Sails, Rails and Tails is your summer destination for history, culture and geocaching adventures! Come out and join us on July 9, 2016 in Cold Lake, AB. for an adventure beyond your wildest dreams. The WestCan tradition continues in Cold Lake with WestCan6. WestCan is a Canadian legacy series of Mega Events that support rural economic development in Western Canada.

Energy Centre at 7825-51 Street, Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 0B6 Phone: 780-639-6400.

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Event Schedule

Wed. July 6, 2016

• Fort George – (GC)
• Elk Point – (GC)
• Glendon-Perogy Building – (GC)

Thursday – July 7, 2016

• St. Paul Museum Geo-Mystery-Tour – GC6DYQA
• The ALIENS are here!!! – GC6DYXG
• Bonnyville Rodeo Challenge – Thursday Afternoon – (GC)
• Muriel Creek Cattle Co. – (GC)

Friday – July 8, 2016

• Fire Hall – (GC)
• Cold Lake Museum – (GC)
• Fish Hatchery – (GC)
• SRT Pre-registration – GC6B2TB
• Midnight Caching – (GC)
• Cold Lake First Nations – (GC)

Saturday – July 9, 2106

• 10:00 am – Sails, Rails & Tails Mega Event (GC5ZFA4) Opening Ceremony, Registration, Mega Mall & Displays open, Official Logbook signing and event day activities commence.
  • Get your name tags, lanyards, swag bags, and other prepaid merchandise such as event coins, t-shirts and supper tickets.
  • Trackable exchange table
  • Signal the Frog
  • Free WiFi
  • Geo bingo (completed Geo bingo prize draw at 11:30am for kids, 4:15pm for adults).
• 10:00 – 2:00 – Kids GeoZone Open
• • 10:00-4:00 – Bouncy Castle
  • 11:00-1:00 – Face Painting open for all ages
  • 1-3:30 – Kids T-shirt designing Workshop
• 11:00 – Seminars begin
  • 11:00 – Unique Caches with SigShark
  • Time TBA – Wherigo’s
  • Time 11:00 – Geocaching 101 with GeoGuider
  • Time TBA – Ask the Reviewer with Cache Effect
• 3:30-4:00 Cloggers
• 4:00-5:00pm Closing Ceremonies
• 5:00pm Group Picture (After Closing Ceremonies)
• 5:30-7:00 Dinner
• 7:00 – 9:30pm – SRT Tri-Town Geocoin Event – GC6CD08

Sunday – July 10, 2016

• 9:00-11:00 – Pancake Breakfast – GC6CZP3
• 11:00-11:30 – SRT CITO – GC6B2RT
• 12:00-2:00 SRT Kayak/Canoe Event – GC6D6M5
• 7:00 – 8:00pm – SRT Tall Tales Satellite Event – GC6B2T6

Lab Caches!

Yes, there will be lab caches. Also known as “Geocaching Adventures”, the 10 caches in our series will become available closer to the date of the Mega event.