The TICO series is brought to you by Team TICO, a group of
Ontario Geocachers interested in preserving trading caches as part
of our hobby. Team TICO feels that geocaches containing interesting
and unique trading items are an important and enjoyable part of the
whole Geocaching experience. Historically, the original caches were
all trading caches. In order to maintain the quality of trade items
in caches, we believe that people should leave items of equal or
higher value to replace items taken whenever you make a trade.
Otherwise the trading items are reduced to an accumulation of
“junk” items of no interest to anyone – in essence a dead trading
cache. Our motto’s are:
“TRADE UP, TRADE EVEN, TRADE OFTEN” and “HELP KEEP THIS CACHE
TRASH FREE”.
Whenever you see our red and black logo on a cache, please
remember what it stands for and respect the intentions of those who
placed the cache.
Parking found at- N: 43 16.626 W: 79 59.246
This beautiful new trail follows Spencer Creek from a parking
lot near Webster’s Falls to Crook’s Hollow Road. You will pass by
what looks like the remains of an old bridge and dam.
According to some literature I discovered :
“The first settler to come to the area was an American, Jacob
Cochenour, who arrived in 1785. He was granted 200 acres of Crown
Land along the Spencer Creek and secured his living as a trader
with the neighbouring Indians. Cochenour died in 1819 but left as a
reminder the bridge he constructed across Spencer Creek in 1797,
and a long line of descendants.”
More information about the settlers in the area can be found
here: Crook's
Hollow
If you keep walking along Crooks Hollow Road, you will come to
the remains of the old Darnley Grist Mill.