K & P Ticket - HARTINGTON Traditional Cache
K & P Ticket - HARTINGTON
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A micro container about the size of a film canister, hidden in a winter friendly location
One of 26 caches placed along the Northern section of the K & P trail. As you go along, watch for clues in many of the caches! These clues will help you find two more bonus caches ("K & P Ticket - KICK" (GC4BF9H) and "K & P Ticket - PUSH" (GC4BFA0))
ABOUT THE STATION THAT THIS CACHE IS NAMED AFTER:
Hartington is a pretty rural community in Portland Township, Frontenac County. When the railroad first went through, it was a busy place, with sawmills and blacksmith shops and a cheese factory, all of which were boosted by the K & P.
On the map of 1878, not long after the railroad went through, two stations are shown. There was one stop in the community of Hartington itself, in close proximity to the sawmill, and another some distance south of this, at Sigsworth Station. At that time a large number Sigsworths lived in the neighbourhood, hence the name of the second station.
HISTORY:
The Kingston and Pembroke Railway (K & P) was a Canadian railway that operated in eastern Ontario. The railway was seen as a business opportunity by business people in Kingston, Pembroke, Montreal and New York. It would support the lumber (especially pine lumber which was in high demand across Canada and the United States) and mining industries, as well as the agricultural economy in eastern Ontario.
Incorporated in 1871, the K&P was intended to run from Kingston to Pembroke. By 1884, approximately 180 km of mainline and sidings had been laid, reaching Renfrew where it ceased after 12 years of construction. The K & P never did reach Pembroke. On January 1, 1913, the K & P Railroad officially became part of the CPR. The line was gradually abandoned beginning in the 1950s, with the last operating section from Kingston to Tichborne closing in 1986. The K & P is affectionately remembered as the Kick and Push railroad.
PARKING:
If doing these caches with someone else, I would suggest leaving a car at the far end of this series of caches and parking the other at the beginning. The order you do these caches is not important. If doing them on your own, then I would suggest you park where the trail crosses 132 south of Renfrew. That way you can pick up more water/food when you pass by. All three parking areas are quite safe.
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