Unity Island Marsh Traditional Cache
J-92: Intended to remove this one today, but the area is too wet to approach where the cache was and I didn't bring my waterproof shoes. Going to go ahead and archive it to open the area up, will be back once the area dries up a bit more for me to remove what remains of the cache.
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Something a little more off the beaten path than what seems to be the norm around here. Located on Squaw/Unity Island. I just moved to the area and I'm long overdue for placing another cache so here it is.
The cache is a small plastic container with room for a couple of small items and the log, but no pen. Please try to hide it as well or better than you found it.
Notice that this is placed near the wetland area of the park so be prepared for that based on recent weather and the time of year.
From Wikipedia:
"For centuries, Unity Island was known to the native Seneca Indians as Deyowenoguhdoh (pronounced de-dyo-we-no-guh-do), meaning "divided island," so-called for a small marshy creek that once ran through the property. During his 1679 expedition of the Great Lakes, explorer Robert de LaSalle gave the land mass the name "Squaw Island", a gesture to the area's native population. Philip Kenjockety, a prominent Seneca Indian and namesake of Scajaquada Creek, owned a corn field on the island at the time of his death in 1808. Kenjockety is known to have traveled the creek that once divided Squaw Island by canoe during his travels to and from Canada.
"Not until the early 19th Century did the island leave the hands of the Seneca Nation. Squaw Island remained in the hands of the Senecas until 1816, when the Nation gifted the property to Captain Jasper Parrish for his service to them as an agent and interpreter. Parrish later sold the island to local attorney Henry F. Penfield in 1823.
"In later years, Unity Island came into public ownership and its northern end was used as a landfill; the area was eventually capped and turned into today's Unity Island Park. A City of Buffalo water treatment facility began operations on the island in 1938. The facility's construction slightly expanded the size of the island. Unity Island was known as Squaw Island prior to June 2015, when the Buffalo Common Council voted to change the island's name. Council members voted unanimously to change the name after being petitioned by members of the Seneca Nation of New York, who considered the name to be racist and derogatory toward Native American women."
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