GCRQK8 Runchey's Travel Bug & GeoCoin Tavern Cache (Traditional Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by Scratch-n-Win

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Scratch-n-Win: Well, we have to end a wonderful location for a cache. We drove to the cache site today and indeed, the whole area has been bulldozed. How sad. :( Thanks to everyone who came out to visit this awesome piece of history. Another one bites the dust.

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A cache by Scratch-n-Win Message this owner

Hidden : 12/26/2005

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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A quick stop on Highway 8. Perfect place for your Travel Bug of Geo Coin to stop off meet some new friends and have a Pint.

NOTE: Information provided by Lugnuts: open cistern just SE of the site - please be careful -- (Thanks for the info Lugnuts!!)

Thanks to YOUTHPOINT: DO NOT EAT THE FRUIT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OF THE CACHE - that is private property!!! Not that we would think any cachers would, but just be warned not to!

Runchey's Tavern: Robert Runchey was granted land in Louth Township in 1791 after serving the British Army during the American Revolution. By the end of the century he was running an Inn at this site. "Runchey's Tavern" became a well-known Coach Stop and local landmark. During the war of 1812 it was a meeting place for troops. Runchey, an officer in the Lincoln Militia, became the Captain of a company of black volunteers from the Niagara Peninsula. He commanded the "Coloured Corps" from its formation in the Fall of 1812 until the Winter of 1812/13. Runchey's Tavern building survived until the 1970's, when it was damaged by fire and torn down. Vestiges of its foundation, driveway, and landscaping are still evident.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jngpu bhg, lbh zvtug "fgrc" ba vg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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