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 16 km Kissing Bridge Trail can be found
north of Waterloo. Also known as the Guelph-Millbank Rail Trail its
total length is 45 km, but currently only 16 km are officially
designated – here’s hoping for more in the
future!
This trail is an old railway line which was
built in 1911 by the Canadian Pacific Railway at the height of the
railway building boom. The line running from Guelph to Goderich
once transported goods and passengers to Lake Huron. The railway
was abandoned in 1990.
We’ve covered a little section of the
trail near West Mentrose (where the actual Kissing Bridge is) while
caching a couple of Novembers ago. This is a very picturesque part
of Ontario – get there if you can. ktemjohn has recently laid
out a power trail which you can see in the map below.
