North Grenville Parks: Bishop’s Mills Community Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/7/2006
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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At the south-west corner of the Municipality of North Grenville is the hamlet of Bishop’s Mills. The first settlers, Chauncey and Ira Bishop, built mills here in the 1840s. The brothers acquired the land from King's College, now the University of Toronto. Chauncey was a veteran of the War of 1812. For an in-depth history of Bishop’s Mills, see (visit link) .

Today, about 130 people call Bishop’s Mills home. There are no stores or businesses. When you visit the 1.7 acres community park, you find a rudimentary ball diamond and a small, multi-purpose building; that is about all. Yet for the austere appearance, the residents are fiercely proud of their community. As for the park itself, I know little about it. But if you can spare 10 minutes, sit in the bleachers at the diamond and look out across the park to the north. Take a moment to appreciate the natural beauty in a hamlet little changed by progress of the 20th century.

Okay, on to the cache. The cache container is clearly visible. You cannot miss it! It is out in the open so please exercise caution when muggles are about. This note really means, "Don't make a spectacle of yourself!"

To reach the cache site, follow county road 18 south-west from Kemptville, through Oxford Mills and on to the hamlet of Bishop’s Mills. Turn onto Mill Street. The park is approximate 0.5 km along this route on the east side. Please park on the north-west side of Broadway Avenue (alongside the road near the backstop for the ball diamond).

NOTE: After spending countless hours at my computer solving mystery caches in the Blackburn Hamlet area INSTEAD of being outside geocaching, I decided to remove the mystery of this cache. Go and visit a park; don't waste time in front of a computer! To open the cache container, align the bolt heads according to the following pattern:

101110110010

where 1 is up and zero is down. Start after the six o'clock position. The bolts should turn by hand but if you need help, there's a Robertson driver available in the bottom, left, underside corner of the cache container. When done, PLEASE, follow the directions posted on the inside cover of the cache container to return the cache to its original state. That is, randomly give each bolt a twist to the left or right to secure the lid.

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