Welcome to Ponoka!!
The name Ponoka is Blackfoot for "elk",which is the animal depicted in the town flag. In the 2016 census, the Town of Ponoka recorded a population of 7,229.
The community originated in 1891 as a delivery point along the Calgary-Edmonton Trail. When the CPR arrived in 1895, the town site was known simply as "Siding 14" until an unknown railway employee wrote the name Ponoka on a sign to identify the community. Ponoka was incorporated as a town in 1904 and grew as settlers arrived from Eastern Canada and the American Midwest. The diversity of our citizens' nationality, backgrounds, and age, are instrumental in cultivating our local heritage.
Enjoy your time in our beatiful community and take in the many sights and activities. Please visit www.ponoka.ca to see what is happening in/around town. Please be careful removing the cache and return it to the exact state you found it in. Stealth will be paramount when visting this location due to the volume of traffic in this area.
As all geocachers are aware of, please cache in and garbage out to help keep this area clean and beautiful. September 2022, I have now placed another cache container at this location due to the previous 2 containers being removed/stolen. PLEASE RETURN CACHE TO EXACT LOCATION IT WAS PLACED