Ok, here it is! Maisoui & Avrohead's first cache placement...
Everybody has to start somewhere! We chose this area for our first
cache because it means a lot to our family, but the area doesn't
support a traditional size cache, so you get a micro!
The cache location was chosen to bring people to a spot marking
an important date in the history of the City of Hamilton. We call
this "Grandpa's Park" because he was instrumental in getting it off
the ground. I'm not sure if I would have heard of this park if I
was not related to a Dieppe veteran.
This is a small park (3 or 4 properties wide) along the
waterfront trail in Hamilton, with several plaques detailing the
(doomed) raid on Dieppe, along with the names of every young man
from Hamilton who was killed there. In future, it is hoped that the
name of every person from Hamilton who went to Dieppe will appear
here.
I have noticed that some young people have found the cache, and
I thought that you might like to think about this... Avrohead's dad
was 21 years, 7 months, and 7 days old when he was taken prisoner
at Dieppe. What were you doing or what do you expect to be doing at
that age?
The cache is hidden from the people using the waterfront trail
by a wall. There are neighbours on either side of the park, but
they are used to people hanging around the park and the waterfront
trail. There is a limited amount of parking at the West side of the
park (call the lake North). The park has now become fully
wheelchair acessable, as the parking lot has been paved and the
walkway extended to the parking lot. For the more scenic route,
park at N 43.17.747 W 79.47.594 This is a larger, fully paved lot
less than 1/2km from the cache, with wheelchair accessable paths to
the waterfront trail. There are also public washrooms here, open
7:30am to dusk, Apr-Nov. If you are lucky, a ship will go through
the canal while you are here. Wave to the sailors!
This is supposed to be an easy one to find and to remove - no
tools needed. Please replace the container as found, including the
camouflage. When placed, the cache did contain a teeny tiny pencil
wrapped up inside the log, but you might want to bring a writing
instrument!
