STAR L08: Fish Lake Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/9/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is part of the 2018 Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge. If you are participating in this GeoChallenge be sure to download and print your STAR Passport and find other helpful resources at STAR Challenge and get started today.
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This cache is placed and maintained by Blue Meanie.

This area starts the Columbia Plateau Trail. The rail bed was constructed by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Company in the early 1900s. That line's successor, the Burlington Northern Company abandoned the line in 1987, paving the way for the state to acquire 130 miles of right-of-way, from milepost 235.0 near East Pasco to milepost 365.0 near South Cheney, in 1991. State Park management began in 1992. Standing remnants of the trail's railroad past include the historic Burr Canyon trestle built in 1908.

Fish Lake itself occupies a basin surrounded by steep-sided mountains. The basin was formed when a section of land lying between fault lines along the base of the Mytoge Mountain on the south, and Fish Lake Hightop to the north dropped. The down-drop block is called a graben. The graben was not formed by a sudden shift of the earth’s crust, but was the result of movement along both faults over a period of many millions of years. Water trapped on the surface of the graben created Fish Lake, thus Fish Lake owes it existence to geological forces deep within the earth.
Parking beyond the cache requires a Discovery Pass. For those with a pass, there is bathrooms available here.


This cache is part of the 2018 Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge. Spokane has a strong history as a major train hub, and in many ways still is. The STAR Challenge will take geocachers on an adventure, finding caches in places significant to railroads past and present. You will visit locations featuring retired train cars, streetcar rails, bridges, graves and rail yards. Successful completion of the STAR Challenge is rewarded with a trackable Geocoin.
  • All caches begin with the series name STAR: followed by a location-specific name so they are easy to search. We also made a STAR Bookmark of the caches.
  • To qualify for a Geocoin, find the code word or stamp in each geocache and record it on your passport.
  • Visit STAR Challenge and get started today.
    to find the challenge rules, a printable STAR Passport and map view of qualifying caches.

The Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge is sponsored by Cache Advance, and by donation from local cachers. We hope you enjoy!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur vf ybttnoyr naq cynprq ebnqfvqr (ntnvafg gerr).

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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