Also included are a few stages at other interesting campus locations along the way. This tour/cache should take around 2 to 3 hours to complete, covering a total walking distance of approximately 4 km.
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ENTER ANY OF THE BUILDINGS TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO FIND THIS CACHE.
At most of the first 21 locations there are outdoor plaques near the front doors of the historical buildings. These plaques give the history of the buildings and the people that these building are named after. These plaques usually supply the information required for this cache. A few of the stages are at less historical but other significant or interesting buildings/locations along the way. At some of the locations there is either no plaque or the plaque is located inside the building. At these locations you will need alternate information that can be obtained outside.
Also, please make sure you use the crosswalks when crossing the streets on campus.
Parking - Evening, weekend and holiday parking on campus is free and typically plentiful at most of the many parking lots on campus (watch for signs indicating exceptions to this). On weekdays public parking is only available at metered spaces at many locations around campus. If you park on a weekday in an un-metered space without a parking pass, you may be ticketed and/or towed by campus police.
The recommended parking lots are:
Lot # P25 at N43 31.803 W080 13.897 or Lot # P26 at N43 31.758 W080 13.883
1. N43 32.001 W080 13.757
At this location, the plaque indicates that the Government of Ontario originally purchased what is now the University land on October 1, ______ .
2. N43 31.970 W080 13.785
At this location, the plaque indicates that “The first classes of the Ontario School of Agriculture were held on May 1, ______”.
3. N43 31.976 W080 13.721
There is a plaque, outside the front doors of this building indicates that an Air Training School was located on campus from 1941 until ______.
4. N43 32.013 W080 13.736
This buildings namesake, a Guelph native, became Premier of Ontario in _____.
5. N43 32.024 W080 13.782
This buildings namesake was president from 1904 until _____.
6. N43 32.002 W080 13.806
This buildings namesake negotiated degree-granting status for OAC (Ontario Agricultural College) and graduated the first class in _______.
7. N43 32.041 W080 13.814
This building was moved in _____.
8. N43 32.040 W080 13.927
This Institute opened in ______.
9. N43 31.974 W080 13.991
A school was first established in this building in ______.
(I would suggest that you take some time and look around the very interesting area and objects surrounding this building).
10. N43 31.947 W080 13.895
There are _____ steps from the sidewalk to the front doors of this building. (Don’t forget the last one.)
11. N43 31.911 W080 13.954
This college was established in ______.
12. N43 31.804 W080 13.824
There are _____ stone “spindles” (complete or partial) directly over the front doors of this building.
13. N43 31.855 W080 13.754
This building’s namesake became President of OAC in ______.
14. N43 31.884 W080 13.725
This building’s namesake became the University of Guelph’s first President in ______.
15. N43 31.917 W080 13.711
This building’s namesake died of typhoid in ______ .
16. N43 31.905 W080 13.617
This building’s namesake was head of the Department of Physics until ______.
17. N43 31.909 W080 13.597
This building has ____ skylights.
18. N43 31.874 W080 13.598
This building’s namesake was inducted into the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame in ______.
19. N43 31.874 W080 13.602
The large object at this location has ____ wheels.
20. N43 31.815 W080 13.639
This building’s namesake became head of the Horticulture Department in ______.
21. N43 31.785 W080 13.580
The large stone planter in the center of this garden has the crests of _____ colleges around the top edge.
Add up the answers from locations 1 to 10. Divide by 1000. Add to N 43 14.348
Add up the answers from locations 11 to 21. Divide by 1000. Add to W 080 00.452
Stage 22. The final is approximately 660 M from location 21.
WARNING: Watch out for groundhog holes near the final!
Other - Each year the University of Guelph hosts “College Royal”, which is a campus wide two-day open house. This is a very popular, free, family oriented event and there are many activities for all ages. College Royal is held on the third weekend of March. Click here for specific dates and additional information.