"Baldwin Mansion is located at Baldwin Landing. This point on the Middlesex Canal was the private wharf and basin of Colonel Loammi Baldwin (1745-1807), canal engineer, Revolutionary War officer and "father" of the Baldwin apple. The Baldwin "homestead" encompassed some 150 acres of meadows, tillage and orchards here in North Woburn. It was a tranquil country estate, with the Colonel's mansion house situated amongst the walks, shrubs and flowers of an English garden extending to the water's edge. From the "landing", Baldwin apples and other products of the farm were loaded onto canal boats for shipment to the Boston market. Great parties of guests were brought here in canal packet boats from Boston to attend Colonel Baldwin's frequent balls or dinners." (citation quoted from the Historical Commission of the City of Woburn).
Colonel Loammi Baldwin was the first Sheriff of Middlesex County under the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780; so it is
truly fitting that The Constabulary invite you to enjoy dinner
"Chinese cuisine" and caching at the BALDWIN MANSION,
Woburn, Massachusetts from 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM celebrating the MIDDLESEX CANAL MULTI-STAGE CACHE created by Bubba and Jonathan
When you arrive, please come up to the Dining Room, 2nd Floor (left at top of stairs) for cache and other information.
Planned Events during the evening:
***Uncle Bubba's Clue Cache, Thanks to Bigrock95, (cache sheets available)
***CITO: Receive a bag and return it full, Receive a ticket (one per team) for raffle. Top Prize: $20.00 GC for Sichuan Garden II
***Special Cache on Canal Thanks to Bubba Riley & Jonathan
***Experience the Middlesex Canal - Paddle a Canoe Thanks to Anniebananie, Weather permitting, Bring a PFD, if you have one.
***DASH to the Cache Thanks to Big C, Curly One and the Little Man
***Raffle and Recognitions: Please be present in the Dining Room at 8:15 PM
***Travel Bug Trading Table 2nd Floor Dining Room
***Other Activities and Caches: to be announced...stay tuned...
***Fine Dining- Table Seating, Order off "MENU", The Dining Room in the photo is "Ours" for the evening.
***Cash Bar- Beer, Wines, Cocktails and Appetizers in Dining Room- Casual Conversation area
Nearby Caches of Interest:
"Middlsex C- Reloaded"
"Middlsex C"- Archived, but alumni reminiscence welcome
"Forest Park Cache (Woburn)"
Cachers who have completed the Middlesex Canal Series:
1. Fismo, 2. Darkshade, 3. Cajetan74, 4. Waldo's Revenge, 5. Bigrock95, 6. Mountain Wanderer
7. El Fago Baca 8. Tewkstrio, 9. Theseus 10. WaldenRun, 11. BlackstoneVal, 12. Anniebananie
13. ThePetersPack, 14. Tass123 15. Geometry, 16. Munin17. Laughing Terry, 18. Capybaron
19. dono82, 20. cwren, 21. Dash-ers, 22. Trail Buzzards, 23. Bugeye59, 24. Polar Bear 2
25. Team Spoonhead, 26. Big C, the Curly One and the Little Man, 27. billthesoxfan, 28. Goldfinch593
29. Doug26, 30. Loch Cache, 31. Brian G, 32. BluEyz and Bugsy, 33. Berjr1, 34. LHollo777, 35. Geo50chevy, 36. Juneebug, 37. SRD525, 38. doublewe
Latest Team to begin the series:
FEATHERS & Sneezy- June 4
**Check out some of the logs from some previous finders of the Middlesex Canal Cache series:
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage One
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Two
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Three
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Four
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Five
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Six
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Seven
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Eight
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Nine
Middlesex Canal Cache Stage Ten
Middlesex Canal Cache Side Trip Cache
FINAL MIDDLESEX CANAL CACHE
Watch the Geocoins as they travel through the series:
Middlesex Canal Geocoin (1)
Middlesex Canal Cache Geocoin 2
Middlesex Canal Cache Geocoin 3
Websites of Interest to learn more about the Middlesex Canal
Middlesex Canal Association
Detailed Canal Map