake almost unique in British Columbia.
Welcome to Logan Lake
It is well documented by a number of local geocaches that the Municipality of Logan Lake came about because of the mines in the Highland Valley and I would suggest that readers of this geocache may want to visit those geocaches as well for more local history. Because the town is relatively new, having been built in the very early 1970’s, it didn’t grow topsy-turvy like most older communities. Some critical urban planning went into the process right from the beginning. There is a specified commercial core, a specified industrial core, specified mobile home areas, specified multifamily areas, many single family dwelling areas, a specified acreage area, and of course numerous parks. Most other communities started before there were any zoning regulations and it was possible to have single family dwellings next to an industrial building or mobile homes next to a commercial area or whatever. Once those patterns are set in those older communities, it is very difficult to ‘undo’ them.
Again, Logan Lake had the benefit of good urban planning right from the beginning. There is an excellent mixture of the types of zoning and many parks as well, some large ones like Maggs Park and other smaller neighbourhood parks like Lions Park. The municipality has excellent drinking water and plenty of clean fresh air and has attracted residents from all walks of life and all of this all makes Logan Lake an excellent place to call home.