A small loc 'n loc with a log book, pencil, and trade items for the kids just outside of the building currently home to the Wynyard & District Museum, open 1-5 daily from June 1-August 31, but the cache is outside accessible 24/7.
The museum shows the early settlement of the Quill Lakes Region with a collection of photos revealing the harsh realities of homesteading in the early early 1900s, household items, clothing, and sports paraphernalia. Named "II" because the previous cache listing (GC3YBXF) was archived as host was moved from it's previous location at the old schoolhouse closer to the highway, but we found the host at the museum's new location in town, and the original container was still present!
The first pioneers in the area were Icelanders who began arriving around 1904-05. These were soon followed by settlers of British, Ukrainian, and Polish origins. The community grew rapidly, reaching a population of 1,000 around 1930 and developing into the largest service centre in the surrounding agricultural district, which today produces wheat, barley, oats, canola, flax, lentils, and durum. Todays population is over 2,000.
Wynyard hails itself as the "Chicken Capital of the World" because the Wynyard Division of Lilydale Poultry Products supplies chicken to all the Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets across western Canada.
Source: Museums Association of Canada