GC1VD6F Thorold's Klondike (Traditional Cache) in Ontario, Canada created by 42at42

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Hidden : 7/1/2009

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Safest place to park is at the co-ordinates below. Watch for cars. Should be an easy find. I placed this cache mainly for the historical content.

Camo'd spice bottle.

This is Thorold's "Klondike". This is a remnant of an artificial channel dug in 1897 from the Third Canal at Allanburg to provide water power for the first phase of the DeCew Power Station. The electricity generated was sent to Hamilton. A friend of mine who has researched the name Klondike hasn't found any concrete evidence of why it is called the Klondike. The best guess is that any venture that was risky was referred to as a "Klondike".
The Klondike wasn't used after the flooding of Lake Gibson in 1904.
I personally haven't seen this, but they say when the water level in Lake Gibson is very low you can still see the aqueduct that carried the water for the Klondike over the Beaverdams Creek.

UPDATE: In the fall of 2009 the water was lowered when they removed the decking from the Decew Rd. Bridge. I seen and photographed the remains of the pilings that carried the aqueduct over the Creek. I went directly south of this cache. I will post photos.

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