The Lethbridge Full Moon series has been set up to honour the rich folk history of ghosts and hauntings in Lethbridge. They are being released in time for the second full moon of October 2020, which falls on October 31st. This cache is available day or night, but for your best chance at seeing or feeling a ghostly presence, the whole series can be undertaken at night, preferably during the full moon. Use your common sense (and your sixth sense) to stay safe, and bring a buddy.
Each cache in the series will give you a clue to solve the final mystery cache (link to cache once I have it)
This cache takes you to the grave of 17-year-old Henry Stafford, who died of typhoid in 1883.
"Henry Stafford’s grave still stands in Indian Battle Park. Henry’s is the only marked grave in the park, but research suggests that at least three other graves rest in the park." (quote from the Galt Museum's Teacher Guide to Mountainview Cemetery)
But while you're down here, see if you can feel any other spirits around. Maybe the ghost of Nicholas Sheran?
From Belinda Crowson's blog, October 20, 2009:
"Nicholas Sheran...drowned in the Oldman River in 1882. His body was never recovered. Someone asked if there was a ghost story with him. The story I've heard is that there are reports of a grey ghost, dripping wet, seen walking through Indian Battle Park. I can only assume that the ghost is meant to be Nicholas Sheran (especially the dripping wet)."
Finally, this is the location of the Battle of Belly River, which is how this park was named.
"This was one of the bloodiest Indian battles ever recorded in Albertan history. The Blackfoot Confederacy gained a hard-won victory, while the Iron Confederacy suffered a devastating defeat. All told, the Blackfoot had about 90 casualties (40 dead and 50 wounded), while the Cree lost between 200-300 warriors. About a year after the battle, in 1871, the Cree sent tobacco to the Blackfoot as a peace offering, and in the fall of that year, the chiefs of the two rival nations met on the shores of the Red Deer River to make a formal treaty of peace. Although the Blackfoot and Cree, in spite of this formal peace, continued to engage in minor skirmishes for the next sixteen years, the Battle of Belly River remained the last major battle between them, and indeed was the last great inter-tribal Indian battle in the world." From the blog of Hammerson Peter