Historic Hamilton - Augustus Jones Mem. Fountain Traditional Cache

Historic Hamilton will be a series of caches that serve to bring cachers to historic places in and around the City of Hamilton. These caches can be placed by anyone, and are not limited to one CO. If you know of a historic place that you would like to bring people to, feel free to add it to the series!

The Augustus Jones Fountain is at King Street and New Mountain Road in Stoney Creek. Augustus Jones (1757 to 1836) was an Upper Canadian farmer, land speculator, magistrate and militia captain but was best known as a surveyor who lived in Saltfleet for several years. Jones studied surveying in New York City before fleeing to Upper Canada as a United Empire Loyalist. He became a Crown surveyor and was responsible for most of the township boundaries in the Niagara area and along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario. His work also extended to concession roads and early side roads.