The Falls of Napanee EarthCache
Hidden : 1/25/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:


The Falls of Spring Side Park
Napanee, Ontario


The Napanee River flows along it's Route from the Depot Lakes to Lake Ontario

The Napanee River flows swiftly over the flat limestone , and has removed all but the largest blocks from the river bed.

Along it's journey it makes it's way right through Napanee, Ontario

Before Napanee was settled, the native Indians called these the Appanea Falls

By 1812 the River, the Falls and Community were known as Napanee, a First Nations Peoples word for 'flour.'

The falls is comprised of multiple little steps over thinly bedded limestone, giving the illusion of a long, gentle staircase.

Right After entering Napanee the river makes a 90° left turn and cascades down a beautiful Limestone WaterFalls in Springside Park

The falls flow over the area's natural limestone base, dropping over many ledges.

Then at the bottom of the falls the River makes a 90° right turn and continues along it's way

Likely as a check on erosion, parts of the waterfall have been edged by a concrete wall and concrete riprap.

This doesn't spoil the view of the falls altogether, but does remind you that waterfalls were once seen as features to be controlled, not enjoyed in their natural state.

The limestone in Napanee is hundreds of million years old.

 (Limestone is a SEDIMENTARY ROCK largely or wholly composed of calcium carbonate (CaCO3))

 Not only does the Falls serve as a local tourist attraction, but it was put to work in the late 1700's powering mills.

At GZ you will find a plaque that says the following.

In 1785 the Canadian government commissioned Robert Clark, a Loyalist millwright from New York, to build mills on this site. A sawmill was completed in March, 1786, and a grist-mill toward the end of that year or early in 1787. The latter was the first to be erected between Kingston and the Niagara peninsula. The mills were operated for a time by a government agent, James Clarke. In 1799 they were purchased by a prominent Kingston merchant, Richard Cartwright. They served settlers as far west as the Trent and formed the nucleus of the thriving community of Napanee.

So come to Napanee and enjoy one of our many beautiful area's

SPRINGSIDE PARK WATER FALLS

In order to log this Earth Cache, please E-mail me through my Geocaching Profile
with the answers to the 4 following questions, posting a picture of you and your GPS with the Falls in the background, with your log entry would be nice,but not mandatory.


(1) Measure the total drop in meters from the top of the falls to the bottom
(2) Guess how many levels or steps are under the Falls on it's way down
(3)What type of Falls are the Springside Falls.
(4) Using what you see around GZ, is the 90° left turn at the top of the falls, natural or man made?
Enjoy our town

Coman123

Congratulations to jack2u on the First to find and answer the questions correctly.

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