ACADIAN TOUR #23 Multi-Cache

This is a series of twenty five (25) caches placed to highlight the Acadian Heritage in Colchester County. Visit the actual sites of ACADIAN Villages of Cobequid. Enjoy vistas little altered from the days when Acadian families dyked the marshes and harvested salt hay. Captain  Abijah Willard with an Acadian guide, map maker Thomas Lewis &100 New England troops traveled through this area. His 1755 diary is one of the best information sources for these communities.

23. Village Hébert    In 1754 Lt.-Governor Lawrence sent Captain Matthew Floyer to study the land along the Shubenacadie River for a suitable place to build a blockhouse.  His report and map describe the Acadian settlements he found, including a farm to the north of this spot.

This is also an ideal place to see bald eagles and to watch the dramatic tides of the Shubenacadie.

A DNR sign; Discover our nature;  CADDELL RAPIDS is at the poster co-ordinates How many pad locks hold the sign to the frame, this number is X'.  The final co-ordinates for the cache are  N 45° 08.045' + X.000'  and W 063° 19.536' + X.000