Frederick House River Cache Multi-Cache
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Frederick House River Cache
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This micro cache is at a pleasant and well maintained rest stop, picnic area and boat launch on the east side of the Frederick House River Bridge, Highway 101 east of Timmins. Currently a new Bridge is being built, so there is a lot of construction activity near the park.
To find the hidden cache, you will need to follow a few steps.
The given co-ordinates of N 48o 32.828' & W 080o 58.318' will NOT take you to the cache but to a plaque that has been here for 50 years. In reading this plaque, note the YEAR that the first mining claim was staked nearby. Subtract 1087 from this number. The answer is 'abc'.
Just a few metres away, at co-ordinates N 48o 32.834' &
W 080o 58.317' is a unique plaque of etched metal, written in English, Cree, and French. It has not weathered well and may be a little difficult to read in some lighting situations. The marker tells a story of the Native Canadian Indians in this area, and of the explorers and prospectors in general, and the touching story of the remains buried here in particular.
In part, it reads: "Indian Unknown". "Beneath this turf by Frederick House rest the remains of an Indian Boy. His skeleton was found on Night Hawk Lake in 1958...." "Near him lay the bronze remains of a muzzle loading flint lock gun..." "It was manufactured by English gunsmiths about 1700 for the North American fur trade." ..........
At the very bottom of the plaque is the YEAR that it was erected. Note this number and subtract 1743 from it. The answer is 'def'.
Since this area of Northern Ontario was not settled until after the Porcupine Gold Rush of 1909, we think of it as being young, so it is important to be reminded of our Heritage as noted on these plaques.
The cache is a film can containing "ladybugs" - (some are self adhesive and some have magnets). Please bring a pen or pencil to sign the small logbook.
*** Once you have completed the necessary mathematics, the cache can be found nearby at the following co-ordinates:
N 48o 32.abc' & W 080o 58.def'
(Note: for anyone interested, the surviving parts of the aforementioned 'flint lock gun' can be viewed, - within the outline of the rifle on plastic - at the Timmins Museum National Exhibition Centre in South Porcupine.)
Additional Hints
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