Welcome to Hinton's First Virtual.
NOTE: To log this virtual you need to do two things:
1. Answer two questions (the answers are in the description; see instructions below on where to send answers), and
2. Post of photo taken from ground zero (or obviously nearby). You're not required to include yourself in the photo.
HINTON:
Hinton is located in Yellowhead County and is about 280KM West of the Provincial Capital of Edmonton!
The Town of Hinton was named for William P. Hinton, Vice President and General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The community was named in 1911 and remained a hamlet for the next 45 years.
Settlement in the area was scattered along a line some 12 km (7.5 mi) in length. A site along Hardisty Creek is where a First Nations group from the Jasper area had left members stricken with smallpox while the rest of the group travelled to Lac Ste. Anne to find medical aid for the smallpox epidemic which was ravaging the indigenous population. The area was thus dubbed Cache Picote (Smallpox Camp) in 1870.
In 1888, Jack Gregg established a trading post at Prairie Creek to serve travellers along the Jasper trail. The creek is now known as Muskuta Creek after an incorrect interpretation of the Cree name by white settlers. The construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway saw the establishment of a construction camp at the mouth of Prairie Creek (at the Athabasca River) in 1908. A trestle was built over the creek and is still in use by the Canadian National Railway (CNR) today.
In 1911 the Grand Trunk Pacific built a station house at mile 978 west of Winnipeg. The station was named Hinton, and the community was born.
The Canadian Northern Railway also established a station called Bliss in 1914. The Canadian Northern Railway ran north of the Grand Trunk Pacific line and the Bliss station was about 6.4 km (4 mi) east of Hinton in the Athabasca River valley. In 1916 when the Grand Trunk Pacific rail line was temporarily closed, Dalehurst became the postal station for Hinton. Entrance (formerly Dyke), another important centre to Hinton, served as its communications centre. The original community known as Entrance was so named due to its location at the entrance to Jasper Forest Park and was on the Canadian Northern rail line north of the Athabasca River. The original site of Entrance is now known as Old Entrance.
The Canadian National Railway became the owner of both the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific, and various portions of both lines were used by the new railway. The company, however, abandoned the use of the rail line through Bliss in 1926 and once again the rail line through Hinton was opened.
The population of Hinton experienced a boom during the 1930s when American entrepreneur Frank Seabolt and two partners opened the Hinton coal mine in 1931.[11] Shortly thereafter, a recession caused the population to dwindle to fewer than 100 people, but the town began to rebound in 1955 with the construction of a pulp mill. The mill brought rapid growth to Hinton and a new village was developed and was named Drinnan in 1956. The two communities amalgamated on April 1, 1957, to form the present Town of Hinton.[3] INFO VIA HINTON WIKIPEDIA
For more information about Hinton visit https://www.hinton.ca/
To Log This Cache
Answer the two questions below AND attach a picture taken at the sign to your found log.
Please email me the answers to the two questions below by accessing my geocaching profile page and using either the “Send message” or “Send e-mail” features.
Feel free to log the cache immediately, but please note: if the answers to your questions are not received in due time or the answers are incorrect and not corrected after I ask once for clarification, I will be forced to delete your log.
You'll find the answers to these questions in the cache description.
- What day was the legacy project dedicated?
- What is the name of the fifth (5th) councillor listed?
AND
3. Take a picture of the Tourism building or the Hinton Sign. Optionally, you can include yourself OR your GPSr in the picture.
Thanks for your visit! 😀
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