Bannister Lake Multi-Cache
Treknschmidt: Thanks Norshley for the update. We had planned to free up the spot so we popped out today and picked up both containers.
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Bannister Lake Conservation area is a natural heritage area
consisting of large shallow ponds in gently rolling, low moraine.
Located five miles to the southwest of Galt are two of the largest,
shallow, intermittent ponds in the county - Bannister and Wrigley
Lakes.They are owned by the Grand River Conservation Authority and
are managed as a baited wildlife area specifically to serve
breeding and migrating avifauna. There is great fluctuation in
their seasonal water level, the water being supplied only by spring
runoff and temporarily held in these shallow basins by the mucky
bottom loam but drained by mid-summer due to the stratified layers
of gravel underlying the topsoil and a slow stream draining to the
west. Almost all of this area is immersed in spring but due to the
drop in water level only a few smaller bodies of shallow water
remain by fall. The effect of this gradual and belated immersion is
evident in most of the vegetation associations in the area. The
bodies of water that remain in the fall are about 4 feet at their
deepest and have a semi-closed cover of lily pads, duckweeds, and
rushes that provide both food and cover for muskrats, ducks and
other pond life. Currently the area is comprised of walking trails
through mixed forest, wetland and grassland. This area is
frequented by bird watchers and has been known for observing
migrating land birds. Observers have reported seeing everything
from woodpeckers and chickadees to kingfishers and a trumpeter
swan. While we were placing the cache we spotted a rather large
hawk. Bring your camera and please post pictures of what you
find!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fgntr 1: Zntargvp, Haqre gur hccre
Svany: Rlr Yriry
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