K & P Ticket - RENFREW Traditional Cache
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Small L&L container attached to a tree. Do not go in ditch, it’s up top.
The first of a series of caches along the K & P Trail (starting in Renfrew by the picture on this page). 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: Renfrew, named after Renfrew in Scotland was a village until 1895. The first settlers are generally believed to have located here circa 1823. For many years, it was connected with the lumber business. Lumber jobbers purchased supplies from local farmers and hired teams from them to go to the shanties. In the spring, returning river drivers spent their pay at Renfrew, boosting the local economy. 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, 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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