Olde Waterdown-Main and Mill Multi-Cache
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Olde Waterdown-Main and Mill
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This wheelchair accessible multi will take you along Waterdown's Main and Mill streets, and asks you to answer 6 questions. Final is now a film canister. BYOP. Final also contains the west coords for the 'Olde Waterdown-The Grande Olde Ladies" unknown cache
Congratulations to the sharps and RnGRRnGR on the FTF!
Information was obtained primarily from Flamborough Heritage Society walking tours, and I have included their link.
To calculate the final:(see waypointed questions)
Question 1: Dr. McGregor’s House. N 43° 20.068 W 079° 53.668 What year do you see in the brick that is beside the gated entrance? 4th digit=A
Question 2: the 4 way stop. N 43° 20.169 W 079° 53.826 What number do all four corner houses have in common? Multiply this number by 5 =D
Question 3: Wallace House: N 43° 20.181 W 079° 53.878 What is the house number of the dwelling that does not face Main street? 2nd digit=C
Question 4: Grace Anglican Church. N 43° 20.264 W 079° 53.796 How many cedars are beside the church sign close to Mill Street? Answer =E
Question 5: 50 Mill St N .N 43° 20.124 W 079° 53.595 How many chimneys on this building? Answer=F
Question 6: The Old Jam Factory (now a dance studio and guitar shop) N 43° 20.114 W 079° 53.579 How many coach lanterns along Mill St? Answer=B
Format is N43 20.ABC W79 53.DEF
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
Some Optional reading about the buildings that you will visit:
(Question1)49 Main Street North. When I moved to Waterdown twenty years ago, you couldn’t see this house from the road because of the overgrown lot. Since then, the back and side of the property has been severed to create ‘mcgregor estates’, and the house and yards have been brought back to its original grandeur. This beautiful house was built for Dr. John Owen McGregor, a family doctor who served Waterdown for almost 50 years before he died in 1928.
(Question2)The 4 way stop. We used to call the beautiful brick house on the SE corner, with the widows walk on top, the ‘knick knack house’, because a former owner kept an assortment of knick knacks along all of the upper windows. This house was built c. 1890 for John Prudham, a farm implement dealer, who used it as his home and offices.
(question3)The Wallace House This Waterdown Landmark was built c.1845 by Burwell Griffin, and you will notice that its Main Entrance is not facing Main Street, but rather it was built to face Dundas Street. It was built on farm property that extended from Hamilton to Mill Street, and north to Parkside drive. The driveway for this house turned into present day Main Street.
Across the street you can see the back of Mary Hopkins School. This school was built to replace the first school in Waterdown, which was located at present day Sealy Park, because of overcrowding. This property was once used as a fairground, and the original part of this school was built in 1921. Originally called Waterdown and East Flamborough Union School Section No. 3, in 1954 the name Mary Hopkins was chosen after the first teacher in Waterdown.
From here enter the Grace Anglican Church Parking Lot, and you will soon see the paved path to take through the cemetery to Main street.
(Question4)Grace Anglican Church and cemetery: The land for the church and cemetery was donated in 1847 by Frederick Feilde and his wife Elizabeth Gildart Campbell . The earliest burial stone in this cemetery was that of Alexina C. Feilde, buried 10 September 1847. Although the church had possession of the land, the original part of Grace Anglican Church was not constructed until 1860 because of budget. On the Main Street side of the church and cemetery property, you will see the old steel gates that are no longer in use.
(Question5)50 Mill St N: This beautiful old house was built c.1865. When it was sold in 1883, one of the selling features was the view of Lake Ontario, from its second story. Notice how the front of the house has nice, square stones. The sides of the house is constructed of rubble stone.
(Question6)The Jam Factory: This large stone building was built c. 1865 for Charles Sealey, and was originally designed to house a store and a factory. In 1925 a Jam Factory moved here and operated until the 1980’s, and the building is still known as ‘the old Jam Factory’ to many in Waterdown.
Final: You will end up close to Chestnut Grove, which now houses 'The Ontario Early Years Program" This house was built for Charles Sealey, Waterdown's first Reeve. It was so named because of the many Horse Chestnut trees that were on the estate. Times have changed>
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