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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I like how this thread has gone.
Silver, let me 2nd, 3rd, maybe 4th the call for you to put together a list of "To Do's" in Calgary.
Also, sling some chocolate oranges my way please.
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Hah, after keg/garage parties, I don't have much that would impress you guys, although everything I would come up with would be better than waiting in line for an ice cream cone.
I thought this list had some good ideas on it, although starting things off with lame-ass Devonian Gardens is a bit weird:
http://www.familyfuncanada.com/calga...y-this-summer/.
I'll tell you one thing I just learned about that I'm going to check out one day in September:
The Vault. Maybe it's common knowledge, but I didn't know it existed until last week.
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The tunnel leads into the mountain to two chambers roughly 80 feet x 25 feet...The shallow caves were actually constructed by a private company, Rocky Mountain Vaults and Archives, with the intent of holding only documents… in the beginning. Rocky Mountain Vaults and Archives obtained licenses to begin constructing the vault in 1969, though it is suspected that they had started tunneling before then. The company had planned to store the country’s “most important documents” to keep them safe in the even of nuclear fallout. The vault would be climate-controlled and protected from all elements and dangers. “Built for maximum protection… against any form of destructive vice, from mildew to hydrogen bomb.” The original plans for the facility called for a system of impenetrable chambers and vaults built right into the mountain, which could THEORETICALLY have served as a redoubt for government officials in the case of an apocalypse. Regardless, what would undoubtedly have been the largest secure file storage vault of that time fell short on financing early in construction and the company went bankrupt. The project was abandoned and left as it was, only a fraction of the planned size of the original ambitious idea.
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Apparently, you can just walk into the caves and snoop around. They're in Kananaskis only like 40 minutes from Calgary and about a 1km hike off the Trans Canada. Seems pretty neat.