Otter Lake Series #05 Traditional Cache
Hidden : 12/12/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Otter Lake Series

The area around Otter Lake and Greenhead is steeped in history going back to Crown Land Grants to Hinkleman and others in 1815.

William Umlah obtained the land and divided it among his three sons in 1821.James Umlah received the Greenhead Otter Lake land and built his homestead there. By 1865 the Drysdale, Umlah, McDonald, Roach, Dart, and Yeadon families were living in the area. A Yeadon daughter married a Havill in the 1890s and the land came into Havill ownership. We are told it was Havill who sold the land to HRM for the new Waste Resource Management Facility. Alexander Drysdale had his mill on Otter Lake Brook, about 100 feet in front of his home between the Greenhead Road and the shore of Otter Lake. The old dam gates for Otter Lake are located where the Otter Lake Brook flows out of Otter Lake. The gate is now open, but the concrete works at the bottom of the gate still keeps the lake about seven feet above its natural level thus creating new Islands.

The Drysdale House ca. 1920

The old school/church was about two hundred feet from Alexander's house towards Beechville. His son Stewart's house was about 250 feet southerly on the shore of Otter lake, looking directly at the Waste Resource Management Facility which is about 1000 feet away. The old Greenhead Community school was located within a very short distance from the old Umlah home/cemetery, about 2000 feet south of Alexander's, part way up the long hill (thank-you to Iris Shea for her background help). The Otter Lake caches are winter friendly at various points around the lake shore.

Crown Land Grants Map


Cache container is a large camoed peanut butter jar with a log book, pencil and a few small trading items. More caches to follow!


Click here to go to the "Five Bridge Lakes Candidate Wilderness Area" web site for additional information on adjacent lands.

If you decide to walk on water be sure to check ice conditions before venturing out.



Congratulations to k-romers for the well deserved FTF!!!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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