GLIN==> Great Lakes Seaway Trail News: June 4 Begin Geocaching in New York and Pennsylvania on National Trails Day

PRESS RELEASE: May 26, 2011
Media Contacts: 
Great Lakes Seaway Trail President & CEO Teresa Mitchell, 315-646-1000 x202
Great Lakes Seaway Trail Dir, of Business Relations Kurt Schumacher,
585-857-1004 
Theresa Kennedy, Communications Director, Congressman Brian Higgins,
716-803-4281
This release is online at:
http://www.seawaytrail.com/Press_Room/2011/press110526GeocachingNationalTrai
ls.html

June 4 Begin Geocaching in New York and Pennsylvania on National Trails Day

Sackets Harbor, NY -  June 4th is National Trails Day. Promoters of the
518-mile National Scenic Byway that parallels the freshwater shoreline of
New York and Pennsylvania want you to ³Get up! Get outside! Enjoy the great
outdoors!² by geocaching along the 75-cache Great Lakes Seaway Trail. The
518-mile byway for leisure driving and great vacations parallels the St.
Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie in NY and PA.
 
A new supply of Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail logbooks and GeoCoins is
available for 2011.  Each of five regions of the byway has 15 caches
awaiting discovery.

The Western New York region includes 13 caches in New York Congressman Brian
Higgins¹ 27th District encompassing two-thirds of the City of Buffalo,
eastern and southern Erie County, and all of Chautauqua County to the NY-PA
line. 
 
Congressman Higgins, a Great Lakes Task Force member, says, ³National Trails
Day is a great prompt to get out and explore the waterfront in a new and fun
way. Geocaching along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail offers family-friendly
adventures along the naturally beautiful landscapes of this National Scenic
Byway not only here in Western New York but throughout New York¹s Great
Lakes coastal region.²
 
³Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocachers can each collect five different coins
featuring iconic sites along the byway. Participants seem to love the
GeoCoins. They are a well-earned reward and souvenir for this fun and
exciting adventure,² says Great Lakes Seaway Trail Director of Business
Relations Kurt Schumacher.
 
The GeoCoins feature the St. Lawrence Seaway, historic Fort Ontario,
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, Niagara Falls and the Maid of the Mist, and
the Flagship Niagara.
 
Locations supplied with Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail logbooks and
GeoCoins include: 
·      St. Lawrence County Chamber, 101 Main Street, Canton, NY
·      1000 Islands International Tourism Council, 43373 Collins Landing,
Alexandria Bay, NY
·      Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center, 401 W. Main Street,
Sackets Harbor, NY,
·      Oswego County Tourism, 46 East Bridge Street, Oswego, NY
·      Cayuga County Office of Tourism, 131 Genesee Street, Auburn, NY
·      Screwy Louie¹s Sport Shop, 596 Main Street, Fair Haven, NY
·      Wayne County Tourism, 9 Pearl Street, Lyons, NY
·      Visit Rochester, 45 East Avenue, Rochester, NY
·      Niagara USA Official Visitor Center, 10 Rainbow Blvd., Niagara Falls,
NY
·      Visit Buffalo Niagara, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
·      Chautauqua County Tourism Bureau, Route 394, Chautauqua, NY, and
·      Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA.
 
For more information on Great Lakes Seaway Trail geocaching go online to
www.seawaytrail.com/geotrail <http://www.seawaytrail.com/geotrail>  or call
the Great Lakes Seaway Trail at 315-646-1000. #
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