Crows Nest Traditional Cache
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Algonquin - Big Crow Lake
A canoe will be required and at least one night of over night camping. Be prepared to hike up a steep trail, with a beautiful view from the top.
Update as of August 20, 2007.
A huge thank you to Tomtec for both replacing the muggled cache and for correcting my mistaking cache coordinates. They have been updated and are now correct as of August 20 2007. The trail leading to the Fire Tower and cache begins behind the Old Ranger's Cabin found at: N45 49.453 W78 25.710. This cabin can be booked for night stays through Parks Canada. Fresh spring water can be found by taking the trail which starts to the left of the cabin.
Original Write up from August 11, 2003:
We have been going to Big Crow Lake for the past few summers. This summer we went twice. I would recommend taking the boat taxi across Lake Opeongo. As this is a rather large lake that can have some large waves, if the wind is out. From Opeongo you would travel on Proulx lake and Little Crow Lake and then to Big Crow Lake. It takes about 3 hours to get to Big Crow after leaving lake Opeongo. There are several things to do while on Big Crow Lake, such as fishing, hiking into some old 100 year old white pine trees. There is a great beach on one side of the lake that is great for small kids. But the big attraction is finding our Crows Nest cache which is hid up by the Old Rangers Fire Tower. The camp site we had on our first visit had 3 moose walk through it. On believable, but we have the pictures to prove it.
My daughter (Little Raven) her uncle (Treasurehuntmen) and I hid this cache. The trail leading up to the Fire Tower starts behind the old Rangers Log Cabin. The cache is located 30 meters west of the fire tower (the cordinates are for the location of the cache), just into the trees. Look for a pile of large stones and look under them in a crevice between the rocks.
We left an assortment of things that may come in handy while camping.
Have fun and take some pictures to post on this page.
We will be going back to tend this cache in the early summer next year. My brother-in-law (treasurehuntman) also left a cache on Lake Lavielle, that we will be visiting as well at that time. There is a great canoe/fishing loop you can do in this area. Check out the Algonquin Map.
Have fun Griffindog
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