We started caching in the summer of 2010. Within our first month of caching, we had explored the F.W.R. Dickson Wilderness Area and Wrigley Lake Trail, finding many of zeke_'s awesome caches! We have even met zeke_ on the trails at RARE Charitable Research Reserve in Cambridge. There are a couple of things that might be safely said about zeke_: he likes ammo boxes, and he likes these trails. So do we. This cache is a tribute to zeke_'s Lakeshore cache. This cache is placed only meters away from zeke_'s original hide.
After pulling into the parking lot, lo and behold, ApolloandMe and KayTeeAre are rapping on my window. They had the exact same idea of placing a tribute cache! Thank you KayTeeAre for choosing the perfect name for this cache.
You are looking for a nice large ammo box a little ways off of the trail. If you keep following the trail southwards, you will connect with the F.W.R. Dickson Wilderness Area.
The F.W.R. Dickson Wilderness Area includes two small lakes with well developed aquatic, marsh, willow-dogwood thickets and deciduous edge forest that provide habitat for a variety of birds. This is a 4.8 km loop trail, suitable mostly for walking, with a surface that is primarily hard-packed dirt with several gravel sections. At the start of the trail there is a parking lot with signage and an aerial photograph. The trail is a figure "8" with short or long loop options, used year round for hiking. Access to this trail is also available from the Wrigley Lake Trail. The trail is easy to moderate level of difficulty with some hilly terrain involving steps, boardwalks through wetland areas, and narrow paths through heavy plant growth. The short loop trail features a variety of habitats such as mixed forest with a heavy under-story of shrubs, vines, and wildflowers. A swamp is filled with water plants, grey dogwood, and tamaracks. There is even some remnant tall-grass prairie, dominated by Indian grass and showy tick-trefoil, which is maintained through prescribed burning. http://www.grandriver.ca/