E-mail A Friend Tell a friend about the information found on this page by sending them an e-mail.   Your Name: Your E-mail:   Type an e-mail address, then click add: Add a Personal Message: (Optional)

Explorer

Past stories Living off-the-grid New Brunswick's Saint John River Ontario's Bruce Trail Canadian Ski Marathon Elk Island National Park Rallying for rallysport Montreal - Circus city Beluga Bytes Dawson - a musical adventure Bald Eagle Confederation Trail Boning up on the badlands Ukkusiksalik National Park Geocaching Discover Cypress Hills Saint Joseph's Oratory A walk through Stanley Park Sudbury's science centre Acadia continues Toronto's underground world

Presently there are some concerns that geocaching and the hiding of caches may have an adverse impact on environmentally sensitive lands as well as on sites of historical and archeological significance in Canada. Caches placed on property managed by Parks Ontario and Conservation Reserves are not currently being approved pending development regulations.

Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) has drafted a geocaching guideline to be followed when on its lands. The guideline rules include:

• Any person wishing to place a cache on HCA lands must have a permit grant by the HCA.

• Caches are not to be placed in sensitive ecological, historical or archeological locations.

• No digging or disruption of the ground is permitted when placing the cache.

• Directions to the cache should follow established trails as far as possible to the cache.

• Off trail hiking is discouraged as it negatively impacts the environment.