This mystery cache is part of the Superman GeoArt Series
*The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates*
N 42° 15.003' W 72° 42.680'
These 60 caches placed across Southampton are comprised of park & grabs and short hikes featuring varying levels of difficulty/terrain and an assortment of containers. If you've cached in the area before, you're sure to recognize some of these spots. Enjoy your adventure!
Northampton - New Haven Canal
The Hampshire and Hampden Canal was the Massachusetts segment of an 86-mile (138 km) canal that once connected New Haven, Connecticut to the Connecticut River north of Northampton, Massachusetts. Its Connecticut segment was called the Farmington Canal.
The canal dates to 1821 when New Haven businessmen began to raise capital and investigate a possible canal route from their harbor to central Massachusetts, and on to Barnet, Vermont and Canada beyond. In this original vision, the canal would pass through Farmington, Connecticut to the border at Southwick, Massachusetts, then join the Connecticut River near Northampton, and from there continue to the St. Lawrence River through Lake Memphremagog and the valley of the St. Francis River. Two side canals were also envisioned: one running from Farmington through Unionville, Connecticut to Colebrook, Connecticut; the other linking to the Erie Canal via the Hudson River or the proposed (but never built) Boston and Albany Canal.