The Glebe: The Great Gospel Tour Multi-Cache
The Glebe: The Great Gospel Tour
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This cache is the reincarnation of a cache that was originally placed for GAG 5 by VictorEcho (GCKGGW). I have kept the cache page as much the same as possible, but have changed it slightly to reflect the new GZ. I have received VictorEcho's permission to use his cache description.
Please only photograph the part of the container that holds the log.
A part of this cache is that it is a resurrection of VictorEcho's cache, and it is therefore not 'Google Street View Proof,' as my 'The Divine Downtown Diocesan Tour' is. This cache was also placed before Google Street View came into being, and I therefore never added the same request. Although I cannot and would not delete your log for using Street View, I strongly discourage the practice.
Disclaimer - Despite the quasi-religious nature of this cache, neither Geocaching.com or I endorse any particular religion. The purpose of this cache is to explore the Glebe, in the context of what makes it a 'Glebe.'
The listed co-ordinates are not for the cache itself, they are for the first waypoint. The cache is micro -- beware, it is smaller than a 35mm film container. Since the cache is so small, it only contains a logbook. Please bring your own pencil!
The Glebe is one of Ottawa’s original suburbs. It became popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s after the streetcar was built down Bank Street to Lansdowne Park in 1891. Most of the houses in the area were built between 1890 and 1940. Much of the neighbourhood’s original architecture has been maintained over the years as very few of the original homes or commercial buildings along Bank Street have been demolished or changed. It is now a trendy, yet rather expensive, place to live.
The word "glebe" comes from the Latin word "gleba" which means a piece of earth. In England, the term came to mean a plot of land granted to a clergyman or a church. These reserve lands for the church allowed the clergyman -- or the church -- to make a little money, either through farming/renting the land, or selling it off. When Canada was settled, there were many clergy reserves, or glebes, set aside. The area in Ottawa we now know as the Glebe was part of the original clergy reserve set aside for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church downtown at Kent and Wellington streets. At the time, the reserve extended from Bronson Avenue on the west to Main Street on the east between what is now Glebe Avenue and Fifth Avenue. When the area opened for subdivision development in the 1870s, real estate agents called it ‘The Glebe.’ The boundaries of the neighbourhood are now considered to be Bronson on the west, the canal on the south and the east, and the Queensway on the north.
For a neighbourhood named the Glebe, it’s only fitting that it should have lots of churches, many of them quite old. This cache will take you on a tour of them. If you follow the waypoints in order, you’ll do a little loop -- and probably save some time
Waypoint #1: N45 24.009 W075 41.584
-- How many metal vertical bars are there covering the window to the right of the doors? This should be a two-digit number. Subtract three times the first digit from the second to get a single digit. (e)
-- How many letters in the first word of this church's name? Subtract 4 (d)
Waypoint #2: N45 24.074 W075 41.300
-- In what year was the church completed? Take this number and add all the digits together. The sum should be a two-digit number. Add those digits together to get a single digit. Multiply this by 2. (h) (Update - h=8)
Waypoint #3: N45 24.044 W075 41.171
-- How many letters are in this church's name? This should be a two-digit number. Subtract 20. (c)
Waypoint #4: N45 24.181 W075 41.191
-- What time is service on Sunday? Add the digits together to get a single digit. (b)
Waypoint #5: N45 24.150 W075 41.296
-- What is the biggest number on the main sign for this church? (f)
Waypoint #6: N45 24.272 W075 41.341
-- What is the number on the corner plaque? What is the third digit? (a) What is the sum of the third and fourth? (j) The font for this waypoint is a bit difficult to read, and could yield two different values for J. J should be a high single digit number, if you get a double digit number, simply go with the fourth digit.
Waypoint #7: N45 24.279 W075 41.429
-- How many glass panes are there in the light above the door? Add 4 to this number. (i)
Waypoint #8: N45 24.196 W075 41.536
-- How many stairs up to the single set of doors? This should be a two-digit number. Add those digits together to get a single digit. (g)
Now you have all the numbers you need to find the cache!
Substitute your numbers for: N45 ab.cde W075 fg.hij
Update - The final has been moved 0.010 degrees south, and 0.023 degrees west. please make the necessary adjustments to your final co-ordinates.
To check your numbers, if you add a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j, you should come up with a digital root of 3
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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