Once the home of the Gooderham and Worts distillery, the Distillery District is now designated as a National Historic Site. The sprawling facility occupies 13 acres of land on the eastern edge of downtown Toronto with dozens of buildings, many of which are attached to one another. The site was first used in 1837 when a still was set up here to convert surplus grain from an 1832 grist mill into whiskey. Over the years, Gooderham and Worts grew steadily alongside Toronto's own rise as a manufacturing centre with buildings being raised between 1859 and 1927. These buildings were used to produce, package, store, market and develop spirits.
Today, the production of spirits has long since ceased, with the successors of Gooderham and Worts having closed the facility in 1990. The area was purchased in 2001 and has been converted into a commercial and retail district containing numerous cafes, restaurants and shops housed within restored heritage buildings. The Distillery District is widely viewed as one of Canada's premier destinations for arts, culture and entertainment.
In addition to the buildings themselves, there are numerous public art installations, historic artifacts and commemorative plaques throughout the district. This virtual cache will bring you to some of these locations as you explore the Distillery District.
Logging Requirements
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General Instructions
You will be exploring the Distillery District to locate public art pieces, plaques and historic artifacts. All locations are contained within the boundary of the Distillery District, defined as the area surrounded by Mill St., Cherry St., Distillery Ln. and Parliament St. Find the objects and take a photo of them.
Photo Requirements
Each of your photos must have the specified object as well as a piece of paper with your Geocaching username and the GC code of this virtual cache (GCAJFFD), handwritten or otherwise, and clearly legible. These are the absolute minimum requirements. You may optionally include signature items, your GPSr or whatever else you like, but they are not a substitute for the required piece of paper. You do not need to show your face in any photo.
Here are two examples of acceptable photos:
Group Logging
All geocachers logging a Found It must include with their log their own unique set of photos meeting the above requirements.
At the Posted Coordinates
DON'T FORGET THIS!
Locate the "Gooderham and Worts Distillery Complex" National Historic Site plaque on the side of the building and take a photo of it. (See Photo Requirements above!)
Other Objects to Search For
The following objects will be found elsewhere within the Distillery District. Find and take photos of at least 10 of them. (See Photo Requirements above!)
This virtual geocache should be available whenever the Distillery District is open to the public. Operating hours can be found online and are typically 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily.
If your photos do not satisfy the logging requirements set out above, or you are missing any of the required photos, your log may be deleted without notice. Digitally-altered images, for example to add in your name or other information, are not acceptable.
Special thanks to Coleswag for beta testing this virtual and helping to create it with me. Your assistance is greatly appreciated!
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