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Historical Brantford: Bunnell's Landing Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/28/2021
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is a lock and lock container that has only a logbook. Please bring your own writing instrument to sign the logbook, and replace as found. Parking can be found roadside on Barrett Avenue and has been waypointed. At the posted coordinates, you will see a plaque. In the certitude checker, enter the first and last name (no spaces) of the individual who had a home across from Bunnell's Landing. 

When Joseph Brant and his supporters came to Canada from New York in 1784 they brought their American slaves with them to the Grand River Valley. Slavery was abolished in the British Empire by 1834 and so most of the Black families stayed here and settled along the river near Cainsville. Fugitive slaves from the South later joined them, coming through Buffalo across Lake Erie and then up the Grand River.

Until the Grand River Navigation Company locks were built in 1848, this site was as far up the river as cargo boats could travel. Later the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railways shipped goods from Brantford’s factories along this rail line. The landslide of 1986 destroyed the tracks and buried most evidence of settlement in this area.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qbja Fybcr Raq Bs Snyyra

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)