Heron Bay South Traditional Cache
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The cache is located in the abandoned townsite of Heron Bay South
From "Pic, Pulp and People - A History of the Marathon Area":
"The Ontario Paper Company's first cut began in the winter of 1937, and in 1938 most of the construction at Heron Bay took place. The first major job was laying out the roads to various scenes of operations and building temporary quarters for the men involved in the project. Much of the 300 foot wharf, the barking plant, the flume and pumping station to supply the flume with water were built that year. The company opened up a new townsite south of Heron Bay village and named it Heron Bay South. By the end of 1938 an office, some houses, a warehouse, an infirmary, a machine shop, bunkhouse and a cookery were completed"
"In Heron Bay South houses and other buildings were added as required. A temporary construction building was moved to the townsite and for many years served as a school and a church. Later a community club and curling rink were built."
"Electrical power for the community of Heron Bay South came from the company's power plant on the Black River (See Wawatag S. G. Cache GC13HM2), but domestic and commercial power was later provided by Ontario Hydro who brought lines into the area in December 1960."
"The first school opened in the fall of 1939. It was located in the staff house of the Ontario Paper Company with Mr. D. V. Paguette as teacher. After the school built in 1943 burnt down in 1945, a modern three room school was built in 1957 by the tax payers of Pic Township"
"Ontario Paper's last year for driving log, barking, fluming and loading them on boats at Heron Bay was 1964. Through the years the company's cutting operations had been moving inland from Heron Bay, up the Black River. With the development of modern mechanical equipment. the company found it was more economical to ship its wood to Thorold by rail from their camp 70 operation near Manitouwadge."
"With this operational change, the familiar landmarks of Heron Bay South began to disappear: the cook house, the staff house, the barking plant, the flume and loading facilities at the wharf. By the early 1970's the townsite had been restored as far as possible to "a state of Nature"
One is still able to drive to the old town site of Heron Bay South on a paved road. Over the years this road has become very bumpy due to frost heaves, but a car is still able to drive into the old townsite. Although there are no longer any building on the old townsite, a couple of old foundation are still visible. Although you can still drive around the old town site, trees and brush are slowly reclaiming the area.
The cache is located near the old road that loops around the back. When the original cache was placed, it has the following contents: 1 old British penny, 1 old British half penny, 1 compass keychain, logsheet and pencil. Please return the cache to the original location once you have signed the logsheet. The cache is a very small camouflaged container. Only a small amount of bushwhacking is required to get to the cache location. The cache is winter accessible, but the road will not be.
A new cache container was placed on November 8, 2009, after the original container disappeared (in other words I could not find it). The difficulty has been increased. Please replace the cache in the same position as it was found. Please let me know if the original container is found when you are looking for the new container
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