Historic Hamilton: Dundas Street Traditional Cache

Cache is a bison tube that has a logbook. Please bring your own writing instrument to sign the logbook, and replace as found. Parking can be found roadside at the plaque (reference point), or near the cache on Castlewood Drive.

I wanted to hide a physical container near this plaque but it didn't seem wise as the cairn/plaque is near a school. Instead, I hid it a bit down the road. Please visit the reference point to read the plaque, or you can also read it below:

Dundas Street, named for Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for the British Home Department (1791-1794), was built on Lieutenant Governor Simcoe's orders in 1793-1794. The road, cut by a party of Queen's Rangers from Burlington Bay to the upper forks, a navigable point on the Thames River, was part of a land and water communications system linking Detroit and Montreal. The road also connected the site of Simcoe's proposed capital, London, 26 km downstream, with the larger network. While Simcoe's primary consideration was military, Dundas Street also helped to open the region for settlement.

Congratulations to Celtic_Fleur_de_Lis on the FTF!