Your task is to go to the posted coordinates.
Take a photo of the sign.
Using your GPSr, follow a bearing of 224oT for 19
metres.
Locate and sign the log book.
Email me (MacDuff@Dal.Ca)
the photo and tell me:
1) What is the name of the famous American poet who wrote about
Admiral d'Anville's voyage?
2) According to the small plaque ( not the plaque at the
published coordinates) located in the park, How many people
perished at the encampment?
BONUS QUESTION, not required for
logging
The ghost of Duc d'Anville is said to haunt what Halifax location?
The site where he was first buried.
The answers to these questions and the history of that failed
attempt are on the Internet.
Thanks to Peter Landry for allowing me to link to his pages.
EARLY ACADIANS & NOVA SCOTIANS:
Between the Years 1600-1700
Between the Years 1700-1763
Between the Years 1764-1800
Between the Years 1800-1867
You do NOT need to wait for confirmation to log
on-line.
Your log will be removed if I do not get an email with the
answers before you log on-line.
Please do not spread the answer around. It is not difficult.
Please return the cache container in the same manner that you
found it. The container location is in direct sight lines with a
busy bus stop, use your ninja skill or invisibility cloak to avoid
the prying eyes of muggles.
Feel free to post your favourite pictures of the area, but not
the cache location.
Trading items or trackables will NOT fit into the
container.
BRING YOUR OWN WRITING IMPLEMENT !!!
Pencil or ball point pen work best on the
waterproof paper.
Please observe the geocacher's golden
rule:
"Hide caches that you would enjoy finding. Seek caches that sound
appealing".
WARNING: Side effects of looking for this cache could
lead to a healthy demeanor, a keening of the eye, a sharpening of
the wit and a lightening of the burdens you carry around with
you.
FTF - durango0072
CONGRATS