Skip to content

The Bishop's Chair Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

BVPete: It appears this cache is in the area which will be used for the new Hwy 22/1A intersection. So, I have removed it . It has had a good long run and thanks to all who made the effort to find it.

More
Hidden : 1/18/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

THE POSTED COORDINATES DO NOT SHOW THE CACHE LOCATION but will take you to an information sign where the data required to reveal the whereabouts of the Bishop’s Chair” can be obtained. Start your search in the Cochrane Ranch Historic Site parking lot located just off Hwy 1A about 1 km east of Hwy 22.

Head to the “Managers House” sign at the posted coordinates and find out the number of artifacts that were recovered from this site and call this value #. Using this value you should be able to complete the coordinates shown below:

N 51° 12.0(# - 9205)’ W 114° 28.(# - 8288)’   NOTE THE SIGN HAS BECOME UNREADABLE SO   # = 9254

Now continue your journey to the Bishop’s Chair using the path of your choice. The 5th Anglican Bishop of Calgary liked to walk in Cochrane Ranch when he visited us, especially after his retirement in 1983. He came across this rock with a built in seat where the views were expansive and he could sit and think about the world and our place in it. He was a great man and served as the Anglican Bishop from 1968 to 1983. His time on our earth ended on Dec 12, 1993 and he is much missed. I am sure that the rock has served this purpose for hundreds of years by many other people. What changes have been wrought since the first hunter surveyed the valley bottom for game while sitting here. Although it is not so peaceful now and has narrowly missed being destroyed by various construction activities, it still makes a good place to sit and think (more so on a warm summer evening). So, sit for a moment and think about our good fortune to live in this wonderful land and what each of us might do to make it even better. The cache is a small LnL container holding a few key chains, trinkets, a twoonie FTF prize and a loonie STF prize. If you are sitting on the right rock you are very close to the cache. GPSr accuracy was +/- 4 meters. Please do not post photos of the subject rock as that would be too much of a spoiler, thanks.

Additional Hints (No hints available.)