This cache is a quick and easy two-stage multi. The posted co-ordinates take you to a post road plaque. Bring your own writing stick. There is parking nearby. It's only a short drive between the plaque and the cache container.
Directions from Menno History #11: From Waldheim continue west for four miles, then turn north one mile on P.R.#432 and then again west for one half mile. The lectern is located at the existing cairn.
The last stop on our Post Road tour is what was once called Mountain City. It lay just west of the western border of the West Reserve area. Mountain City was established by English speaking settlers between 1875 and 1877. At its height it was the county seat of South Dufferin County. After the railroad bypassed the community in 1882, it faded away as the residents moved to the new railroad town of Morden or other nearby localities. People from across western Manitoba made paths and roads that connected with the Post Road in order to get to Emerson, but the Post Road proper ended here.
The cache is located at N 49 08.887 W 098 08.ABC
ABC = 2849 minus the year the church building was demolished
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The Closing of the Post Road: The Post Road was the most important route of the West Reserve in its time, allowing farmers to bring their goods to market and come home with other necessities of life. The eastern portion of the Post Road still follows the original route as it was established along the grid system. After the government began to make regular roads in the area, these came increasingly into use since they were better maintained. First the small paths were put to the plow and them most of the Post Road itself was given over to crop production. By 1930 virtually all trances of the original Post Road had disappeared.