Though the School Bells no longer ring and the trains no longer whistle their approach at this location, I figured it would be an interesting location to place a cache. The Inwood Subdivision rail-bed running past this location was installed in the early 1900’s by the Canadian Northern Railroad. Eventually the Canadian National Railroad took control of this branch-line. The line was abandoned in the early 1980’s and the rail was removed in the early 1990’s. Once the rail was removed, this Abandoned Rail Head was converted into a multi-use trail that is now known as the Interlake Pioneer Trail (Formerly the Prime Meridian Trail).known as the Prime Meridian Trail, and is now known as the Interlake Pioneer Trail.
More information on the Trail can be found by clicking the links above.
Near this location there is also the old Erinside School building and Teacherage. The School and teacherage are a designated municipal heritage site in the RM of Woodlands.
More information on the School and Teacherage can be found at:
Expect some further updates on this site if I find out more on the locations history.
The cache when placed contained a log, an unactivated travel bug dog tag (I took down the number so I can log a discovery once it is put into play), and a rail spike from the rail bed found on the morning the cache was placed.