The word Osoyoos is derived from the Sylx'tsn word suius ((pronounced soo-yoos) which translates to "place where two lakes meet". Osoyoos Lake stretches from the city of Oroville, Washington north to the town of Osoyoos, British Columbia in Canada. Osoyoos lake is 11 miles long with 6.5 of those miles in Canada. The lake was formed when the last ice age ice sheet retreated leaving the melted glacier water to form Osoyoos Lake. In Canada, Osoyoos Lake is known as the warmest lake in Canada and a favorite summer recreation spot.
The cache is not near the lake, but closer to the boat launch parking area. The hint should help you zoom into GZ.
In September 2002, a group of 19 concerned geocachers scheduled a meeting after hearing that the Washington State Parks was considering banning geocaches in the state park system. Out of this meeting, the Washington State Geocaching Association (WSGA) was "born" with its core values of promoting geocaching as a fun, family-oriented outdoor activity that increases awareness and appreciation of the environment and our parks and trails, provide opportunities for participants to enjoy geocaching and to socialize with other geocaches, educate park systems and land managers about geocaching and its benefits, increase awareness and support of the geocaching through interaction with other outdoor groups and the public, encourage low-impact geocaching and promote stewardship of our natural resources, and support "Cache In Trash Out" activities to help maintain parks and trail systems.
In 2022, the WSGA turns 20 years young. To celebrate this milestone, the WSGA is hosting a 20th-anniversary GeoTour. This GeoTour will give you the opportunity to travel to all corners of the Evergreen State while you search for 140 GeoTour caches. To make it easier to tackle such a large GeoTour, each of our 7 regional chapters will host a bite-sized GeoTour consisting of 20 GeoTour caches with the entire GeoTour consisting of 140 caches. To learn more about our GeoTour, please visit the GeoTour page on our website which you can find HERE. We hope that you enjoy getting back out on the road while touring around Washington State. If you have any questions about our GeoTour, you can reach out to us via the contact tab on our website.
