Geocaching has provided so much to our lives by allowing
us to see places that we wouldn't have otherwise encountered, given us the
encouragement to get outdoors, and provided a new outlook
on our world, and what role we play in it.
Feel
free to provide us with feedback! The best way to do this is join our forums. We want this to be a geocaching
resource page by and for the geocachers in our area.
There you have it! Canada's first Yearly MEGA EVENT. Now we just have to prove it to The Powers That Be (TBTB) at Groundspeak. Meanwhile, enjoy some photos!
Your COG Spring Fling Organizing Committee and Volunteers thank everyone who attended.
Just click the "Read more..." link below to view the gallery.
COG Spring Fling V became Canada's first Yearly MEGA EVENT on Saturday!
Want to see a HUGE picture? Just click the link below (3+ megs). You web browser will probably scale it down, so scale it back up and search for yourself in the crowed!
In July of 2003, I vacationed in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) in Germany with my mother and son for
a couple weeks. I have vacationed here more than a dozen times in my life as
this is where my family is from and because of this I also created a personal geocoin
based on here, which has great meaning to me and my family. To make the coin
extra special, similarly, the other side of the geocoin contains the location
of where my wife’s family is from. The last time I was in Germany was
back in May 1997, so it was good to be able to return again and this would be
my son’s first trip to Germany.
A buzz is in the air, the sun is
shining, birds chirping and Geocachers sneaking around Central
Ontario.This is a
wonderful time of year to be an outdoorsperson; a time when the snowshoes get
stowed and boots are replaced by much lighter footwear.This is also a time of year when we notice
the covering effects of the winter’s snow.
During the October COG pub night held in Orillia, the Central Ontario Geocachers announced the pre-sale of the limited edition COG T-Shirts. The T-Shirts are available exclusively through our new online store . When you purchase a COG T-Shirt you are also supporting Spring Fling IV, one of Canada's premier geocaching events.
The shirts will be shipped starting on the 30th of October. There are only a limited number, so order yours today.
September Cache of the Month - GCPJNV "SCREAMING SKULLS"
Written by Swifteroo
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Way up North, Nestled amongst cottage country's near north region exists a land of lore. A mystic place where one man has rekindled his passion and desire for the unknown. A place called Midlothian Ridge.
Bending tree (GC384) is Ontario's second oldest geocache, hid in February of 2001, by a man and his dog testing out their new navigation system for their boat.
The hider of the cache, Robert Oakden, looked up the game after receiving his GPS, and was disappointed that there were none in the area. He didn't feel like driving to Toronto to try out his GPS, so he hid bending tree while out walking Indy, his dog. After placing the coordinates on the geocaching web site, he was amazed that the first hits came within a couple of days, and was ecstatic that everyone found the cache with great ease. He learned then that this GPS was in-fact a very serious navigational tool.
In honour of COG’s first ever “Cache of the Month” we thought
that we should honour the first geocache in our region.With 132 visits to the cache at the time of
this article it might not be the most active cache in central Ontario, but it is the oldest.Bending
Tree waypoint GC384
was placed in an area known as the “Copeland
Forest” on the 26th
of February 2001.The cache was placed
by Robert & Indy (dog).Bending Tree
is the second oldest active cache in Ontario
behind only Deer
BaitGC2B4
adopted by Peter Ferguson & kdkk17
“This is the first geocache
I've searched for” jpjohnsn
Central Ontario Geocachers inaugural Geocoin has sold out!
The Central Ontario Geocachers are proud to announce that our very first Geocoin project has resulted in a complete sellout! We are happy that these coins were welcomed with open arms and excited about how well this project has brought our group together as a team.
Will there be a second Geocoin? Stay tuned to our website in the coming months for any updates!!
COG's Xmas in July - GC1TTNR July 25, 2009 (11:00 am) KSAcat invites you to join his family for a picnic at his modest estate on the beautiful shores of Lake Couchiching.
Central Ontario Geocachers inaugural Geocoin has sold out!
