Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL)
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Traditional Cache Highway 61 by burchil (1/2)
N49° 47.755  W97° 07.958 (WGS84)
UTM  14U   E 634390  N 5517613
Use waypoint: GC100JG
Size: Small Small    Hidden on 12/26/2006
In Manitoba, Canada
Difficulty:  1 out of 5   Terrain:  2 out of 5
Takes less than an hour  Available during winter  Poison plants 
   


Found near a path through the forest. The terrain is easy and the cache is not difficult to find. In the summer this whole area is covered with poison ivy and some stinging nettles. It may be flooded in the spring.

Those who lived in S. Winnipeg during their formative teenage years through the mid 1970s and early 1980s should understand the name. This was (is) an evening meeting spot from Thursday to Saturday.

The trails then, and now, are used for walking and biking. There will often be people found on nice summer days fishing from the bank.

The Kilkenny Forest is a place for kids to grow-up and experience the wild forest close to home. You will find many paths, tree forts and other evidence of use through out the area. When I lived in Fort Richmond this was a wonderful playground with many forts, tree swings, 'monkey' trails - a place of adventure.

The city of Winnipeg rates this forest as grade 'B' riverbottom forest with a large number of oak trees and little disturbance ( link to city naturalist page). The list of plants provided from the city is a little short - I will try to find something more complete in the spring.

You will find elms being cut and burned during the fall and early winter. The area was once dominated by elm trees. Unfortunately these stately trees have been blighted by dutch elm disease and most of the trees that you see around are Manitoba Maples and Green Ash. We are fortunate in Winnipeg that a lot has been done to protect our elms. Dead and dying elm trees are removed and burned through out the city and nearby municipalities. You can read more about the work to save the elms at the Coalition to Save the Elms WWW site. The City of Winnipeg also has posted information through the Urban Forestry Branch

I hope this area continues to be left as forested and in a reasonably natural state.

Please hide so the cache is hidden up inside and off the ground so it will remain winter friendly.

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Current at 11/6/2011

Found it 1/21/2007 by Kabuthunk
Ahh, it feels good to be out geocaching again. It's been WAY too long since my last cache hunt. Damn winter. BUT... this weekend it was both warm enough, and other random tasks weren't already planned (well... several housework-related ones were, but those ended up taking a back seat to geocaching ToungeOut).

So... out I headed today, taking my friend Night-Red along for the trip. We didn't want to go too terribly far, since due to various circumstances, we weren't able to take off until later in the afternoon. Nonetheless... off we went. We may have been lacking in winter boots... but several layers of clothes and old shoes later, we declared ourselves to be 'good enough'.

I noticed online that it had been logged several days earlier, so I figured it was a relatively safe bet that there was still some kind of trail we could walk down. And right we were. After parking on the street nearby, off we went in search of the geocache. A few snowmobile trails later (and several campfire-sites), we found ourselves at the cache. Pretty self-explanatory where it was hidden once we got there. The cache container could use a little camouflage in my opinion, but that's likely because light was glinting off of one of the items inside, making it fairly visible. In either case... one chainmail ball and signed log later, and we were happy campers... cachers... whatever ToungeOut. A nice hike in a nice wooded area. Thanks for the trip Smile.

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball


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