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Mary, an information officer with Alberta Parks who preferred not to be named or quoted in this article, said that there is presently no existing policy on geocaching for Alberta Provincial Parks or Recreation Areas.
The pleasure of the game is in the search, which takes players to interesting areas of historic interest, natural beauty, or simply unusual locations in city parks or neighborhoods. It's a great activity to do on a walk through the woods, a bike ride down country roads, or a Sunday afternoon drive with the family.
Since provincial parks are popular nature areas, it's not surprising to find geocaches in Alberta's provincial parks and recreation areas.
For example, there are approximately 25 geocaches within 10 km of Pigeon Lake Provincial Park, many of them on the historic Kiskayo Trail.
Parks and protected areas regulations protect natural
Finding Geocaches in Alberta Provincial Parks
The Alberta Plan For Parks notes that the province eventually plans to
To locate caches in Alberta Provincial Parks, go to the site Geocaching.com (there are other cache sites, but they contain little Canadian data). Follow these steps:
Geocaching is a relatively recent hobby that involves the use of a hand-held GPSr (Global Positioning System Receiver, generally referred to as a GPS) to track down hidden containers filled with small items for collecting or trading.
Select "Hide & Seek a Cache".In the "Seek" frame, enter the provincial park name in the "by Address" field.Set the distance to a short distance (5 or 10 miles) depending on the area to be covered.Click the "Go" control.
the operation of motorized vehicles,geocaching,horseback riding,hunting/outfitting,climbing and other activities."
Inherently a non-intrusive activity – the caches are small and non-destructive, and locations are not made widely public.Low-impact – geocachers are generally concerned about "leaving a small footprint"Environmentally friendly – as evidenced by CITO (Cache-in, Trash out) events.
For information on downloading the coordinates and information about the caches, please consult class="dynamic">General Usage Policies for Alberta Provincial Parks and Geocaching
At present, geocaching is governed by the general usage policy for provincial parks.
Alberta Parks Official Policy on Geocaching – None
"Identify and develop opportunities for responsible and safe recreation within parks. This includes investing in existing facilities and/or developing new facilities. It also involves creating operational policies to guide the use of parks, such as
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The document contains no schedule for the development of these operational policies
She noted that policies are developed on a need basis, and the department has not yet seen a need to develop policy or regulations governing geocaching in Alberta provincial parks, recreation areas [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or protected areas. She gave as reasons the fact that geocaching is
Senior Program/Policy Planner Sandra Myers of the Parks Division [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], told Suite101 that "Parks is currently working with interim policy guidelines for approving any geocache that is requested on provincial parks lands and within the last 12 months have approved over 100 requests."