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Waiting on the train? Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/6/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

If you're waiting for a train, you'll likely have more than enough time to find this geocache. Once found, hopefully something inside will help you pass the minutes. Theme for trade items: Things to do while waiting for the train.


This road is 63rd street in Edson until it crosses into Yellowhead County, at which point it become Range Road 174. It is known to locals however as the Willmore Park Road as it services traffic using the road to reach the Willmore Park (6 KM south). The road also loops around and connects to the Ansell Tower Road (Range Road 175). Between the two range roads is an area known as Tollerton, the southern border of the area is Macleod River. The Willmore/Tollerton/Ansell Loop services multiple households, businesses, and the traffic to the park, as well as a popular smash-up derby and mud bogs every summer/fall.

Willmore Park construction began in 1983 as a cooperative effort between Alberta Parks & Recreations, the Town of Edson, Katimavik and Dome Petroleum. At it's start, it was used to host the 1986 Alberta Winter games. Now it boasts a campground and a day use area, as well as, walking, hiking and mountain biking trails, wildlife watching, toboganning hill, snow shoeing and cross country skiing trails and the Macleod River.

Tollerton was established as a division point along the Canadian Northern Railway. Its rail facilities included a train station, a timber water tank, an ice house, a bunk house, a steam-heated engine house, and three rail sidings with capacity to hold 249 cars. The community incorporated as the Village of Tollerton on December 27, 1913. In 1917, a decision was made to close the Canadian Northern Railway line in favour of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway through Edson to the north, resulting in the demise of Tollerton. Subsequently, the community dissolved from village status on January 26, 1918. In recent years, the Tollerton Estates subdivision has been established.

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