GC2DAXM Innisfree (Traditional Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by RCA777

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RCA777: Glad to have brought a few folks to Innisfree; too small of a cache to stay around much longer. Thanks to all who have stopped by.

GC2DAXM ▼

A cache by RCA777 Message this owner

Hidden : 8/12/2010

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was hidden to commemorate the 1st Annual OGA Day!

This cache has been placed close to an Ontario Heritage Foundation marker, dedicated to

Sir Byron Edmund Walker, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L.

Byron Edmund Walker was a Canadian banker.

He was the president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1907 to 1924, and a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and nurture many of Canada's cultural and educational institutions, including:

The University of Toronto, National Gallery of Canada,Champlain Society, Appleby College, Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum.

In 1910, King George V knighted Walker for his contributions to business and the arts.
For weekend retreats, Walker began to purchase land in 1890
at De Grassi Point in Innisfil Township.

"Innisfree," as his wife named it, became the centre of Walker's family life. There, he built "Broadeaves" designed by leading Canadian architect Frank Darling.Darling was the architect of the University of Toronto and designed many buildings associated with Walker such as Convocation Hall and Trinity College at the University of Toronto and the Canadian Bank of Commerce (now Commerce Court North) on King Street West in Toronto.
In 1913-14, Walker built "Innisfree Farm" to further his interest in livestock husbandry. Innisfree was left in trust to his descendants as a private land trust. Managed today with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Innisfree is designated an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest for its prairie grassland and remnants of an old growth forest ecosystem.

This cache has been placed by a Central Ontario Geocacher!

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