Nobody's Home Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Lizardo: Quite a shame I have to archive this one. Thank you to all who have looked for it and my apologies to the recent searchers who came up empty. This was a nice big urban cache. One of a dying breed.

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Hidden : 8/8/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Nice little walking trail along a creek in Charleswood.

A friend at the city planners office suggested that this park would make a suitable location for a cache. Closer to the river is an historic site known as The Passage. An unofficial crossing existed here facilitated by the shallow water and the naturally low banks that connected Berkeley Street with Rouge Road. The following information was gathered from the Government of Manitoba website:


The eroded banks and shallow waters of the Assiniboine River at this point indicate that this was a suitable place for the bison herds to cross. This spot was probably used in the distant precontact times; during the fur trade era, Native hunters guided European traders to this ford. Governor Miles Macdonell of Red River visited The Passage in 1812. Thereafter, this short-cut was used primarily by those wishing to bypass the Forks. Cuthbert Grant and his followers crossed here in 1816, trying to avoid the confrontation that resulted in the Battle of Seven Oaks. Lord Selkirk's troops met Chief Peguis at The Passage in 1817 before recapturing Fort Douglas. Independent fur traders, defying the trade monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company, headed to Pembina via this route. After 1860, the trail remained a cut-off for travellers from Pembina heading west. Pioneer families such as the Hogues and Beauchemins settled near The Passage where a ferry was operated between 1870-1908. Ironically, the low water that made The Passage a good fording site rendered it a poor choice for a ferry crossing.

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