Unity Park was officially dedicated on October 8th, 1992 commemorating Canada's 125th birthday as part of the Peace Parks Across Canada project . This was a commitment to peace among all people of the world with our common home and environment - Planet Earth. Twenty five years later, it is Canada's 150th birthday. This year we celebrate, and we honour those who were here before Canada was--the inhabitants of Turtle Island--and look forward to our nation continuing to grow with the best interests of all of its peoples kept.
There is parking available on all streets around this cache. Unity Park is situated a short walk away from Richmond Hill's main historical downtown, has a good playground for kids of all ages, and is situated across the street from the Elgin Barrow arena, baseball diamond, and lawn bowling pitch.
To find this letterbox, you can proceed directly to the posted coordinates and sign the log--there is a stamp inside the container that can be used to stamp your book (please return this stamp to the cache) and you are welcome to use your personal stamp in the logbook too.
Alternatively, go back in-time and follow these letterboxing instructions to find the cache:
- start at the Canadian flag at the top of the hill behind the gazebo you can see from the street.
- with your back to the gazebo and park sign, look for the trail that proceeds to your left, and where it continues into the woods in the distance between the tall evergreens.
- proceed down that trail and into the woods, watching for the small dip down and back up that you'll encounter.
- stick to this trail through the woods and out into the open meadow area. It becomes a worn path at this point. Keep going along the beaten trail between the trees until it bends to the right. (In winter, continue to proceed due east until the trees and creek bend your path toward the south).
- Just past this bend, and within earshot of the creek's ripples and the wind in the willows, there will be the cache nestled in the crook of a tree to your left, equidistant between the creek and the trail.
There is a choice for the FTF on what to take between a couple of iconically "Canadian" prizes. There is additional Canada 150 swag in there as well. It is a large enough cache for trackables too.
Congraulations to ValTyr, OneCat, carnigrewal, and Mississauga Misfits on the group FTF, eh!