****Welcome to the Chateau Meighen: Travel Bug Hotel and
Emporium****
"One great secret of successful debate: when you have a man under
your hammer, never be tempted into doubtful ground and give him a
chance to digress. How often I witnessed men in the House who had a
case, and who really had their opponents cornered, doddle off into
other ground and give the enemy a chance to change the subject and
come out not too badly worsted." -- Arthur Meighen, 1943
This is the fourth in a series of caches related to Canada's
Prime Ministers. To find the cache, you'll need to do some
exploring and some research on Canada's eleventh Prime Minister
(the picky amongst you will note he was the ninth individual to
serve as Prime Minister, but served the eleventh term).
The above co-ordinates are for the nearby airport! To find the
cache you will need to solve a short puzzle:
N 45 ab.cde
Substitute the letters for the numbers in the answers to the
following:
a – Number of sons he had
b – Last digit of the year in which he died
c – Day of the month on which Borden sent Meighen
his 'lucky sprig.' d – The sum of the last two digits of the
year in which he was first appointed a Senator minus five
e - The sum of the number of letters in his wife’s first name
plus one
W 75 fg.hij
f – Last digit in the year during which he was called to
the bar
g – Last digit of the year in which he won his first
Common’s seat plus one
h – Last digit in the year of his death
i – Number of daughters he had plus one
j – Last digit of the year in which he received his Math
Degree from University of Toronto minus five
When planted, the “emporium” part of the hotel
contained:
- Log book, pencils, sharpener
- Geocaching manifesto
- Geocaching store items – car decal, iron-on patch, and
compass
- Cache in/trash out bags from “Rouge Booth”
- Measuring tape
- Hammer
- Street chaulk
- South African Rand
- Where’s Willy $5 bill (www.whereswilly.com)
- PIA Keychain
- McDonalds’ movie toy
The following were honoured to be the Hotel’s first
guests:
- Dr. Freudy Frog
- Stinger – Hockey Arena Mascot
- Read Me!
- Bone Bug
- Magneto the Traveler
- Mr. Potato Head
This cache serves three purposes.
First, the emporium is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365
days a year, to service all your geocaching desires. Feel free to
find the cache, make a log, trade some items, make goofy photos, or
whatever else you would do with a regular cache.
Second, the hotel is designed to service the needs of travel
bugs on the move. It is conveniently located near the
McDonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) for those bugs in need
of a home on the road. Feel free to make a TB exchange, to take a
travel bug to help it along its way, or to leave a TB for pick-up.
Please take only one TB at a time so that others can also enjoy the
fun!
Third, have lots of fun watching the planes come and go!
There is parking at: N45 20.176 and W 75 39.104 or N 45 20.050 W
75 38.588.
The trails are also dog-friendly, but be cautious of traffic
near the parking areas. This should be winter friendly, but will
likely require snowshoes or cross country skies for ease.
Have fun!
Cheers,
5Newfs
***Update: Cache replaced July 11, 2004. Very close to
trail!****