Michigan Central Railway #10 - Pettit Traditional Cache
Michigan Central Railway #10 - Pettit
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Whenever you go for a walk down a footpath, or a bike
ride down a trail, or a hike down a dirt path, chances are
you may be travelling down a rail line that time has
forgotten.
This series of caches are placed along the former railbed
of the Michigan Central Railway.
The MCR took over the assets of the financially strapped
Canadian Southern Railroad in 1882.
The CSR had acquired the railroad from the Erie and
Ontario Railroad in 1869 which was purchased by William
Thompson in 1862 from the Fort Erie Railroad Company.
This company had already completed the railway from
Chippawa to the Fort Erie ferry docks in 1864 where
passengers could disembark to Buffalo by crossing the
Niagara River by boat.
A major factor which limited freight traffic on this section
of the rail line was the absence of a bridge across the
Niagara River at Fort Erie. This meant either ferry
transport or routing traffic through Niagara Falls, which
were both costly measures.
The section of the railway within Niagara Falls continued
to operate until the mid 1920's before passenger service
was ended, although the rail line continued with freight
service until 1959 when it was terminated completely.
In 1925 the MCR stopped service between Chippawa and
Fort Erie, leaving the railbed abandoned to this day. The
scarring in the land is still evident although the only
addition is the miles of transmission lines and towers
along it's route.
Now onto the cache.
This is the 10th cache in this series and is located along Pettit Road, along the route the MCR would take travelling southeast towards Fort Erie.
The area is now part of the transmission lines which
stretch all the way to Fort Erie along the former railbed.
The cache is a camo'd lock and lock container and it is not meant to be a difficult hide, but more to make people aware of the rich history that is overlooked in this area.
Many times I have had people say that they never knew
this or that existed while doing one of my caches, and that
truly is the main reason I do what I do.
as always, please bring your own pen and have a fun
time!
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