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Letterbox Hybrid Arboretum Letterbox
A  cache by J.A.R.S.       Hidden: 10/25/2005  
Size: Size: Small (Small)      Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5      Terrain: 1.5 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 NOT at the posted co-ordinates. ***
Coords take you to a parking lot by the Arboretum Center. Follow the directions below.

Directions to the Arboretum and Map of the Arboretum 2008: New entrance - on College Ave East near Victoria Rd You can still park at the old entrance via Arboretum Rd (off of East Ring Rd) but the walk will be longer -- it's a nice walk through the park.

A letterbox, no trade items. Do not trade out the stamp. Leave it in the box.
Bring your own ink if you plan to stamp your letterbox passport/journal. Recommended colours - brown and green. For more info about LB hybrids see: http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#letterbox This is the original Arboretum letterbox (Nov 2002) that used to hide in the rhododendron collection, but the tree it was hiding in for 3+ years collapsed so it had to be relocated. I've found a new spot. This spot requires stealth especially during good-weather days because there will be a lot of walkers about. The hand-carved stamp is the original stamp, so many of you will have seen it before and if you keep a letterbox passport, you will have the image.


The coordinates take you to the parking lot right next to the Arboretum Centre. At the Centre walk up to the silver Queen Victoria, she's overlooking the cement pond. From Queen Victoria's back:
Walk to the gravel path, about 7 paces. You will see a white ash with a metal marker that reads “Fraxinus americanus WHITE ASH in memory of Harry Truss”. From here walk 10 paces northwest along the trail to a tree on the left marked “Betula papyrifera PAPER BIRCH in loving memory of Marie Therese”. Just ahead on your right is another paper birch commemorating the Shrine Club. Turn right at this tree and walk along the grassy path for 10 paces where you will come to a “SILVER MAPLE Acer saccharinum” on the right and further down another Acer saccharinum in memory of Thomas Carroll. Stand between 2 trees, facing the tree in memory of Thomas Carroll. On the left and other side of the grassy path is a cluster of hardwood trees (with no marker). 6–trunks. You'll find the camo’d little lock n lock 4”x3”x2”, at the bottom of the cluster. Cover it up well before you leave.

UPDATE (Nov 3): I have added an additional waypoint for the final location. I got to thinking that I want to make my letterboxes serve both the letterboxing community and the geocaching community. By adding an additional waypoint, geocachers who prefer finding boxes by coords can do so and those that prefer the traditional letterbox method can ignore the additional waypoint.



WINTER: box could be difficult to find when there's snow on the ground. Box could be frozen in.

------- This letterbox is also listed on Atlas Quest "dedicated to providing tools and information for letterboxers from around the world, is one of the largest and fastest growing letterboxing sites on the Internet. From stamp carving tutorials to planning a letterboxing road trip, from Aruba to Zimbabwe, you'll find the information you need here."

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

Ubyybj onfr bs gerr. (Decrypted Hints)




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not available for winter bikes allowed takes less than 1  hour parking available stealth required dogs allowed
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Cache Logs
 November 18 by Edglo (151 found)
A very enjoyable hike through this beautiful trail system. We had fun with this. Thank you. Edglo

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 October 26 by foam follower (1531 found)
3 of 16 today...quick find in a beautiful place...TFTC

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 October 10 by South Lyon Trekkers (3628 found)
Trekker Princess and I came up to Kitchener for the Maze, but we stayed the weekend in Guelph to hunt the LBHs. We had a terrific time following clues and finding the caches. Thanks for contributing to our fun. I admit we didn't follow the written directions all the way on this one. We started off doing so, but became a little confused. Lots of muggles around too. We found the cache though. Thanks! -SLT

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Grumpy Lady near the Arboretum Letterbox

 October 7 by Where's Wendy (80 found)
Beautiful place...perfect hiding spot. (And a great stamp/log for letterboxers!) TNLN Stamped-in. Thank you!

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 October 6 by MaddieP (1040 found)
My first true letterbox cache. I really enjoyed it. Thank you!

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Current time: 11/21/2009 1:40:47 PM
Last Updated: 11/18/2009 11:32:17 PM
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