William Beverley's House Traditional Cache
Granny Todd: I was asked to remove the cache since the site has been designated an official archeological site for some reason.
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It was almost 100 years ago, Feb. 26, 1914, when a traveller was driving (horse and buggy of course) south along the road in front of William Beverley's place and noticed that a house had very recently burned down. He kept going but stopped to notify the nearest neighbours.
It was William Beverley's house and the old batchelor who lived there alone, had died in the fire the previous night.
The rumours started flying that the old fellow was a victim of foul play. He supposedly had $100. with him when playing cards in Glen Major the night before, and his skull had been fractured.
He was buried in Uxbridge Cemetery but it was necessary to dig him up again so that the jury could have a look before the coroner's inquest.
It was revealed at the inquest that William had managed to retrieve several items from his burning house but made one trip too many back inside and was felled by a falling beam, thus squelching the rumours for good....or maybe not.
Something lies buried in the foundation of William's house. Is it his treasure?
Or is it a geocache?
The road past William Beverley's house is now part of the trail system in the ORTA Glen Major Tract.. Post 18 is the nearest landmark. You can see the foundation a few metres off the track on the E side. The shortest route is a 20 min. walk along the unopened road allowance going west and then south from the corner of Chalk Lake Road and Concession 7.
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