Find this sneaky cache just as you enter downtown St.Thomas, known as the Railway Calital of Canada. You should be able to park across the street at the apartment complex, or walk on the grass down from Jumbo the elephant. Happy Caching!
Why do we call St. Thomas Canada’s railway capital?
St. Thomas was an important railway town. At its peak, it was a hub for a multitude of prominent railways, and served as the primary stop on the Canadian shortcut between Detroit and Buffalo. By 1914, a total of eight different railways brought in more than 100 trains per day.
A more profound reason is the importance of the railways to St. Thomas. To be sure, there were major cities in Canada that also served as booming railways centres. But the railways transformed St. Thomas from a town of just 1700 people in 1860 to a city of more than 35,000 people today. The railways brought St. Thomas jobs and prosperity. (City of St.Thomas website)