This cache has been placed for KACHE 4, an
annual event hosted by the Kingston and Area Geocachers (GC3573R).
This cache should not be found or logged until after 6:00 a.m.,
November 5th 2011.
The theme of this year’s event is
"Things that make Kingston Special" and the city's proximity to the
Cataraqui Trail, one of the longest rail trails in Ontario, is
certainly one of those special things. Beyond the Kingston Area,
Ontario is full of great rail trails and the caches along this
section of the Cataraqui Trail – once the Kingston, Napanee
and Western Railway – recognizes some of them.
The 35 km Haliburton County Rail Trail (the
former Victoria Railway (ex-CNR Haliburton subdivision)) is owned
by the County of Haliburton and extends from the community of
Haliburton to the community of Kinmount. According to the Ontario
Trails Council “the scenery along the way is exceptional,
with lazy winding rivers, waterfalls, bogs, heritage bridges and
even the ruins of a chemical plant.” The chemical plant is
found near Donald and is the ruins of the former Standard Chemical
company. At Kinmount, the trail continues for an additional 55-km
to Lindsay as the Victoria Rail Trail. From there one can carry on
even further to Peterborough. Excellent!
As far as caching goes, at the time of
publishing this cache there were only a couple of caches on the
trail – near Howland.
Map courtesy of Haliburton’s Friends
of the Rail Trail.
