Near the cache location , you can get a good view of the vertical drop structures on Okanagan River. The cache is upstream of the VDS closer to the backside of the provincial park. Take care with kids and pets on this river because of these structures.
Vertical Drop Structures
Spread along the Okanagan River between Oliver and Osoyoos Lake are seventeen smaller man-made waterfalls called vertical drop structures usually spanned by narrow vehicle or pedestrian bridges. Designed to regulate the flow of water as it gradients downhill, these waterfalls had to be built when the river was channelised, preventing the water from flowing too quickly and posing a downstream threat to habitat erosion, fish migration and human safety.
