Omar the Great Traditional Cache
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Yes, this is one of those dreaded micro-caches. You know the kind,
too small to leave anything and requiring that you bring your own
writing tools! PLEASE NOTE! OMAR WAS FORCED TO FIND A NEW HOME
SINCE A TROLL SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN OVER HIS. HE IS STILL CLOSE BY,
SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO WADING IN THE WATER OR WANDER OVER TO THE
TRACKS.
Once upon a time, not that long ago, there were three communities
(Michel, Natal, and Middletown) that once lined the Michel Creek
area in south eastern British Columbia. Michel (1901), Natal
(1907), and Middletown (19??) ceased to exist after the British
Columbia government proposed the demolition of the communities in
1964. Most of the people in the area moved to nearby Sparwood.
Since its development in 1939, Sparwood was set apart from the
nearby communities of Natal, Michel, and Middletown. When the
Crow’s Nest Coal Company (CNP Coal) built Sparwood, its intent was
to create a clean environment for its mine managers. The coke ovens
built in Michel were notoriously dirty, billowing out smoke and
soot 24 hours a day. The houses in the area looked dirty, the paint
was allowed to chip and peel, and the nearby “tar creek” was filled
with coal waste from the tipple. From its inception, Sparwood was
to be clean and quiet, a feasible exercise as it was located five
kilometres upwind from the mines and coking ovens of Michel, Natal,
and Middletown.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Srryvat sraprq va jvgu n gebyy univat gnxra hc erfvqrapr va uvf orybirq ubzr, Bzne cnpxrq uvf ontf, naq uvtu gnvyrq vg gb n fnsre ybpnyr.
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