Author Archives: Nezgar

6 Months Until Living Skies 2014!

We are all getting very excited as July 19th gets closer!  Living Skies 2014 – WestCan 4 is officially only 6 months away! Planning is revving up, and the EPOC is in the midst of organizing geocache hides, satellite events, … Continue reading

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Saskatchewan Feature – Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park

Looming high above the prairie in Southwest Saskatchewan are the Cypress Hills.  These hills rise to the highest elevation between the Rocky mountains and Labrador. It is Canada’s first and only interprovincial park, straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, with a … Continue reading

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Local Highlight – Seager Wheeler Farm

While in Rosthern, check out the nearby Seager Wheeler Farm – designated by the Government of Canada as a place of national historic significance. This farm is being restored to its 1919 state, and is the site where Wheeler the … Continue reading

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Local Highlight: Riverlands Heritage Region Driving Tour

Be wowed by Saskatchewan’s largest tree (nearly 5 meters in circumference), the beautiful aspen parkland, and the North Saskatchewan river valley.  Check out Doukhobor villages and caves, the Fort Carlton trail, cemeteries, schools, beautiful murals, and an armillary. As you … Continue reading

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Scenic Saskatchewan Sunday – Rosthern

A Pretty scene in Rosthern, the host town of the Living Skies 2014 Mega Event. As of January 2014, there aren’t many geocaches in the area, but that’s about to change…big time!

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Featured Geocache – Sask-cache-one

Today we are featuring Saskatchewan’s very first geocache, GC14F – Sask-cache-one. This cache was placed on January 7th, 2001, by Donovan Onishenko.  It has held up very well, as it is a classic ammo can.

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Podcacher Feature

Our recent interview with KenJamin about Canada’s Oldest Unfound Geoache has been featured on today’s episode of Podcacher! Check out Episode 452.0! Congratulations on the feature KenJamin, and many thanks to Sonny and Sandy for spreading the word.  We can’t … Continue reading

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Local Highlight – Hepburn Museum of Wheat

One of the well-known icons of the Canadian Prairies is the old style grain elevator, or “Prairie Sentinel”.   These are sadly rapidly disappearing from Saskatchewan’s landscape.  A satellite event is being planned at the Hepburn Museum of Wheat, which … Continue reading

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Scenic Saskatchewan Sunday – Condie Nature Refuge

This is the first in our weekly series featuring scenic areas of Saskatchewan to help you get an idea of what to expect on your visit. We will also feature a few nearby geocaches in order to help you if … Continue reading

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Local Highlight – Batoche National Historic Site of Canada

A Satellite event is being planned to take place at Batoche, a National Historic Site of Canada.  In cooperation with us, Parks Canada will be allowing new physical geocaches on-site in conjunction with the Mega event.  This opportunity to experience … Continue reading

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