We attended the launch of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada Centennial Geocaching Program on Friday June 10th in Sidney BC. Approximately 30 local geocachers were in attendance to hear the official announcement from Robyn Sealy, Park Interpreter, and to get advance notice of the caches that were about to be released to the public in honour of their Centennial Celebration in 2011. At the moment, all caches in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve are being hidden by the Parks Canada staff for our enjoyment.
Parks Canada has created two Geocaching Loops; one is The Gulf Islands Survivor Challenge and the other is The Gulf Islands National Park Reserve Top Ten.
There are passports to record your geocache visits available for download here a well as through the geocaching.com geocache listings:
The Survivor Challenge cache located in McDonald Campground in Sidney, was found by many of the geocachers attending the event. The remaining Survivor Challenge caches are located in Prior Centennial Campground on Pender Island, Winter Cove on Saturna Island and along the loop trail on Sidney Island.
The Top Ten Challenge caches, for the more adventurous types, are located on Sidney, Saturna and Pender Islands.
Once you have completed your passport, bring it to the Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney, BC to receive a commemorative trackable geocoin designed and produced especially for BC Parks by Landsharkz.ca! If you aren’t able to get to the Discovery Centre, you can also redeem your passport by mail and your coin will be mailed to you. Limit 1 coin per family as they are rather rare!
GINPR GEOCOIN - DESIGN AND PRODUCTION BY LANDSHARKZ.CA
You will find geocaching programs at many other National Parks across Canada – from Grasslands to Fundy and points in between, they’re all getting in on the fun! Have a great summer geocaching in our National Parks! CHRIS AND HELEN
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