Punch Steel Traditional Cache
Team2Steel: Construction... Changing coordinates... Nobody can find it... Look for Punch Steel II next May!
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Parking is on either side of the bridge(N48°46.582 W086°53.0260) on Highway 17 crossing the Steel River. The East side is for snow plow turnaround so I wouldn't recommend it in the winter. The cache is in an ammo box. Use caution crossing the RR tracks.
The Steel River is a river in Thunder Bay District in northern Ontario. It empties into the north shore of Lake Superior east of Terrace Bay. There is a provincial waterway park along the river. The Steel is one of the coldest tributary streams to Lake Superior and a top producing migratory salmonid stream. The headwaters of this great river reach deep into the boreal heartland of the Northwest. The upper section of the Steel is gorgeous, and a popular destination for kayakers, canoeists and anglers. However, when the Steel leaves Santoy Lake and plunges over a high falls, the character of the river changes. From the falls to Lake Superior, the Steel charges to the lake, churning through tight rapids and creating deep pools perfect for cold water fish. In this lower section of river, just about every species of salmonid in Lake Superior is known to spawn. The Steel has been identified as prime coaster brook trout habitat, and it’s an important nursery river for this rebuilding population of this native fish. The largest runs of fish in the Steel occur in the spring, when Lake Superior rainbow trout enter it to spawn. These fish use the entire lower Steel to procreate, as do the various salmon species and coasters that run later in the fall. The Steel is a blue ribbon trout river; one of the very few on Superior’s shore that’s not been harnessed for power. On 2/17 the Ministry announced that no private dams will be constructed on the Steel River. The river is also a major staging area for bald eagles and other raptors.
This cache is one part of a series of three placed by Team 2. We have been coming to this area to fish for Steelhead for nearly 20 years. If you encounter any members of Team 3 while trying to find this cache it is best just to ignore them. Original contents are:
Summit Steel bottle opener TB
Team 2 commemorative pen
Pocket Guide to Beer book
KISS pick
Summit coaster
Old Vienna patch
Falstaff patch
Bellagio deck of cards
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