Shenipsit Lake Letterbox-Trail OPEN! LbNA #22456
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 24, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Tolland |
| County: | Tolland |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Painterly and 46R  |
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| Found by: | toolie bird |
| Last found: | Jul 30, 2020 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFOFF |
| Last edited: | May 24, 2006 |
Last Confirmed December 9, 2012
Directions:
Take Interstate 84 to exit 67. Turn North onto route 31. At traffic light turn right onto route 30 North. Go.9 miles and turn left just after the carwash onto Sandhill Road. Turn right at the end. Take first left onto Shenipsit Lake Road. Go 1.7 miles, drive across small bridge at lake. Take first left onto Ellington Road. Park on the side of this dirt road. Walk back in the direction which you drove in from. Cross back over bridge, walk-past the log cabin type home, and see trailhead on the right side just past this house. Stay to the right of the split rail fence.
This box has been adopted by Painterly and 46R.
Original Placement date: June 30, 2001
Adoption date: May 24, 2006
Clues submitted by Churchill & Pinecone on June 30, 2001
Updated by Painterly and 46R on May 22, 2006.
This box was not listed anywhere, including the letterboxing basement. We didn't want to see an older box not listed so we are adopting it. The clues have been updated, and the placement put in a safer place. Please contact us if you are the original placers, and you would like to have the ownership listed in your name.
Location: Shenipsit Lake, Tolland, CT
SHENIPSIT LAKE LETTERBOX
Placed on June 30, 2001 by Churchill & the Pinecone
1.5 hour easy, flat, "out and back" hike, a few scrambles to cross seasonal brooks. The water company owning this public water supply granted permission for a letterbox and requests hikers to stay on the established trail.
The "Great Trail of New England" passed near this old Trolley bed trail. This was the main footpath in New England for Native Americans for thousands of years. Native Americans would spend time on the Connecticut River fishing for shad and salmon, then walk to Boston to enjoy Cod and shellfish. They would stop at Shenipsit Lake during their journeys as they were aware of the abundance of fish. The boundaries of the three great tribes of Nipmucks, Podunks, and Mohegans met at this lake. In 1631 Podunk Prince Waginnacut led a party from his tribe in South Windsor, CT to visit Governor Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay colony. The Podunk prince wanted to encourage white settlers to come down to Connecticut. The Governor objected but the migration did indeed begin.
Twice you will need to scramble down to cross a seasonal brook. Somewhere up ahead you will find black berries if they are in season (late June usually). Enjoy the glimpses of cornfields on your left. Pass by a split rail fence on your right. Cross over the Lincoln-log style dirt covered foot bridge. Eventually you will come to a more substantial foot bridge with upright posts and rails, and a wood plank floor. Stand with your left shoulder next to the right post on the north end of the bridge. Take a reading of 0 degrees magnetic north. Walk 8 paces (count only right foot) to the double tree (Is it a twin?) There in the crotch of the tree you will find that which you seek.
Directions:
Take Interstate 84 to exit 67. Turn North onto route 31. At traffic light turn right onto route 30 North. Go.9 miles and turn left just after the carwash onto Sandhill Road. Turn right at the end. Take first left onto Shenipsit Lake Road. Go 1.7 miles, drive across small bridge at lake. Take first left onto Ellington Road. Park on the side of this dirt road. Walk back in the direction which you drove in from. Cross back over bridge, walk-past the log cabin type home, and see trailhead on the right side just past this house. Stay to the right of the split rail fence.
This box has been adopted by Painterly and 46R.
Original Placement date: June 30, 2001
Adoption date: May 24, 2006
Clues submitted by Churchill & Pinecone on June 30, 2001
Updated by Painterly and 46R on May 22, 2006.
This box was not listed anywhere, including the letterboxing basement. We didn't want to see an older box not listed so we are adopting it. The clues have been updated, and the placement put in a safer place. Please contact us if you are the original placers, and you would like to have the ownership listed in your name.
Location: Shenipsit Lake, Tolland, CT
SHENIPSIT LAKE LETTERBOX
Placed on June 30, 2001 by Churchill & the Pinecone
1.5 hour easy, flat, "out and back" hike, a few scrambles to cross seasonal brooks. The water company owning this public water supply granted permission for a letterbox and requests hikers to stay on the established trail.
The "Great Trail of New England" passed near this old Trolley bed trail. This was the main footpath in New England for Native Americans for thousands of years. Native Americans would spend time on the Connecticut River fishing for shad and salmon, then walk to Boston to enjoy Cod and shellfish. They would stop at Shenipsit Lake during their journeys as they were aware of the abundance of fish. The boundaries of the three great tribes of Nipmucks, Podunks, and Mohegans met at this lake. In 1631 Podunk Prince Waginnacut led a party from his tribe in South Windsor, CT to visit Governor Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay colony. The Podunk prince wanted to encourage white settlers to come down to Connecticut. The Governor objected but the migration did indeed begin.
Twice you will need to scramble down to cross a seasonal brook. Somewhere up ahead you will find black berries if they are in season (late June usually). Enjoy the glimpses of cornfields on your left. Pass by a split rail fence on your right. Cross over the Lincoln-log style dirt covered foot bridge. Eventually you will come to a more substantial foot bridge with upright posts and rails, and a wood plank floor. Stand with your left shoulder next to the right post on the north end of the bridge. Take a reading of 0 degrees magnetic north. Walk 8 paces (count only right foot) to the double tree (Is it a twin?) There in the crotch of the tree you will find that which you seek.