The Toadstool Tavern Traditional Cache
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This gnome frequented dive bar is tucked away on the banks of the Niagara River, at the edge of the Niagara Glen. Head down the metal stairs, and follow trails down and to the right looking at the river, marked as green trail, toward the Whirlpool, or upstream. This cache is part of our Tribute to the Sidhe. The container may seem large, but there is very little room for trade items. Best used as a coin drop
This is either the beginning or the end of our Tribute to the Wee Folk of Legend, the Sidhe, stretching along the Niagara River.
Terraces of the Niagara Glen:
The Niagara Glen is a favourite site for thousands of visitors each year. It is a beautiful picnic area located on the top of the Wintergreen Flats. Nature trails to the river below are well marked and plentiful.
This is the site of the Falls of Niagara 6,000 - 7,000 years ago. The waterfalls at this point was 37 meters (120 feet) to the water pool below.
Here also existed an ancient island similar in size to the present Goat Island. Water flowed around both sides of this island before falling over the edge of the Wintergreen Flats to the water below resulting in two separate waterfalls. The dual falls continued until the main gorge to the east, eroded back far enough past the beginning of the island effectively cutting off the secondary flow to the west of the island. The Falls of Niagara became a single Falls once again.
Today the remnants of the ancient island lay below the Wintergreen Flats in two identifiable terraces.
They are:
Fosters Flats - is the portion of the Niagara Glen closest to the river.
Wilson Terrace is the first level just below the Wintergreen Flats. This portion is the steepest and most demanding physically.
Today, the speed of the water flow past the Niagara Glen is 40 kilometers/hr (25 mph).
The word "glen" is a Scottish word for a steep-sided narrow valley.
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