Welcome to the COG website!
Welcome to the Central Ontario Geocachers Resource. This site is intended to be a reference for geocachers
like ourselves that are from the Central-Ontario Area, and have found
that there simply aren't enough geocaching resources available to us to get the most out of your GPSr. If you are looking for geocaching information for the Province of
Ontario, please visit the Ontario
Geocachers Association website.
For geocachers from Bradford in the south, to Bracebridge in the north.
From Lake Simcoe in the east, to Collingwood in the West and beyond, we strive
to bring you geocaching information for your area.
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 active, and get outdoors, and provided a new outlook
on our world, and what role we play in it. Think of this page as our little
way of giving back to the geocaching community.
Feel
free to provide us with your 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, and realize the
importance of making sure this page brings the geocaching information
that YOU are interested in.
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COG Spring Fling IV Photos |
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Written by Danoshimano
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 |
Full size group shot (665kb) | Half size group shot (233kb)
Another Spring Fling has come and gone and a great time was had by all! Here is a small selection of pictures from the day. Just click the "Read more..." link below to view the gallery. Enjoy!
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The Geocaching Rite of Spring |
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Written by 2happy2gether
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Saturday, 19 April 2008 |
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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.
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COG Store Now Open for Business |
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Written by Team Woods
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
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.
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September Cache of the Month - GCPJNV "SCREAMING SKULLS" |
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Written by Swifteroo
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007 |
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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.
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Central Ontario Geocache Pioneer |
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Written by Dave Ross
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Monday, 23 July 2007 |
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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.
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COG's First Cache of the Month - Bending Tree |
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Written by Trent Woods
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
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 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
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Inaugural COG coin sold out!! |
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Written by Dan Merrill
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
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 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 Coin Team
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