Red Maple on the Chippewa River Trail Multi-Cache
Red Maple on the Chippewa River Trail
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A quick multi, just off of the Chippewa River Trail, very near the Chippewa River. To find the final cache, go to the coordinates above and find the very large Red Maple. From the Red Maple, go 50 feet 30 degrees (NNE) and the cache is under a fallen tree.
This is one of a series of caches along the Chippewa River Trail. The route traces quiet countryside and broad meanders of the Chippewa River. For the most part, it follows the rail bed of the Milwaukee Road railway, built in 1882, which connected Eau Claire to Red Wing, Minnesota. The railway was abandoned in 1980.
The Chippewa River was once the "Road of War" for the Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Dakota (Sioux). It was a direct canoe route between the center of Dakota power at the north end of Lake Pepin and Ojibwe territory in northwestern Wisconsin. The conflict raged for more than 150 years with the last battle taking place near Eau Claire in 1854.
The trail goes though the Lower Chippewa River Valley, an area with much remaining natural habitat, including 50% of the states plant species, 70% of the state's fish species, 75% of the state's nesting bird species and 25% of all native prairies remaining in the state.
A trail pass is required to bike on the trail. Passes are available at 44.47.165; 91.31.935, which is the Short Street range station. Passes cost $15 for an annual pass, or $4 for a daily pass.
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