Johns' Place Traditional Cache

This cache is situated  on private property, by permission of the owner.It is meant to be challenging and fun. Please replace as found for others to enjoy the same challenge  .

Johns' Place was a 160 acre farm originally bought from the Crown in 1804 . In 1870 the owner ( name unknown )  lost the farm in a card game . Circa 1957 the farm was severed and split for the construction of Highway 401 to the South . In 1972 the present 50 acre farm  , and several others in the area , was bought by Doctor Purdy . Dr. Purdy was a Brother-in-Law to Galen Weston and related to the renowned Canadian poet Alfred Wellington Purdy , who was born in Wooler . The current owner , John Van Gilst , bought the farm in 1977 .