085 C.T.U. Traditional Geocache
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THERE ARE CLOSE TO 1500 CACHES ALONG THE CONFEDERATION TRAIL AND ITS MANY SPURS. HOW MANY CAN YOU DO IN A DAY?
In August 2000, Prince Edward Island (PEI) became the first province in Canada to complete its section of the Trans Canada Trail -- the "Confederation Trail".
The Confederation Trail (CT) traverses the entire province, passing through many communities and all classes of landscape. The tip-to-tip route from Tignish to Elmira totals 279 km, but 357 km of excellent rolled stone dust surface are available for use. Branch trails extend into the heart of Charlottetown and to the waterside communities of Souris, Georgetown and Montague.
In its former life as a railway (abandoned in 1989), it created communities, shaped transportation and met all the challenges of Island terrain. As a continuous multi-purpose path from coast to coast of the province it accommodates walking, hiking, cycling, jogging and wheelchairs on a rolled stonedust surface. Travelers to the Island for over a century have enjoyed the pastoral landscape, woodlands and rivers between tiny Island communities.
UNDEVELOPED CONFEDERATION TRAIL (CT)
In addition to the above mentioned CT, there are many kilometers of abandoned rail beds waiting to be developed and incorporated into the existing CT system. These trails-in-progress are administered by and under the guidance of the Island's Parks & Recreation Department that oversees the CT. We have designated these rail lines & spurs as the "C.T.U." (Confederation Trail Undeveloped) for purposes of cache placements.
The CTU, liked its developed counterpart the CT, is closed to ALL motorized vehicles with the exception of snow mobiles -- you must hike or bike to find these cache placements. All cache placements are within 25 m of the Trail.
NOTE:
Please sign log sheets with initials only -- NO stamps or stickers! Please come prepared with extra log sheets and containers to help keep these caches in play.
The first 5 caches in this series have a very marginal trail (biking difficult, hiking best); caches 6 to 35 offer a trail that is bikeable but with poor to fair quality in sections; the trail beyond cache 35 is close to the quality of the CT series.
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