You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches Waverley West Micro by burchil (1.5/2.5) (Archived) N49° 48.211  W97° 12.106 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 629395  N 5518336 Use waypoint: GCRQV3 Size: Micro    Hidden on 12/26/2005 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:   *No attributes specified*

This cache is hidden on the north side of what will be a new Winnipeg subdivision (Waverley West). You can find out more about this subdivision on the City of Winnipeg WWW site http://www.winnipeg.ca/interhom/WaverleyWest/. Just to the north of this area there may be an addition to the TransCanada trail along an old CP rail line. The trail is on the north side of a large drainage ditch so it will not be much help getting to the cache.

Getting to the cache may be a little work as the closest drive/parking currently is roughly 1km away in any direction. Finding the micro should be easy once you have made it to the point. I have placed a plastic 'lock-n-lock' container below the micro for exchange items. The exchange container will not be winter friendly.

In the winter use snowshoes/skies, in the summer you can walk. There may be trails in the summer but I would not suggest driving unless you are in a tractor - and then you might have some explaining to do. Some of the fields are still under cultivation - go around the edge.

There are several routes that you can take to the point.

• East: There is a golf course along the power transmission lines (Towers Golf and driving range). This is a 9 hole public course. The cache is not on the course.
• West: Park on the side of Brady Road and walk in along the transmission lines.
• North: You might treat this route as a multi. There is apparently a hole in the fence through a vacant lot located at N49 48.248 W97 12.567. The distance to the cache is only .55 km. In the summer if you go this route you will have to cross a large drainage ditch. Alternatively park near the Dairy Queen near the corner of Scurfield and Kenaston, or across from the S. Wpg Technical College and walk in around the end of the ditch. In both cases take note of parking restrictions!

The mico cache contains only a log book and a mini-FTF certificate. The exchange container started with several hotwheels, reflective tape, bicycle pedal reflectors, and magnifying glass.

Since the cache is in a little grove of aspen I thought I would give you some additional information about this common and interesting tree known in my circles as Populus tremuloides. It is the widest ranging tree species in N. America (Alaska to Newfoundland/Labrador, south to Baja in Mexico and from sea level to 10,000 feet in the rockies). Aspens are clonal and large portions of an aspen stand or forest may actually be the same tree. Because they are clonal some scientists believe that some clones represent the largest living trees on the planet and possibly the oldest (since the individual is not actually dead until all of the interconnected clones are dead). Clones as big as 50,000 stems covering 200 acres have been found. One clone in Minnesota was aged at 8,000 years. You can often determine a single clone in the spring or fall as all of the stems leaf out, or turn colour at the same time. On a side note the winner for largest organism actually goes to a mushroom called Armillaria ostoyae living under Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon. The largest tree (with a single stem) goes to the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum).