CACHE WAS A CANNONBALL. Tree and cannonball removed replaced with a sign for now
Lodged at the base of the trunk, it purportedly landed here during the War of 1759 and over the years became firmly embraced by the tree
. To log this cache, you must find Cache and post a picture of yourself with
the sign of the cannon ball
. LA CACHE EST UN BOULET DE CANON! Selon la légende, ce boulet se serait logé à la base de cet arbre lors de la bataille de 1759. Avec les années, il en est devenu prisonnier. Pour inscrire votre découverte, vous devrez trouver la cache et annexer une photo avec votre GPS devant la cache.
UPDATE 2021 A tenacious myth Urban legend has it that the cannonball in question was launched by an English ship in 1759 and that it fell near the tree
. According to this conception, it was natural to believe that the tree was there before the cannonball. Since 2005, specialists have known that the opposite has happened, recalled historian Jean-Marie Lebel. Indeed, we have found photos of the rue Saint-Louis dating from 1900 where we see a ball, but no tree.
It would therefore be around 100 years old in reality. The ball, meanwhile, is not really one. Rather, it is an explosive which, according to the theory of historians, was placed with others along the rue du Corps-de-Garde by soldiers towards the end of the 19th century, as a backstop. The British Army did indeed have a house nearby.
Logically, the soldiers emptied the hollow object of powder before installing it there. If any traces remain, the residue has undoubtedly been contaminated by the weather. The risk of explosion is therefore considered practically non-existent.