de Hav a moment? Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/26/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is our first cache. The cache container has been sitting in this park waiting for me to log it for a while. Hopefully the FTF gift card is still active!
Be careful with the kids, Black Creek runs through this park. The trail splits into two during your walk to the cache, the lower trail will take you over large rocks and is very close to the creek in spots. The high trail requires trekking up and down a steep hill. Be careful.

A little history lesson:

Prior to 1910 this area was a model farm owned by Mr. W.G. Trethewey. The latest farming methods were used including a canning factory on site. The farm totalled 600 acres.
In 1910 the farm became internationally known as The Trethewey Airfield when it was used to host the FIRST Airshow/Exhibition of flying over Toronto. This event, sponsored by the Ontario Motor League, necessitated preparing a runway through the fields. What made the 1910 Airshow especially notable was the fact that it was the FIRST distance flight over the City of Toronto.
The airshow of 1910 converted the Trethewey farm into the first airfield in Toronto, predating the Downsview, Malton and The Island Airport.
In 1928 the property was purchased by the de Havilland Aircraft Co. to become the assembly plant and training field for their Moth Aircraft. About the same time a portion of the property was sold to an airline company called Skyways Ltd.
Shortly after, the Trethewey plant had become too small for de Hav's growing business. It was then that they purchased the Downsview property which has long been associated with de Havilland Canada.

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