Arboretum Letterbox
A
cache
by J.A.R.S.
Hidden:
10/25/2005
Size:
 (Small)
Difficulty: 
Terrain:
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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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
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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)
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Ubyybj onfr bs gerr.
(Decrypted Hints)
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 November 18 by Edglo (151 found)
A very enjoyable hike through this beautiful trail system. We had fun with this. Thank you. Edglo
[view this log] | October 26 by foam follower (1531 found)
3 of 16 today...quick find in a beautiful place...TFTC
[view this log] | 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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| 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!
[view this log] | 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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