Destination: Unknown Mystery Cache
Rock_Harder: I had plans to archive this one soon, so I stepped up the time frame.
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Welcome to The Welland Canals Center, home of the Lock 3 Viewing
Platform.
I have driven by here many times and I was shocked at all the
history that is being displayed here, so to share that with all
geocachers, I have decided to put this puzzle cache out.
As with alot of puzzle caches, there will be alot of brain power
being used, as well as alot of walking to find all of the needed
information.
I am not going to give you exact locations of all the needed
information, this will insure that you take a long walk and look at
"everything" that the Welland Canals Center has to offer.
Once you have parked, you may be able to watch a boat being either
raised or lowered in Lock 3. This would be particularly enjoyable
for the little geocachers.
Now onto the puzzle.
Make your way around the grounds and answer the following
questions:
A) When was the W.M. Edington built?
B) What year was the Carnegie Library built?
C) How many millions of dollars was the construction of the Fourth
Welland Canal?
D) On what day of the month was the 4th Canal officially opened to
navigation?
E) How many lift locks are located along the 4th Canal?
F) Take the difference in elevation (in meters) between Lake
Ontario and Lake Erie and add it to the vertical distance that the
Flight Locks overcome at the escarpment (in meters)?
G) How many more feet in length are the 3rd Canal locks over the
2nd Canal locks?
H) How many nautical miles would a ship cover if it was to leave
the Lock 3 viewing platform, travel to Montreal to pick up a load
of iron ore and deliver it to Chicago?
I) In what year did Merritt begin to promote the construction of
the First Welland Canal?
J) In what year was the M.V. Black River constructed in?
K) In what year did the TopHat tradition begin?
L) At which Lock was Simpson's Ship Yard located?
M) Approximately how many ships did Louis Shickluna build and
rebuild over his lifetime?
N) How many tons does the counter balance on the Lock 5 bridge of
the 4th Welland Canal weigh?
O) What is the maximum legal speed (in kph) that a cyclist can
ride on the Welland Canal path?
P) What is the numerical address of the Welland Canals
Center?
Q) How much of a monetary donation will help to construct 1 meter
of paved trail along the Greater Niagara Circle Route?
R) On what day of the month was the official opening of the Lock 3
Viewing Complex?
S) In what year was the jointly operated St. Lawrence Seaway
officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D.
Eisenhower?
T) What is the numerical address in the city of Montreal of Riopel
mailboxes?
Now that you have gathered all of those numbers, you must do the
following math to determine the offset value.
{(C x D x E) - (A + B) + (F -
G) - (J - I + H) + [K - (M x L)] - (P - N) + (O x Q) - (S + T)} x R
/ 10000 = offset value
Now that your brain is leaking out of your ears, take your offset
value and subtract it from the following co-ordinates:
N 43 09.997
W 79 12.225
Hope you had fun learning about the Welland
Canals and the history of St. Catharines! Happy Caching!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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