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This Cache is placed as part of the 2021 Taconic Region Geocaching Challenge. Please see LT1 for more information. This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to mark your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item.
This is a small-medium size cache hidden at the East Beach Picnic Area. You are looking for a plastic waterproof container hidden at ground level.
Lake Taghkanic Statistics:
Elevation: 650 feet
Area: 168 acres
Shoreline Length: 3.7 miles
Length: 1.5 miles
Max Depth: 40 feet
Mean Depth: 19 feet
Lake Taghkanic used to be called Lake Charlotte. In the years 1928-29 the Taconic State Park Commission considered the suitability of Lake Charlotte for park purposes. This lake was given to the Commission together with some uplands by D. McRa Livingston providing the lake be renamed Taghkanic. In 1933, with the advent of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a camp was established and with the appointment of capable carpenters and masons to oversee the work, members of the CCC built the East Beach bathhouse, the beach, camping and cabin area and the water tower.