Cache is a bison tube that contains only a log. Please bring your own writing instrument to sign the logbook and replace the cache EXACTLY as found. Parking is available on James Street for Stage 1, and you may walk or drive to the final which is within 500m from the posted coordinates.
An important ecclesiastical centre for the Niagara Peninsula, Christ's Church was erected in stages, its form altered as the size and prominence of the congregation increased. Begun in 1835 as a parish church, the frame building was expanded in 1852-54 with the addition of a stone chancel and nave extension designed by the renowned Toronto architect William Thomas. The present nave, fashioned by Henry Langley, a specialist in church architecture noted for his masterly High Victorian Gothic designs, was completed in 1876, a year after Christ's Church was designated the cathedral for the newly-formed Diocese of Niagara. Although the building has undergone various alterations and renovations since then, notably the extension of the chancel in 1924-25, it retains its handsome 19th-century character.
The Cathedral is a notable arts, concert, recital and recording venue in Hamilton; its Gallery 252, operated by the Cathedral’s arts committee, mounts monthly exhibitions of oils, pastels, charcoal drawings, photography, silk screening and stitchery as a means of introducing to the public artists not yet sufficiently established for commercial galleries.
Between 1837 and 1853 approximately 763 bodies were buried in the cemetery located at the rear of Christ Church Cathedral in Hamilton. With the cemetery already approaching capacity in 1847, the church Trustees purchased land on York Boulevard from Sir Allan MacNab to use as a new burial ground.
When the purchase was completed, many of the bodies were removed from the Christ Church grounds and re-interred in the York Boulevard property. All that remains of the original burial site are 18 monuments in a raised area located behind the church building.
The monuments surround a column inscribed to Richard Beasley as "first settler at the Head of the Lake".
The earliest interment still known to be at this site dates to 1839.
To find the cache:
At the posted coordintes, you will see a plaque. Take the year that Christ's Churh was begun as a paris church and add it to the year that the nave was completed. Divide this number by 1000, and add to the following meaningless coordinates.
N43 12.219 W079 48.036
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