GC53P4B SG066 - Mrs. Mike (Traditional Cache) in Alberta, Canada created by SmithGeocaching

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Hidden : 4/28/2014

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Geocache Description:

This cache is located in what as known as the Soda Flats area. It is accessable by foot, ATV or horse. You may be able to drive to this area on a good day. The ground is relatively good. It could be a significant hike if you are walking the loop around in the trails.

A book was written in 1947 entitled, Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Mars Freedman. It is set in the Canadian Wilderness in the early 1900’s. It is based on the stories of Bostonian Katherine Mary O’Fallon Flannigan. Its fictionalized account tells of her travel to Calgary, AB to stay with an uncle while recovering from pleurisy. She meets and marries Sergeant Mike Flannigan of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. They are first stationed in Hudson’s Hope BC and later move to Grouard. Although there are discrepancies in the novel it portrays life in Northern B.C. and Alberta at the time. On their way north towards Hudson’s Hope their path would have passed by Mirror Landing. In their time in Grouard any member of the community traveling towards Edmonton or Athabasca would have also followed the route that passed by our community. When she leaves Mike towards the end of the book she rides part way on train. I believe this would have been the new tracks laid to the west of the Lesser Slave River. Travelers going north to Lesser Slave Lake and beyond would have all traveled this route until Highway 44 was put in in 1948. To have all of their stories of where they came from and why they were going to their destination would be truly fascinating. Our community will continue to put the pieces together to establish the importance of our community in the history of Alberta and Canada.

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