L&A Room for Tea
in
Yarker
This cache
is not at the posted coordinates.
But
you need to go there to get started.
Welcome to Yarker Ontario
The community was named for George W. Yarker, a mill owner
Some sixteen miles northwest of Kingston, on
the banks of the Napanee River, the town of Yarker, is
nestled in a wooded valley.
The site of the village was part of a 1000 acre parcel granted to
Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1796. The land was probably chosen
at least in part because of its excellent water power potential.
The lovely waterfall was twenty-six feet in height before
logging drives and deforestation caused its decline to a mere
fourteen feet by the early twentieth century.
At the turn of the century, Yarker was
flourishing with a population of 600 and three different trains
stopping frequently, with rail links from Tweed, Napanee,
Tamworth,
Deseronto and Sydenham
Merchants Bank of Canada opened a branch in
Yarker in 1905.
By 1913 the village boasted two electric light plants, two grocery
stores, two general stores, two blacksmith shops, a hotel, a
jewelry store, a hardware and tin shop, a barber shop, a livery,
and a community hall. It soon added its own telephone
company.
Unfortunately, this prosperity was short-lived. The Benjamin
Manufacturing company converted to making boxes, then burned down
in 1928. Traffic declined on the rail lines, and with the loss of
the major employer, the population began to shrink. Today many
residents work in Kingston, or< Napanee.
And now that your brain is so full of history, time to
find a Geocache.
You will need to use these clues.
N 44°
22.(WM)(BWF+WFS)(EGSPO-GM)
W 076° 46.(GM-WM)(GM+F+WM)(F)
Please respect and enjoy the area, be safe and
have fun
This Geocache
is being placed for the Discover L&A Event
GC2WFG8
Please do not
hunt for this one until
9am
on August 27th, 2011