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Hidden : 3/29/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
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Size: Size: small (small)

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Visit the oldest standing school in the Toronto District School Board, also the TDSB's biggest French Immersion School.  Home of the John Fisher PS Penguins! Congrats to Alicat27 for the FTF.



The Eglinton School in 1887

This is an easy 2-stage multi-cache - the first stop is a nano hidden at a discreet distance from the school.  The nano contains instructions that will will give you a good look at the school, as well as the coordinates for the final hide (a small camouflaged lock-and-lock) in a nearby park.  Please BYOP and replace the cache exactly and securely as found, so that it does not end up on the ground on a windy day. Outside of school hours, the school grounds are open to the public, so if you have kids in your geocaching team, have them check out the playground.

John Fisher Public School began its long history in 1816 as a log schoolhouse built to serve the agricultural community of Eglinton, located north of the Town of York. Known as the “Eglinton School”, it was located steps from Montgomery’s Tavern where in 1837, a historic confrontation occurred between the troops of the government of Upper Canada and rebel forces, led by William Lyon Mackenzie, who wanted to extend voting and land rights to a larger section of the population. Young William McDougall, a student of the school, witnessed this battle – he later became a father of Confederation and Minister of Public Works in the Cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald. 

 Our building: When the original log schoolhouse burned down, another one was rebuilt on the west side of Yonge Street near Castlefield Avenue, behind what is now the Capitol theatre. In 1850, the first one-room, one-storey brick school was built on the same site – it still exists as the Eglinton Orange Hall. In 1887, a larger two-storey, four-room school was built at its current location on Erskine Avenue. During the 2007-2008 school year, we celebrated the anniversary of this school building which is still contained within the current school. The original building was a large square structure with an imposing bell tower and faced east towards Mount Pleasant Avenue. The local architectural firm of William Ramsay and John Fisher designed and built this building. John Fisher would go on to become the first Mayor of the town of North Toronto.  
 
How we got our name: In 1915, the final name change occurred as the school was officially named in honour of John Fisher to solve the name confusion between the original “Eglinton School” which was actually on Erskine Avenue and a new school that had been built on Eglinton Avenue – which is now known as Eglinton Public School.   

Historic site: John Fisher is listed as a historic site with the City of Toronto. Many additions have been made to this building over the years. The final addition was made in 1987 - a spacious new gym on the east side of the building. One of the interesting features of this addition is that it was built in such a way as to preserve the original front wall of the school which is now the corridor to the new gym. Current students of the school, who use this passage every day, are very proud of having “the oldest elementary school wall in the city” in their own school.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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