It's a medium size Lock N Lock container with all kinds of swag inside.There's a FTF trackable geocoing (for keeping or activating) for whoever claims it first.
Cache is quite easy to find, but getting there is the tricky part. We've marked a couple of waypoints coming from the Dunbar Rd, but feel free to share your route if you find an easier one. The road can get bad at times so make sure you've got enough time and gas.
This geocache should be winter friendy but the roads won't be plowed unless they're doing some logging in the area. We cannot stress enough how important it is for everyone to respect the place and to observe CITO at all times.
This cache was inspired by GC154C6 and everyone involved with it.
Hope you enjoy the trip as much as we did, happy caching!
The story of Scotch Settlement
In 1834, the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company purchased a total of 589,000 acres of land, most of it, a vast track of land in York and Northumberland counties. The object was to clear lots, build homes and bring to the area, settlers, who would pay for the land over a period of time. The purpose to bring settlers was to open up New Brunswick, build roads, and to establish communities.
One of the company's first groups of settlers were enticed to a section of land near Stanley, NB with promises of 100 acres of land, five of which would be cleared ready to farm, a comfortable log house ready, a lease of 50 years granted, a promise of employment, a promise of established storehouses for supplies, provisions, clothing and tools and lastly, a promise of medical aid for the passage from Scotland as well as medical aid for the settlement. These Scottish settlers arrived in 1836 coming from the threat of starvation from the Eastern Isles of Scotland. To be noted, they were not farmers. They were kelp gatherers and herring fishermen; however, the Land Company thought them to be ideal settlers for the deep forested land in New Brunswick.
These Highland settlers arrived in November 1836. Prior to leaving Scotland they were promised free passage but after their departure, they were forced to sign a document promising to pay for their free passage within three years. The promised comfortable log houses were empty shells not fit for animals to live in. The tools promised? One rumor was that they received a crate of axe heads but there were no holes in the heads to put a handle. I mentioned this to one of a history buff friend and he couldn’t verify that, however, he told me, he found, at the site, an axe head which was made of very poor metal. He said the side of the axe head is bent showing it’s weakness. With very little provisions, cutting green fuel, lacking food and proper clothing and suffering from illness, they spent a howling murderous first winter. . Forty one or one third of the emigrants died.
The second winter was no better. Many of them had fled the area but for those who remained food was scarce. It was reported they dug the seed potatoes from the ground for food.
A petition was filed for an investigation. Miraculously, the Land Company was exonerated of any wrong doing.
In the spring of 1838 many of the remaining immigrants pushed on to Stanley and the nearby communities. Of the survivors was a family of McDonalds. The daughter Mysie remained until a few months prior to her death. She is buried in the old Catholic cemetery in Stanley. Mysie was a strong woman determined to survive. She cut logs and built her own cabin shingling the roof with cedar bark. She carried her dead brother on her back to Stanley for burial. It was reported she was honest and never begged but would accept a cup of tea or a hot meal. Her ability to tell the future resulted in her being called a witch. Some people poked fun at her. Mysie was an incredible woman, a survivor.
A lonely site holds the shallow graves of 48 persons who perished that first year. Piles of rocks mark the head and foot of these hollows varying in size from infant to adult. Someone erected a picket fence around the gravesite. In 1946, the remaining two pickets were found by woodsman and taken to the New Brunswick Historical Society. Twenty-five fire places have been found at this site. The Nashwaak Bicentennial Association erected a stone monument in remembrances of the Highland Settlers. Every fall they visit the site, remember and maintain...