Bay by Boat Traditional Cache
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This is a water access cache that will give you a chance to explore Frenchman's Bay from the water side of things. There are a lot of birds that can be viewed from here. There was a cache here in the past and I thought it was worth placing one here again.
Frenchman's Bay is central to Pickering's waterfront connection, and is home to rare breeding birds and plants. Over 125 bird and 44 fish species have been recorded in the marsh at the north end of the bay. The bay was once a significant shipping port as well. In 1843, dredging operations cleared a channel large enough to admit cargo ships from Lake Ontario. Records show that in 1845 alone, there were 20 sawmills operating in Pickering Township that shipped over one million yards of lumber through Frenchman's Bay. No wonder that by 1850, more than half of Pickering Township was cleared of its natural forest. The pylons at the north end of the bay are all that remain of the original wharf that was built in the 1850's. http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?id=96&view=text&page=30 Congratulations to MrPirateCat and Fubarman for their joint first to find!
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Nobir gur jngre yriry, faht nf n oht. Ab arrq gb fgnaq va lbhe obng.
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