Perth Andover Traditional Cache
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Be careful to pull well off the road. You should be able to see the cache from here So don't be looking for any hints for this one.
Perth-Andover (2006 population: 1,797) is a Canadian village in Victoria County, New Brunswick.
The village is divided by the Saint John River with Perth on the east bank and Andover on the west bank; both were separate communities until municipal amalgamation in 1966.
Perth-Andover's population meets the requirements for "town" status under the provincial Municipalities Act however it has not applied to change from village designation.
Until the end of county government in New Brunswick in 1966, Andover was the shire town of Victoria County.
Perth-Andover is host to the annual Gathering of the Scots Festival[1] in late May and the Larlee Creek Hullabaloo[2] in August.
In 1878 the New Brunswick Railway opened its line through the community connecting Fredericton and Edmundston, crossing the river from the east bank at Perth to the west bank at Andover. In 1890 the NBR was leased by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). In 1894 the Tobique Valley Railway constructed a line from a junction with the CPR at Perth to Plaster Rock; it was leased by CPR in 1897.
In March 1987 the spring freshet caused several severe ice jams on the Saint John River upstream of the railway bridge in Perth-Andover. On the night of April 1, 1987 saw an extremely high water level, forcing residents to evacuate, including a seniors home and the hospital.
The morning of April 2, 1987 the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge was demolished by the large ice jam and many buildings and homes along the river in Perth-Andover were flooded.
The destruction of the railway bridge saw CP Rail's network north of Perth cut off from its railway lines in the southern part of western New Brunswick. This accelerated the abandonment of these rural branchlines which were considered unprofitable by the railway.
CP Rail tried but was unsuccessful in blaming NB Power for failing to control water discharges from its hydro-electric dams on the river. Railway service was removed from the northern end of the Saint John River valley by the early 1990s.
Cache is sm camoed peanut butter jar with a log book,pencil and some small traders. There is a FTF gift card to take and enjoy.
Please be careful of muggles when retreving and replacing.
FTF -J+J_
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