In the 1850’s, William Watts became Collingwood’s pioneer
boat-builder He founded what became the Town’s major industry. The
shipbuilding industry sparked an economic boom in the mid 1800’s.
Collingwood was transformed from a cedar swamp into a bustling
town.
Because of the shipbuilding and the railway, Collingwood became
a busy port. It was an important transportation link between the
prairies and Upper Canada. Grain was transported by ship through
the upper Great Lakes and was stored in this large Grain Elevator.
Then it was transported to the south by rail.
Collingwood was famous for its side launches. There was a lot of
excitement on the day of the boat launches. People would gather
around the harbour to watch the dangerous operation of launching
the massive ships into the water. The last boat launched here was
the ice breaker the Sir Wilfred Laurier. It was launched in
1985.
This is a short 4 part multi.
Stage #1 is a camouflaged micro. It contains the coordinates for
Stage#2 and clue “A” for the Final Stage.
Stage #2 is a small camouflaged container. It holds the
coordinates for Stage#3 and clue “D” for the Final
Stage.
At Stage #3 you need to find the clues for “BC” &”EF”
for the Final. Here are the clues: “Townships around Collingwood
were sparsely populated by a few immigrant families as early as
18BC”.
The first Train “Lady Elgin” arrived in Collingwood on
January 1st 18EF.
The Final Stage is a camouflaged container large enough to hold
small trading items.
The coordinates for the Final are N44degrees30.ABC
W080degrees13.DEF
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Series: A tour of Central Ontario
Welcome Central
Ontario.
This series of caches will show some
of the attractions, tourist information offices , the history and
some of the features that make our area interesting and
unique.
We hope you enjoy your time in our area.
COG would like to thank the owner of this
cache for helping us with this
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