There are many romantic stories about the Jacob Sheep being direct descendants of the flock of sheep acquired by Jacob during the time he worked for his father-in-law as mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 30), or that they were washed ashore from shipwrecks during the attempted invasion of the Spanish Armada during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Crossed with the native flocks of Northern England and Scotland, these sheep produced the breed raised in a field adjacent to the pocket park containing this cache.
Importation of Jacob sheep into Canada and the US has occurred in small numbers since the early 1900s. These have been dispersed across the continent, and crossed with other breeds.
Both rams and ewes are piebald and polycerate, producing up to 6 horns.
The cache is located a few metres off the trail as it passes through the Cudmore Heights Park Reserve
For protection of the farm animals, dogs must be leashed on this section of the trail, and you will pass a sign indicating this before reaching the cache site.
The cache is a micro, but should be an easy find. Please use stealth in retrieving and replacing the cache container. The trail can get busy at times.
Information on Jacob Sheep adapted from the Jacob Sheep Breeders Association website (jsba.org)