Welcome to Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories (ACHH) Geotour!
You’ve located a stop in the ACHH Geotour, which as of Feb.10, 2024 consists of 35 geocaches divided into two phases and located in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Initially launched in July of 2022, this Geotour aims to highlight various diverse and sometimes relatively unknown histories in Atlantic Canada. It will continue to grow. The first 2 phases of the tour highlight Black History in Atlantic Canada. In Phase 1 there are two segments with six locations in New Brunswick, and ten locations in Nova Scotia. Each of these segments has their own geocoin and passport, the link for which is provided in relevant cache descriptions. Caches in Phase 1 start with ACHH: in their name. Caches in Phase 2 start with ACHH2: in their name. This cache is part of Phase 2 and was placed in celebration of Black History Month 2024. A map and the complete list of geocaches can be found here.
About this Location
Please note this house is private property. The cache has been placed with the permission of the home owner.
In its Historic Places listing, the Peters house is described as follows. This residence was possibly built by successful young rural lawyer Harry Peters for his “city” wife. Harry was the son of Loyalist James Peters who was one of the most influential founders of the village of Gagetown. Written and internal evidence is consistent with 1815 as its date of construction. Fireplace design as well as a basement kitchen seems to fit with this date. The kitchen ell and the dormers were additions from somewhat later in the 19th century. Photographs from the 19th century show this residence as one-and-a-half storey building with typically Victorian-era gingerbread trim. It is significant that throughout that century, the house was part of a working farm with barns and outbuildings nearby. About 1910 the property was sold and the new owner decided that he would be an inn keeper and added another full storey to the house.
According to the late George Hector, his great grandfather accompanied the Peters family to Gagetown as an enslaved person. The Hector family lived in the slave ell in the old kitchen of the house (you can see this in the accompanying photo of the rear of the house). Adjacent to this property is Hector Lane.
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historical view 
current view
kitchen