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.
The Lowry House sits at 898 Church Street, in Warsaw. This was the home of local Weaver Samuel Lowry in 1884, until 1888 at which point he moved his weaving business to downtown Peterborough. Lowry is known historically as a weaver. At first, of horse blankets in the early years of his career, and then later on of in-grain (reversible) carpeting woven on a Jacquard loom. The Jacquard loom used by Lowry in Peterborough, is now on display at Lang Pioneer Village Museum, in the Samuel Lowry Weaver Shop and Jacquard Loom Interpretation Centre. In November of 1892, articles in both the Peterborough Examiner and the Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville) tell the tale of a woman jilted in love by Lowry. Find this cache, and read a copy of the article – to see how one young lady dealt with the wrongdoings of local lothario, Samuel Lowry.