Steens or Hubbels? Traditional Cache
arnpriortweety: Cache access has been partially blocked making finding and maintenance hazardous
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The cache is a lock and lock camouflaged suitable for small items and travel bugs. An easy drive up location with some great views.
Galetta is a village in eastern Ontario, Canada, located near the mouth of the Mississippi River where it flows into the Ottawa River. Once part of Fitzroy Township and later West Carleton Township, it is now part of the City of Ottawa.
Like many settlements in the Ottawa Valley, Galetta had its origin when private entrepreneurs sought to exploit the power potential of its rivers for driving a commercial mill.The area was first settled in 1823 when Andrew Forbes settled on the 6th Line about a mile east of Galetta. James Riddell also settled on the 6th Line at the Mississippi as did Joshua Burr and James Steen. James Hubbell leased the land on which the water privileges at the falls were located. After some 20 years, however, Hubbell had done nothing to develop the potential of the falls and he sold the rights to James Steen .
James Steen built a mill at the falls and the area was renamed Steen's Falls. Hubbell later re-acquired the rights but subsequently re-sold those rights to James Galetti Whyte who began woolen manufacturing. The village name was changed to Galetta (after Whyte's mother's name).
In the 1870s the village included a store, a grist mill, a woolen mill, a carding and spinning mill, a shingle mill, and a cooperage. As well, there was a potash works on the island in the Mississippi River. At this time both Galetta and Mohrs Corner were competing for recognition as the centre of the local area.
The cache is located just outside the village where 4 bridges cross the Mississippi River and/or the roadway.
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uggc://jjj.lbhghor.pbz/jngpu?i=ciDxWuMF1Dp