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 Caledon Trailway runs from Terra Cotta to Highway #9 east of Palgrave, through the Town of Caledon.
The trail follows the route of the Hamilton and Northern Railway, built in the 1870s to join Barrie with Hamilton. This trail is also used for the Trans Canada Trail and the first Trans Canada Trail pavilion was built on the trail in Caledon East in 1996.
A number of cachers have contributed to developing quite the power trail here. Most heavily populated between Terra Cotta and Caledon East, the trail is much less populated with caches east of Caledon East. With fantastic geology of the Niagara Escarpment there are also many great hiking spots in this area. Looks like a fun way to spend a day or six.
This map displays the caching power trail between Terra Cotta and Caledon East.
