Kitchener's Kettles LbNA #: 50418
CluesKitchener’s Kettles
In order to find Kitchener’s Kettles, you must first find the box “Sugar Rush”. Once you have found that box, continue along the looping path until it reaches back to the tree with the moss (one of the clues in Sugar Rush), get off the Woodland Trail loop and go to the right, back over the boardwalk. Take the path the Hurons take at the next fork. Have a rest on the natural stone benches, then continue up the centre path to the opening in the canopy.
Enjoy the sunshine as you walk, and listen to the crickets singing their song, at the next fork, go to your right.
Have a seat in the circle of stones & imagine what the view would have been like when the Hurons travelled this land. (the townhomes you see today are part of the Huron Village neighborhood). Continue along your way.
At the next rest stop take the unmarked trail down into the trees. To your left along the path is a ridge looking down into a glacial pothole, often called a “kettle”. The path follows the ridge and on both sides of the path are green stick-like plants that our kids called the bamboo forest. When you reach the spot where the ground starts a marked slope downwards, take roughly 100 paces down the hill to the gnarled, almost dead apple tree to the left of the path. Hidden in the crook of the tree at roughly 4 feet off the ground, you will find what you seek.
Please remember to take only pictures and memories from the park, and leave nothing behind but your footsteps. Continue to explore down this old trail for opportunities to better view the numerous kettles in the area, or if your kids are complaining they are hot and tired, as ours were, go back up to the main trail, continue in the same direction you were going to get back on the main Huron Trail which will lead you back out to where you entered the park.
Hope you enjoyed your hunt!
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Please be sure to reseal baggies and boxes carefully so that they stay dry
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