This weekend is the Victoria Day holiday here in Ontario. While it's going to rain a bit on Saturday there's plenty of weekend left for some good geocaching fun.

There are 5 Geocaching events taking place in Ontario this weekend:

1) http://coord.info/GCZMHM Maple Mountain Picnic 2 by res2100 is a challenging excursion to one of Ontario's highest points. How you get there is up to you, but make sure you bring a camera. (Saturday - all day)

2) http://coord.info/GC27FYH C.R.E.W. Road Trip - Flash'n the Falls by Crew from Waterloo is a 'flash mob' type event in Niagara. Show up, pretend not to be there with anyone else until the sign is given to group up. (Saturday 11:00 - 11:15 AM)

3) http://coord.info/GC27MFD The Quicker Picker Upper by CREW from Waterloo is a Cache-In-Trash-Out (CITO) event on the east side of Cambridge. Help the CREW clean up the area, and get some good karma from the geocaching gods. (Saturday 8:30 AM -?)

4) http://coord.info/GC27HM4 Keeping our Forests Clean is a CITO event in Oshawa, hosted by all4familycaching and Luc & Sweety. This is a great way to help out the community, and give a little back.
(Sunday, 1-3pm).

5) http://coord.info/GC27JN0 Introduction to Geocaching is an event held at Ruthven Historic Site (near Cayuga) by teamvoyagr. The event is intended to introduce new people to the game, and experienced cachers are welcome to attend as well. Bring your GPS if you'd like some hands on instruction (Sunday, 1-4pm)

Did you know that letterbox hybrids were the first real geocaches? Letterboxing can be traced back to 1854 in Dartmoor, England. Letterboxing typically uses location instructions (follow the stone wall to the third tree) rather than GPS coordinates. A letterbox hybrid is a modern twist on letterboxing .

You wanna guess who the Queen of England (thus the Queen of Canada) in 1854? That's right --- Queen Victoria. Now get out there and find some letterbox geocaches!