Difference between revisions of "Slave Lake, Alberta"

Latest revision as of 11:37, 20 March 2024

Aerial view of the southern portion of the Slave Lake graticule

the Slave Lake, Alberta graticule is at 55, -114. There's Slave Lake, which has a small airport, and a highway. And there's part of Lesser Slave Lake. And mosquitoes. And bears. Also there is better Google Maps imagery for Ulaanbaator, Mongolia than for Slave Lake. Compare for yourself.

Activities

If you are lucky enough to be in this graticule in mid-July, you can attend the Alberta Open Sandsculpture Championships.

Expeditions

2008-08-15 - Unsuccessful expedition by Robyn.
2008-08-16 - Robyn gets to within 0.22 nm of the geohash.
2008-08-21 - Robyn goes all the way.
2008-08-24 - Robyn and ICWB do it again.
2008-08-26 - Robyn makes it a hat trick, without ICWB.
2008-08-29 - Another air hash from Robyn.

Notable Events

2008-08-19 - The hash is right on a road but it's 75 km away.
2008-08-21 - First successful geohash in the graticule.

The Slave Lake, Alberta graticule (55 -114) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of August 2008 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 4 successful expeditions.

Robyn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (55, -114) graticule, here, on 2008-08-21.

Local Geohashers

Robyn was here for the month of August 2008.
ICWB remains here, but will not geohash again.

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+[[Image:SlaveLake.JPG|thumb|400px|Aerial view of the southern portion of the Slave Lake graticule]]
 {{graticule
-|map = <map lat="55" lon="-114" />
+   | lat= 55
-|nw  = mosquitoes
+   | lon= -114
-|n   = bears
+   | nw = [[Red Earth Creek, Alberta|Red Earth Creek]]
-|ne  = mosquitoes
+   | n  = [[Trout Lake, Alberta|Trout Lake]]
-|w   = [[Utikuma Lake, Alberta|Utikuma Lake]]
+   | ne = [[Chipewyan Lake, Alberta|Chipewyan Lake]]
-|e   = Calling Lake
+   | w  = [[Utikuma Lake, Alberta|Utikuma Lake]]
-|sw  = [[Whitecourt, Alberta|Whitecourt]]
+   | name = [[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake]]
-|s   = [[Barrhead, Alberta|Barrhead]]
+   | e  = [[Calling Lake, Alberta|Calling Lake]]
-|se  = [[Athabaska, Alberta|Athabaska]]
+   | sw = [[Whitecourt, Alberta|Whitecourt]]
-| graticule_name=Slave Lake
+   | s  = [[Barrhead, Alberta|Barrhead]]
+   | se = [[Athabasca, Alberta|Athabasca]]
 }}
+the {{PAGENAME}} [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=55|lon=-114|text=55, -114}}. There's Slave Lake, which has a small airport, and a highway. And there's part of Lesser Slave Lake. And mosquitoes. And bears. Also there is better Google Maps imagery for Ulaanbaator, Mongolia than for Slave Lake. Compare for yourself.
-[[Image:SlaveLake.JPG|thumb|400px|left|Aerial view of the southern portion of the Slave Lake graticule]]
-The {{PAGENAME}} [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=55&long=-114&zoom=9&abs=-1 55, -114]. There's Slave Lake, which has a small airport, and a highway. And there's part of Lesser Slave Lake. And mosquitoes. And bears.
 == Activities ==
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 *[[2008-08-15 55 -114|2008-08-15]] - Unsuccessful expedition by [[User:Robyn|Robyn]].
 *[[2008-08-16 55 -114|2008-08-16]] - Robyn gets to within 0.22 nm of the geohash.
+*[[2008-08-21 55 -114|2008-08-21]] - [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] goes all the way.
+*[[2008-08-24 55 -114|2008-08-24]] - [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] and [[Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|ICWB]] do it again.
+*[[2008-08-26 55 -114|2008-08-26]] - [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] makes it a hat trick, without [[User:Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|ICWB]].
+*[[2008-08-29 55 -114|2008-08-29]] - Another air hash from [[User:Robyn|Robyn]].
 == Notable Events ==
+*2008-08-19 - The hash is '''right on a road''' but it's 75 km away.
+*[[2008-08-21 55 -114|2008-08-21]] - First successful geohash in the graticule.
+{{most active graticule
+    | graticule = Slave Lake, Alberta
+    | coordinates = 55 -114
+    | month = August 2008
+    | reached = true
+    | count = 4
+}}
+{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 55 | longitude = -114 | date = 2008-08-21 | name = [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]|image = 2008-08-21.Grin.JPG}}
 == Local Geohashers ==
-[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] is here for the month of August 2008. It's going to be a lucky day that I get to a geohash.
+*[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] was here for the month of August 2008.
+*[[User:Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|ICWB]] remains here, but will not geohash again.
 [[Category:Alberta]]
-[[Category:Inactive Graticules]]
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
+[[Category:Unlocked graticules]]

Red Earth Creek	Trout Lake	Chipewyan Lake
Utikuma Lake	Slave Lake	Calling Lake
Whitecourt	Barrhead	Athabasca
Today's location: not yet announced