Edmonton is a great city and we should all be very proud to live and cache here!!
I was born in Edmonton at the U of A Hospital. I think even Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it: “Born at the U of A” . . . or maybe I’ve got the words mixed up. Hahaha! Anyway, Edmonton really is a great city though and I think sometimes we forget that so in honour of the Great One’s statue near GZ, I came up with a list of 99 great things about Edmonton. It is not in any particular order and it is prunobably missing a few things so feel free to mention anything in your log that I may have missed.
This cache has been placed near the Gretzky statue’s new resting spot beside Rogers Place so I’m sure this will become a spot that is near and dear to Edmontonians. It will also be very busy at times so you will have to use extra stealth when retrieving it and replacing it. The cache is a black magnetic nano behind Gretzky. If there are a lot of muggles then please be very careful to find the cache without drawing attention to yourself. Have fun!!
99 Great things about Edmonton
1. River Valley and trail system
2. Alberta’s capital city
3. Folk Fest
4. Taste of Edmonton
5. The Fringe
6. Heritage Days
7. Street Performers Fesitval
8. Klondike Days
9. Funicular
10. Sourdough Raft Race
11. Dragon Boat Festival
12. Edmonton International Film Festival
13. The Works
14. Whyte Avenue
15. Oilers
16. Edmonton Eskimos
17. The Prospects
18. Muttart Conservatory
19. Citadel Theatre
20. The Jubilee Auditorium
21. Fort Edmonton
22. The U of A
23. NAIT
24. Grant MacEwan
25. Valley Zoo
26. Telus World of Science
27. Alberta Legislature Building
28. Art Gallery
29. The Winspear Centre
30. John Janzen Nature Centre
31. Rogers Place
32. China Town
33. Little Italy
34. Princess Theatre
35. Walterdale Theatre
36. Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market
37. Hotel Macdonald
38. Gibson Block
39. Hawrelak Park
40. Laurier Park
41. MacKinnon Ravine Park
42. Emily Murphy Park
43. Victoria Park
44. Walterdale Park and Kinsmen Park
45. Nellie McClung Park
46. Forest Heights Park
47. Dawson Park and Kinnaird Park
48. Henrietta Muir Edwards Park
49. Rundle Park
50. Jackie Parker Park
51. Mill Creek Park
52. Buena Vista Park
53. Terwillegar Park
54. Hermitage Park
55. Capilano Park
56. Gold Bar Park and Tiger Goldstick Park
57. Government House Park
58. Borden Park
59. Coronation Park
60. Louise McKinney Riverfront Park and Chinese Garden
61. Candycane Lane
62. Halloween Alley
63. Rice Howard Way
64. Purple city
65. birthplace of the wave
66. CARW
67. 18 hours of daylight caching time in June
68. Green onion cakes
69. WEM
70. Alligator free ponds
71. Close to Jasper and Banff
72. The Edmonton Queen riverboat
73. High Level Bridge street car
74. Edmonton Ski Club
75. Rabbit Hill Snow Resort
76. Snow Valley Ski Hill
77. Rainbow Valley Campground
78. Whitemud Creek Ravine
79. Mill Creek Ravine
80. walking to T5 island caches in the winter
81. Geotrails in the snow
82. No mosquitoes in the winter (or at least fewer)
83. Winston Churchill Square
84. Royal Alberta Museum
85. Neon Sign Museum
86. U of A Botanic Garden
87. Alberta Railway Museum
88. Alberta Aviation Museum
89. John Walter Museum
90. Rutherford House
91. Commonwealth Stadium
92. Shaw Conference Centre
93. Saville Community Sports Centre
94. The Butterdome
95. Kinsmen Centre and Queen Elizabeth Pool
96. Pets in the Park
97. 5 Stanley Cups (and counting)
98. 14 Grey Cups (and counting)
99. #99 played here