McQueen Cemetery Traditional Cache
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Cache placed by dex4 and adopted by Swamper68 Cache is a film
canister.
Checkout some of the old family headstones
One stone is for Daniel McQueen
Daniel McQueen (son of Alexander McQueen), born in the American
Colonies on 19 Apr 1764, died at Port Dover, on 22 Jan 1854.
On 6 Sep 1796, Daniel McQueen filed an Upper Canada Land Petition
stating that he came in the Province in 1787 with a wife and one
child.
Cache is near a Ontario Heritage cemetery
Check out the waterfall approx 70 metres from the cemetery
Historical Note: At the nearby dam was an old mill (Dover Mills)
which American Forces under command of LCol
(LEWtenant-Colonel)Campbell raided and burned along with the rest
of the village on 14 May 1814. He was later court marshalled and
found guilty of burning civilain properties. This attack was the
last straw for the British who retailiated by conducting a series
of raids down the American east coast reaching down to Washington
D.C. They burned several government buildings among them the
residence of the president of that republic. Because the government
wanted to give the appearance of rapid recovery from the damage
they hastily white washed the building and it has been called "The
Whitehouse" ever since.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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