As COVID-19 evolves, it’s important for you to consider the risks and manage them appropriately. Remember to read all signage before entering any trail system.
When choosing to find PtboCountyCaches geocaches, we encourage you to:
- Stay home if you’re feeling sick
- Maintain 2m physical distancing with people outside of your social circle
- Carry hand sanitizer and use it before AND after contact with geocaches
Please note: cache containers are not officially sanitized at any time. If you do choose to open a cache, it is at your own risk.
This cache has been placed as part of an initiative by the County of Peterborough, its member municipalities, the City of Peterborough and local First Nation communities to celebrate Canada 150+. There are 23 geocaches placed throughout the region showcasing local history.
If you would like to participate in this initiative you can download a Travel Diary at Geocaching at Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism. Find at least one geocache in each of the Townships, First Nations and in the City and stamp your Travel Diary. Once you have completed the Travel Diary, you can visit the Peterborough and the Kawartha’s Tourism office to pick up a limited geocoin. New coins in stock in 2018.
On the lid of the cache container you will see a stamp. If you have a stamp pad with you, great, use that to ink the stamp and stamp your Travel Diary. If not, use the crayon or the pencil in the cache container to "rub" the impression of the stamp on your Travel Diary.
In 1897, the newly-formed Peterborough City and County Historical Society (now the Peterborough Historical Society) created the “Victoria Museum” in rooms of the large mansion known as “Inverlea”. The museum was named in honour of Queen Victoria, and was dedicated on her Diamond Jubilee day, 22 June 1897. It was not ready for public visitations until October 1898. In 1902, Peterborough hosted the Ontario Historical Society’s annual conference at the Victoria Museum. The museum’s only curator was T.A.S. Hay, a grandson of early settlers Thomas A. and Frances Stewart.
“Inverlea” was built at the north end of the property, in the Gothic Revival architectural style, for Robert Dennistoun, who was Scottish-born but settled in Peterborough, established a law practice, and became a long-serving County judge. In 1894, his property was acquired by the Nicholls Park Trust and made into a riverside park.
Part of “Inverlea” was leased to the Historical Society to use as its museum, until 1911 when the house was condemned as unsafe (and eventually demolished). The Victoria Museum’s artifacts were moved to the new Carnegie Library (now the northern wing of City Hall). This collection formed the core of the present-day Peterborough Museum and Archives’ holdings, in its current site atop Armour Hill.