Ancestors Mystery Cache
Amandazon: Removed this one.
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The cache is not at the above location. Answer the obscure local
history questions to find the cache. Cache was meant to be in
Beacon Hill Park but I couldn't find a hide I liked so it is 6.5
miles away.
Also please note that this cache started out as a regular and has
been getting progressively smaller. It has now gone missing three
times so in its 4th incarnation it has turned into a mirco.
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kc12345 was First to Find on May 2nd 2008
"nicely done friend!"
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Beacon Hill park inspired this cache. In 1842, about 1600
indigenous people occupied and used this territory. First Nations
people called Beacon Hill “__________"(a), meaning belly,
because in profile the bare hill looked like the rounded stomach of
a person lying on their back.
Captain James Douglas sailed by the park in his ship the Cadboro
looking for a port for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Although the
harbour at Sooke was much better suited to the needs of the HBC
Douglas choose Victoria. Why? Because he happened to sail past and
saw the blue ______ (b) blooming which reminded him of the gardens
he had left behind in England. Douglas landed east of Beacon Hill
Park at Clover Point, named by him for the abundance of ___
(c)clover.
There use to be 130 herons nesting in the trees of Beacon Hill Park
– the largest colony of herons on Vancouver Island. Last year
a _____ _________ (d) destroyed all of the nest and ate dozens of
heron eggs. Check out the link for photos of the bird called
“Birdzilla” http://www.heroncam.com/ . You can also
look at the “heron cam” which is sadly devoid of
herons. http://www.heroncam.com/webcam/index.html
__________ _______ (e) born in 1937 she was the first person to
swim across lake Ontario. She swam for 20 hours and 59 minutes in
water that was only 65 degrees with no wetsuit. The waves were 15
feet high and strong winds pushed her so far off course she swam
twice the distance of her planned 20-mile route. She was also
plagued by _________ ______ (f). As a child my Dad listened to the
hourly news bulletins about this swimmer's crossing and went down
to be among the 300,000 people who welcomed her to shore. She also
swam the Strait of Juan de Fuca in _____ (g). You can see a plaque
dedicated to her near Beacon Hill Park and Dallas Road.
There is a hawthorn tree planted by Sir _________ ____________ (h)
in Mayors Grove, Beacon Hill Park, in 1929. He was a British Prime
Minster.
The park contains the “World’s Tallest Totem
Pole,” that is to say the tallest free-standing totem carved
from one tree. The 127 foot 7 inch totem pole was carved from a
single cedar log by Chief Mungo Martin, noted Kwakiutl
(Kwakwaka’wakw) carver, with a team including his sons David
and Henry Hunt. It was erected in the southeast corner Beacon Hill
Park 1956. In 2001 it was deemed “rotten beyond repair”
according to the Times Colonist but it has since been restored.
Cooper’s ______ (i) hunt year-round in the park… listen
for their distinctive call in the spring "a kek-kek-kek".
There are thirty-three native plant species judged to be rare in
Beacon Hill Park.
Finally the Garry oak is the most significant native tree in Beacon
Hill Park. Victoria is one of the few areas on Earth where the
climate is right for this tree. The Garry oak was named to honour
_________ ______ (j)of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Garry oaks
can live over 400 years.
48 ab.cde 123 fg.hij
Where a= number of a's in answer plus 1
b= number of n's
c = number of letters plus 4
d= number of h's
e = number of y's plus 4
f= numer of ls
g= 1957 minus the year
h=number of i's plus 3 (NOT including Sir)
i= number of a's plus 6
j=number of a's plus 3
Please be careful at the final - there is climbing involved and
could be dangerous. Access halfway down the stairs.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
haqre fgnvef bss svefg ynaqvat (sebz gur gbc) - or pnershy! Lbh fubhyqa'g unir gb yrnir gur fgnvef gb svaq gur pnpur.
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