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 72 km Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail is built on an abandoned Via Rail track. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell have invested significant time and money over the years to get this trail in prime condition. Its surface is mainly made from stone dust but several sections of about two kilometres each are paved.
At the time of publishing this cache, there is a power trail on the west end of the trail and it is only sparsely populated with caches the rest of the way, mainly around Vankleek Hill.
Map: hashed line indicates the Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail.
