Grand Trunk Railroad LbNA #11542 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 11, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Sturbridge |
| County: | Worcester |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | crackerjax  |
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| Found by: | Mim |
| Last found: | Aug 6, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Oct 11, 2004 |
The Grand Trunk Railroad letterbox is located on an abandoned railroad bed that never actually had a train on it. I have put one there.
Clues: very easy
Placed: Oct 11, 04 by Crackerjax and Shadow
Trail: very very easy. Flat, straight. Suitable for all. About 2.8 miles round trip. One hour and fifteen minutes total.
Location: From the junction of Rtes. 20 and 131, go east on 131 for about 1.7 miles to Wallace Rd. Signs for "Westville Lake Recreation Area" appear before the turn. Turn right onto Wallace Rd. and follow to the Recreation area. Pull into the parking lot at the entrance gate.
History: In 1909 Charles Hays founded and became president of the Grand Trunk Railroad. It was formed to create a railroad through New England and into Canada. In 1912, just before construction began, Mr. Hays lost his life in the sinking of the Titanic. Construction commenced anyway and work continued until 1915 when lack of funding and interest brought a halt to the project. What we have left is a wonderful multipurpose trail through parts of Sturbridge and Southbridge. Hopefully it will connect eventually to a rail trail from Southbridge to Webster.
Clues: From the bulletin board in the parking lot, take a reading of 290 degrees. You will see a large yellow sign "Trail Construction Ahead". Behind this sign is a red one with restrictions listed. Follow this trail for 1.4 miles to the Ed Calcutt bridge. This is not a memorial bridge as Mr. Calcutt is very much alive and active on the trail systems in the area. Enjoy the view from the bridge then return to the east side and note the Y shaped evergreen tree at 165 degrees. To its left is a trail. Follow it for 28 paces to a T, turn left, walk through the first stone wall and up to the second wall. Stop and look to the right. There sits a multiple trunked tree (7 or 8 trunks). The letterbox sits within this tree. Return the way you came.
Clues: very easy
Placed: Oct 11, 04 by Crackerjax and Shadow
Trail: very very easy. Flat, straight. Suitable for all. About 2.8 miles round trip. One hour and fifteen minutes total.
Location: From the junction of Rtes. 20 and 131, go east on 131 for about 1.7 miles to Wallace Rd. Signs for "Westville Lake Recreation Area" appear before the turn. Turn right onto Wallace Rd. and follow to the Recreation area. Pull into the parking lot at the entrance gate.
History: In 1909 Charles Hays founded and became president of the Grand Trunk Railroad. It was formed to create a railroad through New England and into Canada. In 1912, just before construction began, Mr. Hays lost his life in the sinking of the Titanic. Construction commenced anyway and work continued until 1915 when lack of funding and interest brought a halt to the project. What we have left is a wonderful multipurpose trail through parts of Sturbridge and Southbridge. Hopefully it will connect eventually to a rail trail from Southbridge to Webster.
Clues: From the bulletin board in the parking lot, take a reading of 290 degrees. You will see a large yellow sign "Trail Construction Ahead". Behind this sign is a red one with restrictions listed. Follow this trail for 1.4 miles to the Ed Calcutt bridge. This is not a memorial bridge as Mr. Calcutt is very much alive and active on the trail systems in the area. Enjoy the view from the bridge then return to the east side and note the Y shaped evergreen tree at 165 degrees. To its left is a trail. Follow it for 28 paces to a T, turn left, walk through the first stone wall and up to the second wall. Stop and look to the right. There sits a multiple trunked tree (7 or 8 trunks). The letterbox sits within this tree. Return the way you came.