Voyageur Route - Dick Bell Park Traditional Geocache
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Voyageur Route - Dick Bell Park
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Part of the City of Ottawa park system with ample parking and easy
access. Located off Carling Avenue in west end. Many parking areas
not maintained during winter so parking may be further
away.
“This is the oldest trans-Canada throughway, the canoe route by the
Ottawa River, Lake Nipissing, Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg and
the Churchill River to Lake Athabaska and the Rockies. Past this
point travelled many explorers, from Brule, Champlain and la
Verendrye to Mackenzie, Thompson and Fraser. The Recollet and
Jesuit missionaries went this way to and from Huronia. The fur
traders, from the early coureurs des bois to the later brigades in
big Montreal canoes paddling to and from the “pays d’en haut”, made
this river their highway. ” NCC 1964 This is part of a series of
eight caches stretching along twelve kilometers of river with a
canoeing theme. They can all be accessed from the Ottawa River, the
Green Belt trails or the National Capital Bike Trail system during
freeze up. Poison Ivy is everywhere along the river but the six
caches are chosen so as to avoid the stuff. The container is a
small Lock n Lock which at placement had a small biner with TB,
signal mirror, spring toggle, emergency repair tape, rescue
whistle, log and pencil. Parking, paved walking paths, bikes to be
walked, no dogs, public boat launch, park benches to wait out
muggles, play ground nearby, although not fast moving water here
children should be supervised near shoreline at GZ. Be warned there
can be hords of muggles here. Please replace the cache as you found
it. My GPS has averaging and a 260 point WGS84 UTM coordinate I
determined was 18T 435292 E 5022626 N; FYI If you have enjoyed this
series then you should visit Kenmore's 'In the Footsteps of the
Voyageurs' GCHRG1 for a real history lesson. You can walk in their
moose hides on the actual portage, smell the beaver castors and
almost taste the dried berries and pemmican!
Additional Hints
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