Black Bear... Multi-Cache
The-navvies: Yes stage 2 has gone again, it's time to let this one go.
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THE MAIN COORDINATES ARE FOR PARKING AREA. On Loushers lane rec- ground.
Take a walk down Black Bear Park and step back in time. As you see it now it is a valuable nature park linking up with local rights of way and the countryside beyond. But it has not always looked like this.
It was once part of an 8 mile canal built in 1804 between Latchford and Runcorn to avoid the awkward tidal stretch between Runcorn and Warrington.
In 1895 the Runcorn to Latchford Canal was shortened dramatically when the Manchester Ship Canal opened, leaving only a 1 mile length stretching from Stockton Heath swing bridge to the River Mersey. This became known as the Black Bear Canal (probably named after the pub half way down the remaining section).
This route remained in use until the 1960's mainly transporting Argentinean hides to the tanneries at Howley. However, as the tanneries closed and other means of transport improved, the canal became disused and neglected. In 1981 Warrington Borough Council began a reclamation scheme which transformed a derelict and dangerous waterway into the parkland you see today.
CONGRADULATIONS TO SUPERSOAKER FOR HIS FIRST FTF AND HIS FIRST MULTI-CACHE AND FIRST NANO ***21 FEB 08***
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