As COVID-19 evolves, it’s important for you to consider the risks and manage them appropriately. Remember to read all signage before entering any trail system.
When choosing to find PtboCountyCaches geocaches, we encourage you to:
- Stay home if you’re feeling sick
- Maintain 2m physical distancing with people outside of your social circle
- Carry hand sanitizer and use it before AND after contact with geocaches
Please note: cache containers are not officially sanitized at any time. If you do choose to open a cache, it is at your own risk.
This cache has been placed as part of an initiative by the County of Peterborough, its member municipalities, the City of Peterborough and local First Nation communities to celebrate Canada 150+. There are 23 geocaches placed throughout the region showcasing local history.
If you would like to participate in this initiative you can download a Travel Diary at (Geocaching at Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism). Find at least one geocache in each of the Townships, First Nations and in the City and stamp your Travel Diary. Once you have completed the Travel Diary, you can visit the Peterborough and the Kawartha’s Tourism office to pick up a limited geocoin. New coins in stock in 2018.
On the lid of the cache container you will see a stamp. If you have a stamp pad with you, great, use that to ink the stamp and stamp your Travel Diary. If not, use the crayon or the pencil in the cache container to "rub" the impression of the stamp on your Travel Diary.
You are standing very close to the original site of our community. Curve Lake, or as we call it W’shkiigmong, was officially recognized as a community in 1829 and became a reserve proper in 1889. This area has always been valuable to us for the great fishing, wild rice beds and cranberry bogs. When the Trent Severn Lock system was built in the mid 1800’s, most of the wild rice beds were destroyed, as were the cranberry bogs, due to fluctuating water levels. However, the fishing remains some of the best in the Kawarthas. The land still holds a special place in the hearts of our people and we continue to revive our traditions, culture and language through stories and ceremony.