Who: You
What: Canada's 150th Birthday Souvenir Event
When: 9am to 10am, Saturday, July 1, 2017
Where: Behind the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center by the Antler Arch.
Why: Because it's Canada's 150th birthday party and Groundspeak's Signal the Frog is celebrating by giving all event attendees a special souvenir for your cache profile page. You "da man!", Signal (or is it "da frog?").
How: Since Noble Street is still under construction it would be easier to come from the North on the Old Steese Highway and cross the Chena River using the Wendall Street Bridge!
We are going to bring a morning snack food (Bannock, Scones, etc.).
Did you also know:
1. Canada has over 45 National Parks, many of which support geocaching! Psst in honor of Canada 150, admission to all National Parks are free in 2017, too!
2. According to the 2017 World Happiness Report, Canada is the 7th happiest country in the world.
3. Canada has the most doughnut shops in the world per capita. Maybe this is why they are so happy?
4. There are over 230,000 active geocaches in Canada. That’s a lot of adventure!
5. Canada is home to the only town in the world with not just one but two exclamation points in its name: Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
6. Over 200,000 pancakes are served during the Calgary Stampede. Perfect to go with all of the pure Canadian maple syrup, after all, Quebec is the top producer of maple syrup in the world.
7. License plates in the Northwest Territories of Canada are in the shape of a polar bear, and here at HQ, we support all things animal!
8. The oldest cache in Canada was placed less than a month after geocaching began. GCBBA is in beautiful Nova Scotia and has over 500 Favorite points!
9. The world’s first UFO landing pad was built in 1967 in St. Paul, Alberta.
10. Canada has a physics lab located 2 kilometers underground! It is the world’s second-deepest underground lab facility—just think of all of the lab caches that could be made!