This is one of a dozen or so geocaches that is on/near the Erie Canal in Wayne County celebrating the canal's 200th anniversary this year! Caches will be placed in Macedon, Palmyra, Port Gibson, Newark/Arcadia, Lyons and Clyde (Galen).
Caches is this series will be regular size food storage containers, and the hides are not supposed to be tricky. We are encouraging new cachers to start caching and experienced cachers to learn more about and visit the Erie Canal in Wayne County. Message the cache owner for help if needed.
Anyone who logs this find, or another one in this series, by August 15th will be eligible for a grand prize relating to the Erie Canal. Other smaller prizes are also being talked about being given the week of the Wayne County Fair, August 4th - 10th, 2025. Winners will be randomly drawn from "found it" logs submitted online or through the geocaching app and verified being in the log book. Winners will be contacted through Geocaching.com messaging.
The cache containers are plastic Rubbermaid food storage containers with a red lid. Pictures of a canal map and the logo for the celebration can be seen through the sides of the container. There are pencils and a small spiral log book in the cache. Please return the cache exactly where/how you found it so other visitors can have the same experience! Read the hint if you like, and message the cache owner if you need help!
Some information about what Wayneport is all about:
At one time known as West Macedon, Wayneport was the first port in Wayne County east of Rochester on the original Clinton's Ditch. The first post office in Macedon was located here. On the south side of the present Wayneport bridge over today's Erie Canal. Parts of the original Clinton's Ditch and the enlarged Erie Canal may be seen. A short distance to the north is a cemetery where 26 canal laborers were buried in 1846.
In the mid-19th century Wayneport became an important part of the New York Central and West Shore railroad systems when a coaling facility for steam engines was located here. There were also facilities for sand and ash removal, water tanks, and an icing facility for refrigerated cars. Westbound trains which took on a full load of coal here could reach Chicago before needing to refuel.