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Floral Clock Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/18/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

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The Niagara Parks Commission Floral Clock in Queenston receives millions of visitors each year.
The main mugglers will most likely be NPC employees. They use this area as a shortcut to their maintenance building. Please use stealth moves.


The Floral Clock was built by Ontario Hydro in 1950. The idea came after a visit to the floral clock in the Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh Scotland. Which was built in 1903 with a 10 feet diameter.
The Queenston Floral Clock is 40 feet wide, making it one of the largest such clocks in the world. Each year, the face of the clock is filled with 15,000 to 20,000 bedding plants. The floral design is changed twice a year - it features Viola in the spring and four cultivars of Alternanthera along with green and grey forms of Santolina Sage durring the summer and fall. The tower at the back houses Westminster chimes that greet each quarter hour. If the door into the tower is open, you can take a glimpse at the clock mechanism and enjoy photographs that show the history of every face design all the way back to 1950.


Many international tourists are visiting this cache, it is therefore unpredictable if a TB or coin is still in the cache. Some cachers don't log their visit until they are back at home, this can be weeks later.

Please place container back with the geo-sticker up. Thanks.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)