Silent Sentinel Traditional Cache
cambold: Infrequently found cache gone missing. Time to try something else.
Thanks to those who ventured out to the fringe.
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This cache is located in Limerick Forest not far from the intersection of Shields and Shanty trails/bush roads. Parking is at the Kiosk near 'The Y' intersection of Forsythes and Shanty then hike down Shanty to the cache. Or pull off and park near the beginning of Shields and follow it till you reach Shanty. Of course if you have a 4-wheel drive vehicle, all terrain vehicle, dirt bike or mountain bike just follow your GPS! There is a network of dirt bike trails in the area if you are keen.
"Much of the area that is now Limerick Forest was settled in the mid 1800's and cleared for farming. Farms which were located on sandy or very shallow sites proved to be unproductive for agriculture and very susceptible to wind and water erosion. These farms were eventually abandoned and with taxes due, ownership of the land reverted to the townships. What was left essentially were areas of sandy deserts and stony plain waste lands."
"Limerick Forest developed as a result of a provincial reforestation initiative. In 1940 the Counties entered into the Agreement Forest Program with the Department of Lands & Forests (now Ministry of Natural Resources) whereby the province agreed to reforest and manage County lands for forestry purposes. Properties acquired for back taxes were the first to be entered into this program. One of these original properties had been settled by Andrew Forsythes, who named the area Limerick in honour of his home county in Ireland, so "Limerick Forest" was adopted as the name for the new Counties forest. In more recent years further properties were purchased with the aid of provincial grants."
"In total nearly 9 million trees were planted and since the early 1970s the emphasis has changed from planting to tending the forests."
My Dad was one of Limerick's supervisors while I was growing up so we spent many weekends wandering it's roads and trails. The cache is an ammo box.
Enjoy!
Additional Hints
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Ybbx hc gura bire
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