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GCM5VB

Traditional CacheSt. Jacobs Mill Race

A cache by Group_w and ZübercacherZ     Hidden: 11/28/2004

Size: Size: Regular (Regular)     Difficulty: 2 out of 5     Terrain: 1 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In Ontario, Canada

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The Cache is on the St. Jacobs Mill Race Trail, which is an easy to navigate trail.
As the name suggests, the trail follows the 'high water' canal way leading to the old St. Jacobs mill, which now is a retail outlet for various local artisans!!

You can park at: N43 32.449 W80 33.351

If you come in the evening, just before dark, you're likely to see numerous Muskrats that raid the farmer’s cornfield to the north, for food. At this time of the year (November), there are large 'floats' of 'tree limbs' and 'corn stalks', which I presume to be the 'winter larder'. Even if you don't see the muskrats, it is hard to miss the trails they make, from the field to the 'mill race'.

If you continue East on the trail a short distance, you'll find the source of the mill race, a weir on the Conestogo River. From this location we've observed (to the North) the Flying Dutchmen remote control airplanes performing aerial stunts. This was quite entertaining.
BTW: Other caches, may be closer then you think!!
This is NOT a "small" cache!

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

orfvqr n fghzc(Decrypted Hints)

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Found it275     Didn't find it12     Write note13     Temporarily Disable Listing1     Enable Listing1     Needs Maintenance2     Update Coordinates2     

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 February 2 by intrepidca (413 found)
My GPS took me to the wrong fghzc, so I had to expand my search before finding it. TFTC!

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 January 23 by The Mountain Goats (264 found)
Visiting the Wandering Minstrels who suggested this cache. The June Babes and Baby Minstrel were game too! Beautiful winter day and lovely trail.

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 December 27, 2009 by PaddlinMad (443 found)
Found it with the hint and got the lid open with a bit of coaxing. T=hockey stick pen L=Paul Bunyan wooden nickel. Wonderful walk and met several friendly people, maybe even the previous finder and her geodog : )

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 December 27, 2009 by Murr'nRed (86 found)
A wonderful successful evening. Got bored sitting at home so I gave the kids supper preparation instructions...grabbed the geodog and GPS and out we went. What a lovely 2.4 KM hike we took in a lovely snowfall. Just like someone shook the snow globe. Easy walk, easy find. Thanks for the exercise! Cache took some determined effort to get it opened. SL. Took TB and LN.
AND the BEST Part....
Got home and supper was ready! Thanks Kids.


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 November 22, 2009 by luk-e-lookr (10 found)
Another beautiful Nov. day, good thing as this was a longer walk than expected. Great trail though, lots of wildlife and the family loved the snake we found. Quick find once we got there, very busy trail. Left the guiness TB.

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 10:44:20 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (6:44 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 2/2/2010 6:54:39 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (2:54 AM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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