| Placed by: clo2jim | |
| Placement date: Nov 5 2009 | |
| State: Ontario, Canada | |
| County: Ontario, CAN | |
| Nearest city: Marathon | |
| Number of boxes: 1 | |
| 1st Letterbox Hybrid Cache in North Western Ontario
"Letterbox caches are a type of geocache in which stamps are collected and shared...kind of like having your passport stamped. Inside the letterbox, you will find a notebook and stamp. A hybrid letterbox cache also includes some small trading items. Letter boxers carry their own personalized stamp, stamp pad and a logbook. Once the letterbox is found, the hunter leaves his/her mark -usually a hand crafted stamp- and collects the cache's stamp in a logbook." from write-up for "McIntyre Letter Box Hybrid" by Murfster (Thanks) The cache was placed to increase the number of types of caches available in North West Ontario. I believe that this is the first Letterbox Hybrid Cache in North West Ontario. The next closest in Canada is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We (Spike and Peanut, The Monster Beagles) helped jleecollins to set up this cache (we sniffed out a good spot for it) and he put our names under "Who Placed the Cache" Take a nice stroll along the Marathon Cross-Country Ski Trails to the cache location. Only a small amount of light bushwhacking off the ski trail to get to the cache location. The cache is available in Winter but may be harder to get to than in the other seasons. Parking is available near-by (~260 metres walk) but a lot further in the winter when the road is closed. But you can always walk from the parking lot by the chalet. A self-inking stamp is available to stamp your book. Please make sure that the stamp remains in the cache container for the next geocacher. If you have a personal stamp please make sure you stamp the logbook. |