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How Long Did They Take? Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Rex Havock: The final location has a big orange X on it indicating that the tree is soon to be removed by the town. As I don't live in the area any more I have decided to archive the cache rather than move it to a new location.

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Hidden : 4/4/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


How Long Did They Take?

The final cache is not at these coordinates but is within 2 km of them

This cache is a tribute to a famous Oakvillian.  In 1996 this person became a member of a very select group of Canadians. Your mission – should you accept it – is to identify this person and some of the other members of this elite group from the photos provided below. This person is too famous for me to have included a picture so you will have to identify the others, deduce what they have in common, and then the name of our famous individual.

Once you have identified each person you must then find out how long it took them to join this group. Please note that 2 of the individuals (including our Oakvillian) enjoyed doing this so much that they qualified for the group in 2 different ways. In each of these 2 cases, just concern yourself with the shortest length of time.

Then use the codes provided to calculate the final coordinates of the cache which is at

N43 2b.cde W079 fg.hij (which is appropriate).

The cache is a small camo'd LNL

Year
1900
1908
1928
1996
Time Taken
x:gf.f
he.d
ci.j
z.jb

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: k cyhf m rdhnyf pq Pnpur: fubeg crbcyr arrq abg nccyl

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)