Bowmont Park - Calgary Parks 100 Traditional Cache
Red90: I finally got down to check. The large log it was under is no longer in the vicinity. I had a bit of a search, but no luck.
Bowmont Park - Calgary Parks 100
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Calgary Parks 100 Project
Calgary Area Cachers teaming up with The City of Calgary
Parks
Celebrating Calgary Parks 100th Anniversary!
Bowmont Park is a natural environment park lying along the northern
bank of the Bow River in the northwest part of the city. The park
was created in the early 1980s and occupies about 164 hectares. The
name is a contraction of the names of the nearby communities of
Bowness and Montgomery. The cache in within an on leash area.
Please stick to the main pathways.
Read the geological history of Calgary on the "walls" of this park.
Bowmont contains a steep cliff face that illustrates several
chapters of the city's geological history. You can also see an
unusual, spongy-looking, geological formation called "tufa."
Associated with the tufa is a three-metre-high waterfall. Near the
waterfall is a scenic lookout over the Bow River Valley. This park
provides an opportunity to experience a mature riverine forest with
its abundance of flora and fauna.
At the top of the cliff face, you can see a thin layer of soil.
This is the rich soil that nurtures the grasslands and crops that
are so important in the European history of this area. Under the
soil are 18 metres of sediment that were deposited on the bottom of
Glacial Lake Calgary. The lake was formed as the last glaciers
melted but the runoff was blocked by an ice dam further down the
Bow River Valley.
Below the sediments lies the bedrock called the Porcupine Hills
Formation. This bedrock was formed about 65 million years ago.When
water percolates down from the surface, through the sediments it
absorbs calcium carbonate. As it strikes the bedrock it flows
sideways and exits out the side of the valley resulting in the
falls in Waterfall Valley. The water then deposits the calcium
carbonate on the algae covered rocks, producing the tufa.
Two sections of the park have undergone major changes. One area was
used for agriculture and commercial greenhouses and the other for a
gravel pit and concrete plant. These areas are being restored to a
natural environment.
The Calgary Parks 100 Project is a partnership between the City of
Calgary Parks, and the Calgary Area Cachers to celebrate Calgary
Parks 100th anniversary. Calgary Parks has supplied cache
containers and swag for 100 caches, and the we have placed these
100 caches in 100 parks around Calgary. These caches have some cool
swag and trackables when placed, so make sure to find them as soon
as they are published.
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