GC1E802 Voyageur Route - Andrew Haydon Park (Traditional Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by paddlelust (adopted by Esiban)

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GC1E802 ▼

A cache by paddlelust (adopted by Esiban) Message this owner

Hidden : 7/15/2008

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Travel to location via Carling Avenue. Good parking lots of
facilities for families so lots of muggles as well. Some access areas are not plowed in the winter so be prepared to park 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 cache is part of eight strung out along municipal parks located along twelve kilometers of the Ottawa River and follows a canoeing theme. The cache is accessable by canoe, Green Belt trails or by the Capital Bike Trail system ( during freeze up). Your put in for the canoe can at the public boat launch at Dick Bell Park or down river above the Little Chaudiere Rapids. You may have to portage the Remic Rapids so the Kitchissippi Lookout would be the calmest water. You definitely will have to portage the Des Chenes Rapids further up river.

The cache is a small Lock n Lock containing a small bungie cord, s biner, spring toggle, small biner with TB, Nova LED light and log with pencil. There is no need to be in the cattails or willows nor are there any rocks to move.
The river is notorious for Poison Ivy but all these caches are selected to avoid the nasty stuff. There is a playground nearby, park benches to wait out marauding muggles, BBQ pits and public washrooms. Obviously stealth will be required to approach the cache as there are muggles everywhere. My GPS has averaging and a WGS84 UTM coordinate I determined was 436292 E 5022496 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 (Decrypt)

Ng whapgvba bs cbcyne gehaxf orfvqr envy srapr [dead give away].

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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